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Table of Contents

  • Welcome
  • What is Terminal?
  • Get started
    • Open or quit Terminal
    • Open new Terminal windows and tabs
    • Execute commands and run tools
    • Specify files and folders
    • Redirect Terminal input and output
    • Correct typing errors
    • Drag items into a Terminal Window
    • Use window groups
    • Change settings
    • Use profiles to change the look of Terminal windows
    • Specify default and startup Terminal window profiles
    • Set an audio or visual alert
    • Limit the number of scrollback rows
    • Import and export Terminal profiles
    • Intro to shell scripts
    • Make a file executable
    • Script management with launchd
    • Automate tasks using AppleScript and Terminal
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Copyright

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