• Mac Command Line Open File
• Mac Command Prompt
• Mac Command Line List

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Terminal User Guide

You can use the command-line environment interactively by typing a command and waiting for a result, or you can use the shell to compose scripts that run without direct interaction.

Execute commands in the shell

• In the Terminal app on your Mac, enter the complete pathname of the tool’s executable file, followed by any needed arguments, then press Return.

If a command is located in one of the shell’s known folders, you can omit path information when entering the command name. The list of known folders is stored in the shell’s PATH environment variable and includes the folders containing most command-line tools.

For example, to run the ls command in the current user’s home folder, enter the following at the command prompt, then press Return:

To run a command in the current user’s home folder, precede it with the folder specifier. For example, to run MyCommandLineProg, use the following:

To open an app, use the open command:

When entering commands, if you get the message command not found, check your spelling. Here’s an example:

Terminate commands

1. In the Terminal app on your Mac, click the Terminal window that is running the command you want to terminate.

2. Press Control-C.

   This sends a signal that causes most commands to terminate.

Mac Command Line Open File

Repeat previously entered commands

Mac Command Prompt

The commands you enter during a session are saved so you can repeat a previously used command without retyping it.

Mac Command Line List

1. In the Terminal app on your Mac, press the Up Arrow key.

   The last command you entered appears on the command line. Yellow screen mac app.

2. Continue pressing the Up Arrow key until you see the command you want, then press Return.