Terminal is a great application. It comes pre installed on every mac. So today I’m going to be showing you how to use terminal for some pretty cool things.

Tip #1, Making an alias shortcut for a folder:

ln -s (your source)  (your destination were you want to put your file)

Example:

ln -s Users/jonah/Movies/terminal_tips.screenflow Users/jonah/Desktop/

Tip #2, Changing the directory:

cd  /your/destination

After that you can also type “ls” to view all your files in that directory.

Tip #3, Renaming files:

This command will let you rename and move files.

mv (input) (output)

Example:

mv /Users/jonah/Desktop/root.sh /Users/jonah/Desktop/header.sh

Tip #4, Making a cool text banner:

banner "text"

Tip #5, Making  your mac talk:

say
After you type "say" press "enter" and then you can type what ever you want!
Tip #6, Adding multiple commands on one line:
If your a developer or just someone who uses lots of commands then this tip should be pretty useful for you!


(command 1)  &&  (command 2)



Example:


killall Finder && Killall Dock

Tip #7, Deleting files:

rm (file location)
Example:
rm /Users/jonah/Desktop/Info.plist
rm /Users/jonah/Desktop/Info.plist

Tip #8, Making a new folder:

mkdir (new folder location)
Example:

mkdir /User/Jonah/Desktop/newfolder





Tip #9, Copying files:

cp (input file) (output directory)


Example:

cp /Users/jonah/Desktop/root.sh /Users/jonah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tip #10,Downloading files:

cd /(directory were you want save your file) && curl -O (url)

Example:

cd /User/Jonah/Downloads && curl -O http://example.com/file.zip