Zed Shell | Table O Contents

The Unix environment shell zsh is a built-in Zed Shell that assists the end-user with navigating the Terminal window in MacOs …

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Commands

Hint. Command Line Interface (CLI) versus Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the Root Directory/User Directory/Home Directory …

Clear a Terminal page = clear

How to clear the screen of a Terminal page w Zed-shell?

a.) Clear the screen back to the current subdirectory = clear

Change to a current Directory = cd

How to change directory to another existing directory or subdirectory w Zed-shell?

b.) Change Directory cd = cd subdirectory

c.) Change Directory cd / = return to the root directory

d.) Change Directory cd ~ = return to the home directory

e.) Change Directory cd .. = move backwards one directory

Print the current working directory = pwd

How to print the working directory or subdirectory w Zed-shell?

f.) Print Working Directory pwd = /Users/name_that_user/subdirectory

List the contents of the current subdirectory = ls

How to list the items in a working directory or subdirectory w Zed-shell?

g.) List Items ls = the default of this command simply returns the name labels across the Terminal space horizontally

h.) Man ls = Other switches or flags for the ls command are located in the Manual = man

i.) Use the -l switch ( … small L = l … ) to list the items in the directory “vertically” w full “long” data = ls -l

Add a file = touch

How to add an empty file to a subdirectory in Terminal w Zed-shell?

j.) From the target directory … Touch a filename including the suffix = touch index.htm

Make Directory = mkdir

How to add or make a folder or subdirectory within a directory in Terminal w Zed-shell?

k.) From the target directory … Make a subdirectory or folder named “test” = mkdir test

How to add or make a folder or subdirectory with a two-word name within a directory in Terminal w Zed-shell using the backslash or ... \ ... key?

l.) From the target directory … Make a subdirectory or folder named “test two” = mkdir test\ two

Remove a file or folder = rm and rmdir

How to remove a file in a subdirectory in Terminal w Zed-shell?

m.) From the target directory … Remove a filename including the suffix = rm index.htm

How to remove a subdirectory from a directory in Terminal w Zed-shell?

n.) From the target directory … Remove an empty folder or subdirectory or an empty directory = rmdir nft

o.) From the target directory … Use the ... -r ... switch or flag to Remove a folder and all of its contents = rm -r folder

Rename a file = mv

How to rename a file in a subdirectory in Terminal w Zed-shell?

p.) From the target directory … Rename a filename including the suffix = mv index.htm index2.htm

Copy a file or folder = cp

How to copy a file from one subdirectory to another in Terminal w Zed-shell?

q.) From either the source directory or the home directory … Copy a file from another directory the current subdirectory = cp nft/index.html ./ using the dot backslash or ` .\ ` keys

How to copy a folder and its contents from one subdirectory to another in Terminal w Zed-shell?

r.) From either the source directory or the home directory … Copy a folder from another directory to the home subdirectory = cp -r nft ~ using the single tilde or ... ~ ... key

Moving a file or folder =mv

How to move a file from one subdirectory to another in Terminal w Zed-shell?

s.) From either the source directory or the home directory … Move a file from another directory to this current subdirectory = mv nft/index.html ./ using the dot backslash or ` .\ ` keys

How to move a folder and its contents from one subdirectory to another in Terminal w Zed-shell?

t.) From either the source directory or the home directory … Move a folder from another directory to the home subdirectory = mv -r nft ~ using the single tilde or ... ~ ... key

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Original Video by Academind

Note. The above synopsis was derived from a You Tube video produced by Academind [1].

  1. Navigating the Zed Shell in the Mac Terminal by Academind, circa 2020

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