# Terminal
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [August 25, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889 "2012-08-25T23:12:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/1 "2012-08-25T23:12:16Z")
Do you guys know any tips and tricks with it? I can only do like basic stuff…
Like emac stuff, calendar, say, etc
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### Author:  [@Robin\_Hood0999](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Robin_Hood0999)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/2 "2012-08-26T00:59:36Z")
If it’s the same as a command prompt, type “help” and a list of all the commands you can do will be shown. I’ve never used terminal though so maybe it won’t work…
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### Author:  [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/3 "2012-08-26T01:29:48Z")
I suggest looking at some kind of guide. Here’s two I found.
[http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxterminalx.shtml](http://www.atomiclearning.com/macosxterminalx.shtml)
> **[Radar - O’Reilly](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/)**
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> Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology
Here’s a list of commands too.
> **[An A-Z Index of the Apple macOS command line - SS64 Command line reference](https://ss64.com/mac/)**
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> An A-Z Index of the Apple macOS command line
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/4 "2012-08-26T02:08:07Z")
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Here’s one of my fav’s…
rm -Rf \*
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/5 "2012-08-26T13:55:43Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> rm -Rf \*
sudo !!
Seriously though, don’t do that.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/6 "2012-08-28T19:51:59Z")
what is terminal?
i want to know how JHB8426 made that face…
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### Author:  [@yoyofoot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofoot)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/7 "2012-08-29T04:31:12Z")
Messing around with rm is always fun.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/8 "2012-08-29T04:35:15Z")
> [@Pajama Man 8398](#):
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> i want to know how JHB8426 made that face…
Purloined from elsewhere.
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/terminal/41889/9 "2012-08-30T03:28:40Z")
> [@Pajama Man 8398](#):
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> what is terminal?
> **[Command-line interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface)**
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> A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive interface available with punched cards.
> Today, most computer users rely on graphical user interfaces ("GUIs") instead of CLIs. However, many programs and operating system utilities lack GUIs, and are intended to be used...