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layout: page
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category-page: basic
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category-title: Basic commands
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tags: Open the Shell
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author: Gianmarco De Vita
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title: Open the Shell
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next-page: pages/cmd/basic/1-terminal-toolbar.html
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---
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The tool that allows us to interact with the system with the shell is the terminal.
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There are mainly two ways to access to the terminal on a MacOS system.
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<h3>Through the Finder</h3>
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<ol>
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<li>Open a new <i>Finder</i> window by clicking on the icon on the system dock.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Open Finder" />
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<li>On the menu bar, click on <i>Go</i>.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Click on Go" />
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<li>Click on <i>Utilities</i>.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Click on Utilities" />
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<li>Look for <i>Terminal</i> and click on it.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Open Terminal" />
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</ol>
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<h3>Through <i>Spotlight</i></h3>
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<ol>
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<li>You can use the shortcut <code>cmd+space</code> to access to <i>Spotlight</i>.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Access to Spotlight" />
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<li>Then search for <i>Terminal</i>.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Search Terminal" />
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<li>Click on the <i>Terminal</i> icon displayed as result.</li>
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<img src="" alt="Open Terminal" />
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</ol>
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As you open the Terminal, a new blank window opens:
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<img src="" alt="Terminal Blank Window" />
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You can notice that the top lines in the window follow this structure:
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<pre>
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Last login: Day Month hh:mm:ss on console
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Device-name:~ username$
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</pre>
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The tilde (~) just before your username means that the current position in
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which the terminal is working is the Home directory. The gray spot next to
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the symbol $ after your username indicates that you can write instructions
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in that space.<br>
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Now, you are ready to try and use some simple commands
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to familiarize with this interface.<br>
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Note that you can work simultaneously on multiple sessions of the Terminal.
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