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Terminal

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The Terminal is the native way to talk to computers. You issue commands to it – like find me a file, create a new folder, run this set of code, or stop running this memory-hogging process, and the computer tries to do as you wish. The graphical user interface (GUI) that you’re used to, like Finder on Mac, is actually a fancy visual layer built on top of these very commands.

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Who's Afraid of the CLI?

Demystifying the scary black box, AKA the Terminal.

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