Terminal

Terminal is one of the most powerful programs on Linux. The terminal emulator allows an end-user to access the console as well as its applications such as text user interface and command-line interface. Some of the most used terminal emulators are mentioned below.

1. Terminal Commands¶

• clear : Clears your screen
• exit : Exit out of the shell or a user session
• script : This command stores terminal activities in a log file that can be named by a user. When a name is not provided by the user, the default filename typescript is used.

Record a new session to a file named `typescript` in the current directory:

      script

  Record a new session to a custom filepath:

      script path/to/session.out

  Record a new session, appending to an existing file:

      script -a path/to/session.out

  Record timing information (data is outputted to the standard error):

      script -t 2> path/to/timingfile

2. Terminator¶

Inorder to install Terminator, we can use default Package Manager, For Debian/Ubuntu based distros

sudo apt install terminator

For Fedora

sudo dnf install terminator

3. Kitty¶

For Debian/Ubuntu based distros

sudo apt install kitty

For Fedora

sudo dnf install kitty

There are preinstalled terminal emulator in every Linux distros which can be used similar to any other terminal emulators of choice. Some of the common terminal shortcuts are mentioned below.