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  • Yvonne Gakii
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    My q command is not getting me out of less. It says q command not found

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  • Justin Evans
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    How do you follow along in Windows 10? I was using git bash but less and more doesn't work.

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  • Najib Nazar
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    less hello.txt

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  • Tim Lefort
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    Using Less for console

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  • Shadow Skillz
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    Reading Files - less

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  • Rachel Etnire
    Rachel Etnire
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    Good evening! When I enter a file by typing "$ less hello.txt" how do I exit and get back to my command line?

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  • naman tiwari
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    what is absolute path?

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  • Ary de Oliveira
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    Console Foundations

    Posted September 26, 2015 3:53pm by Ary de Oliveira
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  • Christian Grosskopf
    Christian Grosskopf
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    Console won't launch…I'm using a mac and I get a blank screen whenever I try to launch the console.

    Posted September 18, 2015 4:16pm by Christian Grosskopf
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  • Gabriel Savard
    Gabriel Savard
    625 Points

    arrow key

    Posted September 14, 2015 1:55pm by Gabriel Savard
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  • rajbee
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    Does cat actually concatenate the files and store the copy somewhere or just print them all together on the screen ?

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  • Kelly Clark
    Kelly Clark
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    Jim is talking about concatenating with cat at 5:58 and this is where I lose him for a moment. What is he trying to say?

    Posted May 17, 2015 11:31pm by Kelly Clark
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  • Ting-Chieh Huang
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    3,387 Points

    Which of these commands will NOT take you to your home directory, assuming your username is treehouse?

    Posted May 14, 2015 2:18pm by Ting-Chieh Huang
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  • Michael Newman
    Michael Newman
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    command prompt in less

    Posted March 27, 2015 2:19pm by Michael Newman
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  • Kulwinder Krishan
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    How to scroll up and down in Console provided by Treehouse in Windows 7?

    Posted December 26, 2014 12:56pm by Kulwinder Krishan
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  • Ben Goldman
    Ben Goldman
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    Command Line for Windows?

    Posted September 28, 2014 8:40pm by Ben Goldman
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  • Thomas Joseph Meneses
    Thomas Joseph Meneses
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    Puns

    Posted April 22, 2014 4:34am by Thomas Joseph Meneses
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  • cristian bolea
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    how to scroll up when using cat?

    Posted March 28, 2014 9:10am by cristian bolea
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