Terminal

The Terminal is a program where you type commands instead of clicking buttons. Some pages on this site ask you to paste a command into it.

To open it:

• Windows: Click the Start menu, type Terminal, and press Enter.
• Linux or Mac: Open the app called Terminal.

To paste a command into it:

• Windows: Ctrl+V, or right-click
• Linux: Ctrl+Shift+V (plain Ctrl+V doesn’t work)
• Mac: Cmd+V

Then press Enter to run the command. When you see the blinking cursor on a new line again, the command has finished.

Commands on this site appear in grey boxes. Copy them exactly. If a page tells you to change part of a command, change only that part.

To cancel a command that’s stuck or taking too long, press Ctrl+C.