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TTY

Introduction

  • What is terminal?

    • A terminal is a text input and output environment. It is a program that allows users to enter commands that the computer processes.

  • The difference between terminal and terminal emulator

    • Terminal emulator emulates a terminal. It is a software program replicates the functionality of a terminal within a GUI environment.

Recommend TTY

  • Windows

    • Windows Terminal
      • Modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells.
    • FireCMD
      • User-friendly and powerful command line environment
      • Allows running multiple console applications simultaneously
      • Includes a text editor for editing text files
      • Supports command auto-completion
    • MobaXterm
      • Versatile with support for many protocols
      • Integrated X server for X11 forwarding
      • Session management and multi-execution
      • Includes graphical SFTP browser and text editor
      • With many useful tools

  • macOS

    • kitty
      • cross-platform
      • open-source
      • extensive customization, including changing the font, colors, and keyboard shortcuts
      • multiple windows and tabs
      • offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system load and buttery smooth scrolling
    • iTerm2
      • user friendly
      • bunch of amazing functions link
    • Alacritty
      • Easy to use, depend on OpenGL, support Chinese
      • Rust, safer to deal with memory
    • ZOC
      • support various terminal types, like xterm and vt220
      • modern user interface
      • easy to manage and organize sessions and folders

  • Linux

    • kitty
    • Alacritty
    • Terminator
      • Support multiple sessions and tabs
      • Highly customize
      • Open-source and cross-platform
      • Allows typing on multiple grouped terminals simultaneously
    • Guake Terminal
      • Multi-monitor support
      • Change apperance
      • Ability to split tabs horizontally and vertically
      • Change the default shell from abailable options

  • Commonly used operations and commands:(may vary depending on the terminal emulator)

    • Switching Between TTYs: You can switch between different TTYs by using the Ctrl+Alt+F# key combination, where # is the number of the TTY you want to switch to.

    • Clearing the Screen: You can clear the screen by using the clear command.

    • Scrolling: You can scroll through the output using Shift+Page Up and Shift+Page Down.

    • Terminating a Process: You can terminate the currently running process by using the Ctrl+C key combination.

    • Suspending a Process: You can suspend the currently running process by using the Ctrl+Z key combination.

    • Searching Through History: You can search through your command history by using the Ctrl+R key combination and then typing the command you're looking for.

    • Auto-Completing Commands: You can auto-complete commands by typing the first few letters and then pressing the Tab key.

    • Changing Text Appearance: You can change the appearance of the text in the terminal using various ANSI escape codes. For example, echo -e "\e[31mHello World" will print "Hello World" in red.

    • Redirecting Output: You can redirect the output of a command to a file using the > operator. For example, ls > file.txt will save the output of the ls command to file.txt.

    • Piping Output: You can pipe the output of one command to another using the | operator. For example, ls | grep txt will search for files with "txt" in their name.