命令
- ls: 显示当前路径下的文件和文件夹
- cd: 改变路径
- mkdir: 创建新的文件夹
- cp: 复制文件或文件夹
- mv: 移动或者重命名文件或文件夹
- rm: 移除文件或文件夹
更多命令见Terminal Commands 
基本命令
登陆后的界面如下所示:
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 | Last login: Tue Mar 29 16:36:10 on ttys001 shihchosen@Shihs-MacBook-Air  ~   master ●✚ 
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当前路径
运行
结果:
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 | shihchosen@Shihs-MacBook-Air  ~/Documents   master ●✚  ls  $RECYCLE.BIN 2.University_Contest_Data_Description.pages 2000px-ASCII-Table-wide.svg.png Chow Default.rdp E-book Github LaTeX MATLAB Parallels R RClub
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工作控制
上面的命令(process status)会返回所有的活动的窗口
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 | PID TTY           TIME CMD     1 ??        13:18.53 /sbin/launchd    45 ??         5:37.01 /usr/sbin/syslogd    46 ??         2:05.03 /usr/libexec/UserEventAgent (System)    48 ??         0:34.10 /usr/libexec/kextd    49 ??         4:42.65 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/FSEvents.framework/Versions/A/Support/fs    53 ??         0:18.39 /System/Library/CoreServices/appleeventsd --server    54 ??         3:31.69 /usr/libexec/configd    56 ??         0:34.87 /System/Library/CoreServices/powerd.bundle/powerd    62 ??         3:18.67 /usr/libexec/airportd    63 ??         0:12.91 /usr/libexec/warmd    65 ??        12:08.62 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Support/mds
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用户名和用户位置
whoami返回当前用户名
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 | [shihchosen@Shihs-MacBook-Air  ~/Documents   master ●✚  whoami        shihchosen
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hostname返回当前主机名(位置)
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 | [shihchosen@Shihs-MacBook-Air  ~/Documents   master ●✚  hostname Shihs-MacBook-Air.local
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