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description: "Entries filed under the Terminal category on The Modern Web."
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# Category: Terminal

Entries filed under Terminal.

## [March 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/)

### [11 basic terminal commands for beginners](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)

Most of the work a front-end developer does can be done through a visual application, right up until it cannot. Installing a build tool, checking what a server is doing, or moving two hundred files into a new folder structure are all faster typed than clicked.

Filed under: [Terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/terminal/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/), [Tutorials](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/tutorials/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)

## [February 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/)

### [How to add a custom welcome message to your terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-add-a-custom-welcome-message-to-your-terminal/)

Every time a shell starts, it reads a profile file from your home directory. Adding a line to that file means the line runs on every new window. That is the whole mechanism, and it is also how most terminal customisation works.

Filed under: [Terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/terminal/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-add-a-custom-welcome-message-to-your-terminal/)