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Press option/alt and it will turn your flashing cursor into a plus sign.
You can click anywhere you've already typed on that line and the cursor will show up there.
Keyboard Shortcuts for Terminal on Mac
It is useful to learn the keyboard shortcuts so that you don't have to use a mouse.
Ctl + A will take you back to the beginning of the line you were typing
Ctl + A will take you to the end of the line you were typing
Ctl + U will clear the line you are currently typing. This only works if the cursor is at the end of the line.
↑ ↓ will cycle you through all of the commands you have typed into the terminal.
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(Make sure you are in the folder you want to make the new directory in)
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(Make sure you are in the directory you want to make the new file in)
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(Make sure you are in the directory you want to access the file from)
You can specify which application the file is opened in
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(Make sure you are in the directory you want to remove the file from)
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(Make sure you are in the directory you want to remove the files from)
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(Make sure you are one folder/directory level up from the one you want to remove)
If it doesn't work, make sure nothing is using the directory you want to remove.
This will remove the folder and all child components within it, and you cannot get it back!