A Terminal window showing a script that erases a disk.

Get started with Terminal

Use your scripting experience and the features in Terminal to create, organize, and manage your shell scripts.

How to get started with Terminal

What is Terminal?

Read a basic introduction to Terminal.

Learn about Terminal

Look up scripting commands

Open UNIX manual (man) pages to look up commands.

Learn about UNIX Manual Pages

Introduce yourself to scripting

Read an in-depth primer on UNIX scripting.

View the Shell Scripting Primer

To explore the Terminal User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.

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