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Control + A =  takes you to the very beginning of the line

Control + E =  takes you to the very end of the line

Press the up key = references previous commands in history

Press the down key = allows you to navigate back down towards other commands if you have already gone up

echo ~ = variable for the home directory of your computer

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ls - lists all contents of our home directory

*you can also use ls as an argument* *you can also pass two arguments with ls and it will display the contents of both directories* (using absolute or relative paths)
example: "ls Documents" - this would display all the contents of the Documents folder
example: "ls /Users/js/Documents"
example: "ls ~/Documents"
*be sure to type in the right case since it is case sensitive

pwd (print working directory) - returns working directory name

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touch = allows you to create a file
example: touch newTextFile.txt

nano = an editor which allows you to create files
example: nano aFile.txt

mkdir = make directory
example: mkdir aDir

You can create files within directories by touch, but specifying the path.

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find = searches for files
example: find ~/Documentqs

find . = searches current directory

find . -type f = searches for files that happen to be files(finds all files recursively through the directory that your in)

find . -name "typeNameYourSearchingFor" = you can also find the name that you are looking for by typing it inbetween the quotations

find . -name "*.txt" = allows you to search for all the files that end in .txt(within that directory)

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Say you were to create a text file via terminal by using the command "touch aFile.txt"
*once you have created it make a detailed list using "ls -l"
* -l in the command gives more information about the file

Once you press enter you will see a line with the following code.
example:
-rw-r--r--  1 user  staff  0 Apr  15  3:44 aFile.text

user = this part shows user

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Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

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# Ways to execute a shell script in Ruby
# Example Script - Joseph Pecoraro

cmd = "echo 'hi'" # Sample string that can be used

# 1. Kernel#` - commonly called backticks - `cmd` 
# This is like many other languages, including bash, PHP, and Perl
#  Returns the result of the shell command
#  Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M001111

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/* -------------------------------- 

Typography

-------------------------------- */

:root {
    --font-primary: sans-serif;
    --font-secondary: serif;

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=begin
Problem
Write a method that takes two arguments, a string and a positive integer, and 
prints as many times as the integer indicates.

PEDAC, Breaking Down the Problem:

Inputs:
  - takes two arguments
  - a string and a positive integer

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// Thoughts on construction?

//// Example of variables
// Grey 1 - 5
$grey1: #acacad;
$grey2: #707070;
$grey3: #505158;
$grey4: #707070;
$grey5: #33343b;