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  • Erik Erb
    Erik Erb
    7,529 Points

    Quick thought...

    Posted May 11, 2017 7:42pm by Erik Erb
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  • Tobias Jackson
    Tobias Jackson
    9,758 Points

    danish keyboard - tilde

    Posted April 4, 2017 2:12pm by Tobias Jackson
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  • Stefan Aaltonen
    Stefan Aaltonen
    645 Points

    How do i get i ~when using your Terminal Workspace. My keyb. is swedish...

    Posted March 4, 2017 12:16pm by Stefan Aaltonen
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  • Yael Vaisbuch
    Yael Vaisbuch
    1,047 Points

    The treehouse console does not let me write the tilde ~ even though I am able to write it on my terminal.

    Posted January 13, 2017 4:31pm by Yael Vaisbuch
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  • john larson
    john larson
    16,594 Points

    going through console foundations...again. Using Bash for windows. Can't seem to locate /home

    Posted December 2, 2016 3:57am by john larson
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  • A X
    A X
    12,842 Points

    I'm not clear why /home/treehouse/.. would go to home vs. to treehouse

    Posted November 18, 2016 12:41am by A X
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  • Alexander Davison
    Alexander Davison
    65,469 Points

    How do you change the Command Prompt?

    Posted November 3, 2016 2:38pm by Alexander Davison
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  • Martin Enderleit
    Martin Enderleit
    3,015 Points

    $ not working in Treehouse console

    Posted May 3, 2016 9:05pm by Martin Enderleit
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  • ammarkhan
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    No Tilda key working on OSX

    Posted December 14, 2015 10:58pm by ammarkhan
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  • Jeff Ripke
    Jeff Ripke
    41,989 Points

    Why does MAC OS have a /home directory?

    Posted December 7, 2015 8:16pm by Jeff Ripke
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  • Jeff Ripke
    Jeff Ripke
    41,989 Points

    Why does MAC OS have a /home directory?

    Posted December 7, 2015 8:16pm by Jeff Ripke
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  • James Joyce
    James Joyce
    3,551 Points

    Tab completion is not working in treehouse console

    Posted October 1, 2015 12:54pm by James Joyce
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  • Juliette Tworsey
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points

    Changing colors

    Posted September 26, 2015 6:52pm by Juliette Tworsey
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  • Jim McQuarrie
    Jim McQuarrie
    10,597 Points

    Tab completion JIm

    Posted August 27, 2015 8:19am by Jim McQuarrie
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  • Tom Sharon
    Tom Sharon
    1,478 Points

    What's the difference between "/home" and "/home/treehouse"? Does "/home" not have a user? (Comes up around 8 mins in)

    Posted August 26, 2015 1:02am by Tom Sharon
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  • Pavle Lucic
    Pavle Lucic
    10,801 Points

    What is bash exactly?

    Posted August 22, 2015 8:48am by Pavle Lucic
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  • Christine Chang
    Christine Chang
    1,917 Points

    Where is "Home"?

    Posted March 20, 2015 12:33am by Christine Chang
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  • epinney
    epinney
    6,861 Points

    I tried clearing cookies, relaunching, and another computer but the "console" is still continuously loading. Any ideas??

    Posted January 21, 2015 9:20pm by epinney
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  • Sofya Lopatina
    Sofya Lopatina
    6,525 Points

    how to add hello.txt if i haven't got it

    Posted November 5, 2014 10:14am by Sofya Lopatina
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  • Michele Pighi
    Michele Pighi
    9,287 Points

    How to type tilde symbol?

    Posted October 24, 2014 9:06am by Michele Pighi
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  • niteshrchalla
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    5,237 Points

    I am not able to launch console in my browser, tried safari, chrome and internet explorer. I'm on console basics course.

    Posted September 17, 2014 1:20am by niteshrchalla
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  • Cary Johnson
    Cary Johnson
    3,294 Points

    Launch Console isn't launching

    Posted July 9, 2014 12:11am by Cary Johnson
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  • alexjacobs
    alexjacobs
    2,459 Points

    How do you reset your vm?

    Posted June 5, 2014 12:46am by alexjacobs
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