Open downloads file on terminal

 · In order to open “Downloads Folder” we will open the “File Manager” from the “Applications Menu” or from the shortcut like below. Then we will select by using “Places” shortcut on the left sidebar “Downloads” like below.  · Mac Terminal Program; Download File Via Terminal Mac Mojave; Renaming a file via command line. Steps are as follows: 1. Type mv then open Finder and drag the file on terminal (this is to copy the full path of file to the terminal) Note: Please do note that while dragging the file to terminal, make sure that the finder window and terminal window don’t overlap else this trick won’t work.  · First, start by creating the download-list file with the touch command below. touch download-list. After creating the download-list file, open it for editing in Nano. nano -w download-list. Paste the URLs you wish to download into the download-list file. For example, if you want to download various MP4 files, you’d add the following URLs.

To open any file from the command line with the default application, just type open followed by the filename/path.. Example: open ~/Desktop/bltadwin.ru4 Edit: as per Johnny Drama's comment below, if you want to be able to open files in a certain application, put -a followed by the application's name in quotes between open and the file. Example: open -a "QuickTime Player" ~/Desktop/bltadwin.ru4. sudo apt install curl. Download files or webpage using curl. If you use curl without any option with a URL, it will read the file and print it on the terminal screen. To download a file using curl command in Linux terminal, you'll have to use the -O (uppercase O) option: curl -O URL. The only app that downloads files directly to the Desktop in my case is Thunderbird. All the others put downloaded files in the Download folder. I've even written an AppleScript that will clear the Download folder with a keystroke combo, just to save space without having to navigate through the Finder.

Code: [user@centos ~]$ pwd /home/user [user@centos ~]$ cd.. [user@centos home]$ pwd /home. pwd = show the current path were you are residing in the file system. as TroN pointed out about, your Download directory is located in the root of your /home/user/ directory, not in your Desktop path. Open terminal and type will download the file to /home/omio/Desktop and give it your I use axel and wget for downloading from terminal, axel is download. Mac Terminal Program; Download File Via Terminal Mac Mojave; Renaming a file via command line. Steps are as follows: 1. Type mv then open Finder and drag the file on terminal (this is to copy the full path of file to the terminal) Note: Please do note that while dragging the file to terminal, make sure that the finder window and terminal window don’t overlap else this trick won’t work.