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Questions about the Terminal application or its terminal emulation should use this tag. Use **command-line** for questions about shells or command-line programs that do not specifically involve Terminal.

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How can I kill a process by its name?

I'd like to kill that process in the Terminal instead. However, looking up the PID seems kind of unecessary because there's only one process by the name Python. …
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Disable line wrapping for output in the Terminal

I often read outputs in the terminal that get wrapped as they are too long. Since there is no way that I can modify the printed output, I need to let the Terminal allow for horizontal scrolling. … Is there a modification I can make to the default OS X Terminal to disable line wrapping and allow for horizontal scrolling? Or do you know another alternative I can use? …
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Can I view system stats in the Terminal?

How can I view such system stats in the Terminal? …
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What does Force Quit do in OS X?

How does the GUI interface for force quitting applications (⌘+⌥+esc) work? e.g. Does it work like killall Finder which would send a TERM signal by default?
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