How to Execute a File in a MacBook Terminal. The operating system your MacBook runs, OS X, is built on top of UNIX, and Terminal provides you with access to the underlying UNIX system commands.

How to Run Google Chrome in a Terminal. Running applications from a terminal can have a few benefits, particularly if you program for a particular environment and want your application to run ...

While you can manually enter the commands to edit files in Terminal editors, in OS X you can set up a service to open files in a desired terminal editor from the Finder's contextual menu.