Getting Started

Terminal Basics

This is a quick overview of Lunar Plugin Terminal usage.
We're going to use > to indicate a terminal prompt (actual command typing).

To open Lunar Terminal use Editor's menu: Window ▶ Lunar ▶ Terminal

Using Commands

Run a command

Type command name with its options and arguments and then hit Enter:

> commandName -shortOption --longOption arg "arg with white spaces" "arg with 'inner quotes'" ↵

List commands

• Hit Tab key twice to see all available commands or type cmdlist and hit Enter:

> cmdlist
alias            cat              cvar_restart     log              tag              unalias
aliaslist        clear            cvarlist         man              test             unbind
bind             clearprefs       echo             menu             throw_exception  unbindall
bindlist         cmdlist          exec             prefs            timeScale        writeconfig
break            colors           exit             reset            toggle

• Type partial command name and hit Tab key to autocomplete or hit Tab key twice for the list of all commands starting with the typed string:

> clear
clear       clearprefs

Command's Manual Page

Use man command to see command's manual page:

> man cmdlist
  Lists all available terminal commands.
  usage: cmdlist [-a|--all] [<prefix>]

Multiple commands per line:

You can chain multiple command together using && syntax:
> command1 && command2 "some argument" && command3 ↵

Commands History

You can iterate through your commands's history with ↑ (up arrow) and ↓ (down arrow) keys.

Navigation

• Ctrl+A - go to the beginning of the line
• Ctrl+E - go to the end of the line
• Ctrl+C - clear the line
• Alt+→ - jump one word right
• Alt+← - jump one word left