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Jin Jie Seah
Jin Jie Seah
2,492 Points
Posted by Jin Jie Seah
Jin Jie Seah
2,492 Points

How to run console without typing the file name again and again

How do i run my script in console without typing out the file name all over again as i saw it was done by the tutor. It seems that she could just copy and paste the file name and run the script.

4 Answers

Les Woods
Les Woods
2,581 Points
Les Woods
Les Woods
2,581 Points

Hi Jin, you can just press up when you've got the console selected to cycle through your previous entries.

David Bilson
David Bilson
13,819 Points

When using Workspaces i use the up and down arrows as suggested by Les Woods, but i use the command clear to clear the console every now and then when it gets crowded.

Micah Doulos
Micah Doulos
17,663 Points
Micah Doulos
Micah Doulos
17,663 Points

I recommend diving into an external tool you'll be using professionally. It will take some work to set up, but try setting up a text editor on your computer. A development environment. This will be useful to you as you learn to write code in the context you'll actually be writing code outside of Treehouse courses.

I personally use Atom Text Editor. With Atom, you can install the package Atom-live-server, which will automatically display the results of your code to a webpage in the browser, every time you save a file, ie cmd or ctrl s. With dev tools (console) open in the browser. Seeing updated results is as simple as changing your code, and hitting the hotkey cmd + s on the mac, and ctrl + s on windows.

David Bilson
David Bilson
13,819 Points
David Bilson
David Bilson
13,819 Points

Another editor that appears to be in favour at the moment is Visual Studio Code provided for FREE by Microsoft.

https://code.visualstudio.com/

Visual Studio Code Documentation and setup videos: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs

Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown
16,908 Points
Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown
16,908 Points

Select the console and push the 'up key' on your keyboard, then hit enter. This will automatically select the previously entered command.