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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Moving Around the Filesystem

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

No Tilda key working on OSX

I got the latest OSX and the ~ doesn't work. Is there any other keyboard shortcut?

6 Answers

Sebastian Karg
Sebastian Karg
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Sebastian Karg
Sebastian Karg
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To get a ~ tilde in treehouse terminal I had to change my german keyboard to british and hold down shift while pressing < (next to shift on left side , unfortunately it's not working with US keyborard)

To change your keyboard go to system preferences / keyboard / input sources click on the + symbol choose english and then british.

Hope that works for you aswell.

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Ammar,

try alt N combination ...

Grigorij

kb18
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kb18
kb18
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Shift + ~
Daniel Campbell
Daniel Campbell
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Daniel Campbell
Daniel Campbell
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I'm on a French keyboard and the combination 'alt + n' for tilde ~ doesn't work in the console. Outside the console it works, but only when space bar is typed after 'alt + n' (to confirm the character, this is normal on French keyboards).

Anyone have a solution (other than buying a new keyboard)?

Alex Mtz. Carrillo
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Alex Mtz. Carrillo
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Alex Mtz. Carrillo
Alex Mtz. Carrillo
Courses Plus Student 16,177 Points

Having the same problem here. CanΒ΄t place a tilda in the console. Using a dell laptop keyboard.

filipepacheco
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filipepacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 Points
filipepacheco
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filipepacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 Points

I can place it on the console, but it gives me back this line: -bash: cd: ˜: No such file or directory. Anyone knows why?