The default Unix shell used by Terminal in Mac OS X
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How can I change the default bash look?
My bash is white and black and I would like it to look much more colorful, how do I do that?
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How do I run Octave from a different directory?
I have recently installed Octave, a MATLAB clone, onto the following directory:
/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
I want to run it from a shell command prompt from a ...
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Why is a command line change to ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist not effective immediately?
When the Info window of Finder is used to associate files of a particular type with an application:
the preference is effective immediately.
When Terminal is used to make a comparable addition ...
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How to obtain Bluetooth ID (OS X)
I need to remotely grab the Bluetooth ID from multiple machines throughout my network. What are the best ways to remotely obtain the Bluetooth ID in OS X?
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How do I execute a bash script that requires root privileges?
I have this script lines from my ISP:
sudo bash
echo "plugin L2TP.ppp">>/etc/ppp/options
echo "l2tpnoipsec">>/etc/ppp/options
It works if I paste line by line into Terminal.
I want to ...
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Allow the Terminal.app to pass command key based keystrokes to terminal programs
I want to allow programs running in the terminal the ability to interpret the keyboard short cut Cmd + S
I have already Remapped the Terminals' default binding of Cmd + S to Ctrl + S via the ...
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How do I make find fail if -exec fails?
When I run this command in the shell (in a non-empty directory):
find . -exec invalid_command_here {} \;
I get this:
find: invalid_command_here: No such file or directory
find: ...
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How come compiling my .tex file with my alias is lagging?
I have written an alias in ~/.bashrc to compile my tex files into pdfs. I am sure that ~/.bashrc is sourced.
alias p='rm -f *.pdf *.log *.aux;pdflatex *.tex;open *.pdf'
However, after I edit my ...
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Is there a Mac equivalent for UDEV folder on linux?
I am writing a script which should backup my Documents folder onto a USB stick. I want the script to be executed every time I connect the USB stick. I found a solution here. But it seems like I can't ...
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Why don't my aliases in .bashrc work?
I have Lion on my Mac Air. I wrote some aliases in ~/.bashrc file, which looks like:
# Aliases
alias p='pdflatex *.tex;open *.pdf'
alias bromine='ssh administrator@bromine.org'
I then sourced my ...
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How to search for a file by a hash value with bash script (terminal)?
I am writing a script for Mac OS X Lion 10.7 and I would like to know how I can search for files based on their SHA1 hashes. I would like to search the whole file system for the file(s) I will be ...
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Can sudo use my existing aliases?
How can I let sudo use my existing aliases in my .bash_profile (or .bashrc, .profile …)?
For example I want to be able to use ll instead of ls -laGF as sudo.
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Lion Fullscreen Desktop Switching Quirk
I make Java programs, many of which require input from the command line before they actually open a window. When I'm using the Terminal in fullscreen mode and I run java Program, it jumps over to an ...
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sourcing bash profile for root users
Apologies in advance if this question is going to annoy the hell out of everyone as I appreciate, it's been asked in various ways many times before. Please be assured, I have read the archives and ...
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listing all processes in iOS 5.0.1
How could one go about viewing all the processes in an ssh session to my (jailbroken)iphone? I'm currently able to ssh in, I have bash installed, core utilities installed, shell-cmds package installed ...
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How to use zsh and bash on iTerm2 at the same time?
Zsh is better than bash(obviously), but for some reason, from time to time I have to use bash. I am wondering is there any way for me to use them together without changeing them manually?
What I ...
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What is the Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render environment variable for?
After running:
env ; #from with in terminal
I see the following output:
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Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-pc2V6P/Render
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What is this environment variable used for? Not really ...
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Why must I source .bashrc every time I open terminal for aliases to work?
I added this line into my ~/.bashrc file.
alias myserver='ssh davidfaux@davidfaux.com'
However, when I open terminal and run myserver, terminal complains that
-bash: myserver: command not found
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Screencapture Terminal command and then return to Shell script
I'm trying to run a shell script wherein I run the screencapture command, do a couple of modifications like file renaming, moving to Dropbox, shortening the url etc and then growling the url.
Problem ...
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Creating wrapper script for Mail.app to send mail from Terminal
I'm trying to send mail from terminal with the help of bash and applescript. I use bash for taking care of arguments and the email message body. Then I have tried using Applescript to send the mail ...
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How to change bash version with homebrew
I have used homebrew to install the newest version of bash on my local system. I have added a symbolic link from: /usr/local/bin/bash to /usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.2.20/bin/bash and added the line: ...
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Make ls command sort by file type (e.g. directories and file extension)
How do I make ls sort by file type (e.g. directories first and then by file extension)? The answers suggested in (Super User) Make ls sort by file type result in unknown option errors from ls.
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Why does Terminal ignore capital “B”?
this happens to me from time to time: when I am using the Terminal, suddenly the terminal starting to ignore the capital 'B', regular 'b' works fine, other capital letter work fine. other applications ...
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Run a Cocoa application on Lion as another user
I'm trying to run an application as the user 'steve' with the window displayed on my desktop ( brendan ).
This is what I have been doing so far.
sudo -u steve open -a /Path/To/MyApplication.app
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List the extensions installed in Safari for Mac OS X, and state whether each one is enabled
I'd like a list, from which text can be copied.
(Not a screenshot of preferences.)
This information does not appear in any of the following:
Safari
System Profiler in Snow Leopard
System ...
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Why does iterm2 close new sessions immediately?
I've made some changes to my .bashrc file in my new MacBook, mainly aliases for common commands.
Shortly after, iterm2 immediately closes every new session or tab with the following cryptic message:
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How can I create a folder named like the current date in bash
So I'm messing around in my .bashrc making different aliases and playing with my prompt. I'm trying now to make an alias that will move into a specific directory, make a new directory based on the ...
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Long command in terminal.app cause a bug
If I am in the last line of Terminal.app and enter a long command, it does not create new line, but instead overwrites the same line.
How can I solve this bug?
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Bash problem Mac OS Terminal
Hi when I pressed the up arrow to see the previous command, it rewrote the current command from half.
Example:
21 /usr/local/sphinx/etc > /usr/local/sphinx/bin/search --config ...
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Strange behavior in Terminal with custom .bash_profile
It's hard to describe the behavior, but here's a short clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KqHBA94FPI
Basically, when entering multi-line commands, at the end of the first line, the insertion ...
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Bash script to toggle wifi in lion
Is it possible to have a bash script that toggle my wifi on and off? I am using lion (10.7.2).
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/bin/sh: rm: command not found
I have problems with some applications that use AppleScript shell script feature. For example, Growl's uninstall scripts shows an error:
error "/bin/sh: rm: command not found" number 127
The source ...
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Smarter Bash Tab Completion
As a recent switcher from Ubuntu (Well recent switch backer if that's a word) I'm finding myself in the command line a lot more than when I was a mac user before. One thing I really loved about Ubuntu ...
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How do I reset the scrollback in the terminal via a shell command?
When using Terminal.app, you can clear the screen by using the shell builtin clear or by pressing ^+L (Control-L).
However, all this does is push the current screen content back one screen height ...
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Accented characters and terminal redirection
I'm having problems dealing with accented characters in file names in the Terminal. Consider the following:
$ touch leão.png
$ ls > test.txt
$ open -a TextWrangler test.txt
The accented ...
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How can I exit “bash”?
I don't know how to get my .profile aliases back in to the terminal every time I try them, this error massage comes up:
apaw:~ apaw$ cdp
-bash: cdp: command not found
How do i exit this -bash? I ...
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what is DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT in ~/.profile file?
My .profile file includes the following obscure lines. What are they for?
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# DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT
# (do not remove this comment)
##
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How do I use arguments together with bash aliases
Today, I learned the very handy trick:
man [some command] -t | open -f -a Preview
I'd like to create an alias in my .bash_profile file as a shortcut. In order for this to work, I need to pass an ...
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What changes have been made to bash in Lion?
I am working on some bash shell scripting for a local login script and it works fine on Leopard and Snow Leopard but fails on Lion. I was curious if there was a place that listed the differences in ...
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Customizing the shell prompt causes some quirks
I have customized the shell prompt with the following code in my ~/.bash_profile, but there is one quirk left I can't seem to fix:
export PS1="\u:\[\e[32;1;32m\W\e[m\] \$ "
(code is also on github)
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In terminal, modify the text that comes before $
In terminal I can always see which path I'm in:
macbook-romeo:School romeovs$ echo "example command"
which I find quite useful. Yet there is a lot of unnecessary stuff here too: macbook-romeo is ...
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Run bash command with current URL as parameter from Firefox and/or safari
I'd like to be able, without much hassle, add a video to my Miro Download-queue.
From bash I can do this by entering
open -a Miro.app http://vimeo.com/24398084
Now I'd like to do this from within ...
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Correct syntax for bash grep function?
I'm trying to set up a function to make certain grep command easier.
gr() { grep -r --include=*.\{m,h,xib\} $1 \* ; }
The end result should be a recursive grep of all *.m, *.h, and *.xib files, for ...
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How do I restore my .bash_profile?
I've accidentally overwritten my ~/.bash_profile file.
Does anyone have a "sample" one I could copy, or know where I might be able to find one?
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How do I make invisible files (like bash profile) visible in the finder?
question is in the title. There's some files that most Apple users don't need access to, but if you program you do need access to. in particular the bash profile. anyone know how to make these visible ...
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Is it safe to upgrade Bash via Homebrew?
I'm new to OS X. I'm running OS X Lion on a MacBook Pro. Is it safe to upgrade the bash shell using Homebrew:
$ brew install bash
If safe, how do I make it the default instance of the shell I run ...
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-Bash command not found appearing every time I start terminal
every time I start my terminal, it always says "-bash: .: command not found" twice. Does anyone know how I can get rid of that?
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What option should I give the sudo command to have the password asked trough graphical interface?
This problem has ben bugging me for a while now.
Every now and then, I need to write a script file that should execute sudo commands. I do not necessarily know in advance that I will run as sudo so I ...
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Bash shell script to locate and remove substring within a filename
I am trying to write a bash shell script (which is called by an Automator Action) to rename TV show DVD rips that I have named badly over the years. I want to remove part of the text in the filenames. ...
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Always show service in contextual menu
Sometimes when I create a service in Automator, I want it to always appear in the Finder contextual menu, not just when I have a selected a file or folder.
The services are always either pure ...
