Terminal (or Terminal.app) is the program included in Mac OS X for running applications and issuing commands using the command line interface. These programs are controlled by typing lines of text, rather than using the mouse or keyboard commands in the usual graphical user interface (GUI).
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Terminal returns not found for most commands Mac OSX
I'm really new to Mac OSX and UNIX based systems. I wanted to run a few Windows games on my Mac Mini so I started installing Wine and MacPorts.
Having done so, I typed in sudo port install wine and ...
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The Command to enter login items is not working in 10.8
I am entering the login item from the terminal but, this command is not working for me:
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add ...
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Exporting a Windows Group in terminal makes redundantly named Windows Groups
OK, so I've made several Windows Groups and experimented making some open with an automatically executing command (and some that don't). My problem is that once I store such a 'group' as a clickable ...
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Change ownership of all files, from one owner to another
I changed the shortname of my user account, but it seems to have caused an issue with some files (especially homebrew stuff), which are still owned by the old username. My old short name was cannyboy, ...
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Need more pseudo terminals
I'm running tmux and creating many sessions to various servers. After opening 128, I can no longer open new ones, or open new tabs in Terminal. The error messages is:
forkpty: Device not configured
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Can you send a message across the network?
There used to be the ability, perhaps before OS X, to send messages accross the local network, which displayed a popup on the receivers machine with the message. Is this still possible? Or is there ...
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Is it possible to download Apple's Command Line Tools for Xcode from the command line?
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My job gives me temporary MacBook Pros for travel purposes. I get them with a fresh OS install before I leave, and when I return, they blank the hard drive. The trips usually require some ...
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libicu-dev: Package not found by apt-get
I try to install libicu-dev using apt-get
sudo apt-get install libicu-dev
And i get the error
E: Couldn't find package libicu-dev
I tried apt-get update but that didn't change a thing.
Fink ...
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Determine geolocation in shell / Terminal on OS X 10.5
Is there a way to determine geolocation in shell / Terminal on OS X 10.5?
There's another question, Is there a way to access a Mac's geolocation from terminal? (Mountain Lion), but it seems to ...
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What steps are needed to create a new user from the command line on Mountain Lion?
What commands (or script) can create a fully functional user account on Mountain Lion, running only from the command line via terminal or ssh.
It looks like an existing pair of answers might work, ...
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how to tab text blocks in terminal input line
$ I want to be able to tab from the start of one word to the next in this line, but how?
usually if I paste something in the input line then want to change something in the start or middle, I have ...
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iTerm ZSH - Missing Right Prompt
I'm using oh-my-zsh and iTerm2. I've also enabled the zsh-vim-mode plugin from oh-my-zsh. One of the annoyances I've encountered is my right prompt (RPS1 & RPROMPT) doesn't seem to show up. I'd ...
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Are there any global key combinations suitable or specifically reserved on OS X for user assignment?
I'm trying to identify an appropriate global hotkey to set in iTerm2's preferences for showing/hiding it:
I'd like to avoid any conflicts with other applications' hotkeys or other future use. Are ...
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After typing sudo I can no longer autocomplete commands by pressing Tab
In a Terminal, if I type beginning of any command by pressing tab I can see the rest of that command.
However this feature does not work with any words I type after sudo.
How can I complete command ...
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How to correctly handle two different versions running commands from Terminal?
I've download ctags from Homebrew, which was installed in /usr/local/bin/ctags. Currently I have an older version of 'ctags' which is located in /usr/bin/ctags/.
I want the new version to be the ...
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When running a command from terminal, how can I know the full path of the command?
Assuming I'm writing in Terminal: 'ctags', how can I know the full path of the command 'ctags?
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I want to remove an entry in my $PATH
I'm running OS 10.8. When I
echo $PATH
my terminal outputs
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How do I view .nfo files in Terminal?
I'm trying to open .nfo file correctly with mac terminal (eventually with iTerm2) .
I've tried it already with vim:
vim file.nfo
:set encoding=cp437
But it didn't helped. Maybe there other tools? ...
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How to find delay when launching new Terminal (iTerm)
When I press CMD+N in iTerm2 to bring up a new iTerm window, sometimes it takes 10 seconds before I get my prompt. If I immediately repeat the process, the whole thing takes 1 second. To me this ...
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OSX ML Terminal - Switching tabs
I am a terminal junkie and use it all the time...literally. Is there any way to be able to switch between tabs with Command+Number (eg. Command+1 for tab 1).
Yes, I know about iTerm, I'm just ...
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Terminal not logged in properly
I'm having a bit of an odd issue with my terminal.
I'm used to the prompt being Joosts-Macbook:~ Joost$ or something of that nature, but all of a sudden it displays a number I don't recognise: ...
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How do I change the gateway of a specific connection using the Mac terminal?
My goal is to be able to change all of the following for a specific device: IP address, netmask, and gateway. So far, I've gathered that I should be able to use ifconfig con0 10.8.0.14 netmask ...
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How do I get Wi-Fi info from within Terminal?
Is there a way to get BSSID and the list of available Wi-Fi networks from within Terminal?
I.e. I'm looking for something similar to ifconfig run0 scan on OpenBSD, which lists all access points, ...
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Using cURL to download images in XML feed?
I have an XML file that has links to various .jpg I want to create an applescript that downloads a local copy of these. The idea is to also label them sequentially with a number say 001 to 030.
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Where should shell tools be installed?
Are there Apple guidelines for where user shell tools in Mountain Lion should be installed? Some (e.g. TeX, or Apple's Git) end up in /usr, and others (e.g. X11) seem to end up in /opt (sometimes with ...
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Improved Terminal autocomplete funcionality (similar to Matlab's)
If any of you ever used Matlab, you might have noticed the command window functionality in that program. I wonder if it is possible to enable the same functionality in Mac Terminal.
It works like ...
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How to manually determine version control metadata for Finder?
I have a Scripts folder where I keep Automator actions, Applescripts, and shell scripts. Automator scripts are automatically assigned a version of 1.1.1 it seems. When I make revisions to any of these ...
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Emacs copy a paste line with comment adds extra space / line
I work in emacs in a termal tab, and instead of using the built in copy and paste shortcut commands I generally just highlight (with the mouse) to copy and paste. This works fine for normal ...
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Merging Multiple CSV Files without merging the header
I need to merge multiple .CSV files (using the cat command) but without copying the header for each file.
What's the best way to accomplish this task?
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Rename terminal tabs, persist while in SSH
I'm aware Cmd-I includes options to rename a tab. However while I'm ssh'ed into another machine (more precisely: my computer -> ssh -> ssh -> ssh) every time I run a persistent command, in this case ...
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Make meta + arrows count underscore as words?
I find myself using the meta + arrow keys constantly.
When I am editing code, it would be nice if I could count underscores as words so that when I decide to rename a variable it goes to the ...
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How can I use Terminal to copy all files of a certain type from a failing hard drive?
I need to use terminal to copy my Pictures folder from a failing harddrive onto another drive, but I can't actually change into the folder and use just cp *.jpg ~/Documents. Is there a way to do this ...
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Dig not returning authority section?
Digging wikipeida.com, on my Macbook Pro, returns:
$ dig wikipedia.com
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> wikipedia.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ...
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Reload menu bar from terminal (not SystemUIServer)
I am looking for a way to reload/refresh the "apple symbol" menu in the upper left corner from the terminal.
Searching for ways to refresh the menu has only led me to find the command
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Permission denied error when opening Terminal
I'm using a clean install of 10.8. I wanted to add a couple of directories to my path. I tried adding them to /etc/paths using
sudo vim /etc/paths
Now when I open a terminal window I see this:
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Downside of manual shutdown
I've been using shutdown -h now in the terminal to turn off my iMac (sooo much faster than waiting for every program I use to close out), and I wondered if there were any downsides to shutting down ...
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Access applications and their folders from terminal
I have a folder that I want to init with git, but to do that I have to 'navigate' to that folder using cd. The problem is when I write cd Applications, that folder is empty and I cannot go into ...
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Editing System Preferences via Terminal
Am looking to edit system preferences settings via the command line but cannot for the life of me find the correct names of variables.
In Login Options under Users & Groups, I would like to be ...
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How to add a script that types in the password for my vps through applescript
I made a script recently and have turned it into an app, it basicly logs me into my vps via ssh but I don't know how to tell it how to type in my password for me, heres the code
tell application ...
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Set Keystroke for Service from Terminal
I created some services to be used in Finder. Now I wanted to create some keystrokes to call these services. That would be easy in the System Settings, however, I would like to add them from the ...
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Execute command on launch of custom Terminal Window in OSX10.5+
I'm trying to find a way to automatically launch a command when Terminal is run, but:
Have the Terminal window close after command has returned control to it / after (using &) after command has ...
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How to reset $PATH?
I was trying to add something to $PATH and it went totally wrong. I now can't run any commands such as ls. I've looked at this answer and used the following lines:
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Editing war file with Midnight Commander
I'm trying to edit the contents of a war file on midnight commander (Mac OSX). With a normal zip file, this works fine. However, when I try to open a war file, I get an error message:
gzip: stdin ...
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TimeMachine restore issue
Times ago I did a "restore from time machine backup" in order to restore all my files on a new SSD I bought for my macbookpro (with OSX Lion), and all went fine.
Today I installed Mountain Lion on ...
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What terminal is the Mountain Lion Terminal app emulating?
I recently migrated from 10.6 to 10.8. I use Terminal to connect to various linux boxes where the TERM variable is observed to be xterm-color. This seems to be consistent with the 10.6 setting of ...
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Unable to ping any website through terminal and network utility
I have internet connection and I can access every website. But when I try to ping any website ( be it www.google.com or www.stackoverflow.com or any site ) I always get Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 ...
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Permanently show hidden directories
I am trying to repair a friend's USB drive that got a virus. All directories became .lnk and the original ones were hidden. I don't know how to permanently show the folders.
I've used sudo chflags ...
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I got an image on terminal from the output of homebrew package manager
I got a strange image from the output of brew like this . I'm curious about this behaviour. Is this a feature of brew or the image comes from some special character set? If a character in some ...
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Does anyone know a decent app to monitor bandwidth usage, ideally from the terminal?
I'd like to monitor my bandwidth usage on my Macbook pro, and keep logs of it. Ideally, I'd like to view/monitor them via the Terminal. Can anyone recommend me some applications?
EDIT: To clarify, I ...
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creating a new user in Mac will it reset everything?
I want to reset all my configurations trying to install MySQL & other development stuff through the terminal on my Macbook and start fresh. Cause it was my first time do this & I think I made ...
