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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Can I have color ls output automatically if my TERM is “xterm-256color”?
Can I have automatic color output for ls if my TERM environment variable is set to xterm-256color?
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How to prevent Terminal from resizing when font size is changed
10.8.3/Terminal 2.3.
Terminal resizes the entire window in seemingly unpredictable ways whenever I change the size of the font -- a frequent operation when frequently going between laptop and ...
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Console reports “sandboxd deny mach-lookup” … Should I modify system.sb?
I'm getting two errors in the console at the same time TimeMachine is running and taking FOREVER to make any progress.
1/4/13 9:41:38.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(5838) deny mach-lookup ...
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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 find the windowid of Google Chrome to pass to screencapture -l
I'd like to use screencapture -l to do automated screen captures of Google Chrome. This requires knowing the windowid of the Google Chrome process that's running.
For apps that support Applescript, ...
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Option + click in iTerm
In Terminal, Option + click allows me to place my cursor at any point on the current line-- great for editing really long commands.
How can I do this in iTerm2?
Update: According to this page, the ...
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External drive error while moving files, now folder is inaccessible from Finder
I was moving some files from one external hard drive to another, while the system froze, and I had to reboot the hard way.
When I logged in again, the folder was looking semi-transparent (as it is ...
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Inkscape will not open on its own, but can be opened from within an x11 window
When I installed inkscape, it asked me for the location of x11, and without thinking, I choose xcode, rather than xQuartz. So now, if I try to open it via its icon in the applications folder nothing ...
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How can I open all the files in all the subdirectories of a folder?
I'm trying to recursively open all the files in a folder, including its directories. I've been playing around with open /path/to/folder/*, and this will open all the files inside that folder but not ...
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How to add folder to Spotlight “do not index”?
Is there any way to programmatically add a folder to Spotlight's "Privacy" tab?
Either through Terminal or Applescript?
Often I want to click on an item in Spotlight results in Finder, and have that ...
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When I open Terminal, I get an “I have no name!” prompt
Suddenly, this morning, I open a Terminal window and I get this:
I have no name!@macbook:~$ whoami
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** I am not a number! I am a human being! **
What gives? Anyone know what I need to do to ...
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Is it possible to check which application has accessed a file last?
I can check when a file was accessed last with ls -lu path/to/file | awk '{print $6,$7,$8}' but can I also see what application accessed it?
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Making Hidden Apps Appear Faded Whilst Sitting On The Dock?
Sometimes it can be quite difficult for me to tell which of my apps are hidden on the dock and which are not. Is it possible to make those Apps which I have hidden (either by terminal command or ...
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Is there a Mac OS X Terminal version of the “free” command in Linux systems?
On Linux, I often use the free command to see the current amount of free and used memory in the system. For example:
$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
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Is there a way to set an Application Shortcut in the Keyboard Preference Pane via Terminal?
I'd like to have a bootstrap for my custom keyboard shortcuts to use on multiple machines...
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Many programs notify me that “grep/sed/uname/… not found”; some run, some don't. My system(?) path is damaged, how do I go about a diagnosing it?
Some manifestations of this problem: macports won't install, MATLAB won't run, BTT works but incessantly spams me with " not found" popups, and emacs shell does not work.
My interactive shell PATH is ...
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preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session
Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock and terminal window looses focus. This happens even if there's no an X session. Why? How to prevent this behavior?
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Mac Terminal support for multiple fonts
I was trying to get emacs minimap to work on the terminal - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniMap
However, the font is the same size as the rest of the screen, which makes it pretty useless. It ...
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How can I map keyboard keys to mouse axes in Terminal?
How can I map the mouse axes to my keyboard keys in the Mac OSX 10.6 Terminal? For example, moving the mouse up (positive x) triggers a keypress of W. Is this built in, or do I need a software ...
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Executables in /bin and /usr/bin are not found in path
Somehow I can’t execute files in /bin or /usr/bin without providing the full path.
This isn’t happening when running from Terminal, but, for example, iTerm can’t run bash (only /bin/bash), OnyX ...
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Cleaning up my .bash_profile: Can I delete some of this?
I'm not a Unix guru.
I'm running OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. Today I removed Macports from my machine. I believe macports left some cruft in my `~/.bash_profile which I would like to remove (the ...
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Change file association in terminal?
Is there a method for associating file types with applications via terminal? I thought ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchservices.plist might do it, and I also have seen: Why is a command line ...
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“DYLD_” terminal error?
So, I've done some searching.. and still haven't found a solution for this. I'm not even sure what has caused it. There are no DYLD_ or LD_ flags being set at all, but I always see this when I open ...
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How to remove an environment variable on Snow Leopard
I'm running under Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I recently added an environment variable which it seems to be messing my bash terminal (I guess).
What I did is add the variable ...
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I am having trouble getting apache to work via terminal on mac os x 10.8.3
I am a beginner with the terminal app. - I think , while following a tutorial for creating a user configuration file for apache, that I messed something up internally with apache. I cannot even access ...
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how to move files in terminal osx
Hello world so i am way new to mac i am trying to install an older version of wkhtmltopdf because the brew install wkhtmltopdf installs a rc version that just wont work.
So i found this blog that ...
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How can i reset my Terminal?
just some time ago i installed the OS X Server app on my mac and since this day it always appears server as the chosen directory in my terminal.
But because i dont really like the Server application ...
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Making checks before rsyncing external drive on OSX
I have the following issue on OSX though I guess this could equally be filed under bash. I have several encrypted portable drives that I use to sync an offsite data store or as an on-the-go data store ...
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Find command acts weird
I don't know if there is something wrong with my current find commandline app. Whenever I run it, the terminal is closed.
I have no idea, it's just weird.
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How do I make a bash script so that I can drag its input on top of the icon?
I need to make a bash script to that I can drag a .rar file on top of it and then the script will receive the pathname of that file as argument 1 ($1). I have made the bash script, but how do I make ...
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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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How to build a simple app that turns text to m4a files
I'm learning Chinese and want a way to quickly generate and save words and phrases to m4a files.
I've managed to do pretty much what I want in terminal, but I can't seem to figure out how to make an ...
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Terminal configuration lost after booting up
On OS X 10.8.3, my Terminal.app is configured with my .bashrc file. In my .bash_profile I have:
source .bashrc
It works great, except when I let some Terminal windows opened and shut down the Mac. ...
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How to replace Mac OS X utilities with GNU core utilities?
I found there is some differences between the utility command I used on the mac OSX and linux. I want to make my experience united.
How could I replace all my mac utilities with GNU utilities?
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Is it possible to get the full suite of unix options for the command line tools on OS X?
I follow Unix Tool Tip on Twitter and it is interesting that many of the tips that are posted are not available on OS X.
For example:
cp - u will only copy files that don't exist, or are newer ...
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Where is the official Apple documentation for the Terminal App? I need a list of escape sequences
Terminal.app does not implement all xterm sequences. I need to get the complete list of what it does implement. Is it available anywhere?
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Check Remote Management Status via Terminal
I need to be able to SSH into a Mac (Mountain Lion) and check if ARD is running and if so, what are the settings. Basically, I need the equivalent of going to System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote ...
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Cursor does not go begining of the line
Hello I am trying to go begining of the line. neither left arrow key or ctrl + a
lets me do it. everytime it keeps couple letters on the right.
however its a visual bug my cursor is actually in the ...
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For iTerm2, how do I make the working directory appear in the window title?
I recently switched to iTerm2 from the default Terminal app and have a usability issue.
On Terminal, the working directory you are in shows up on the title bar along with the process and pixel ...
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bash: brew: command not found [closed]
I am new to mac and was following a video and typed export PATH="$HOME/opt/git/bin:$PATH" I believe this messed up my path and I am not able to install MySQL now. When I tried to install homebrew I ...
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How to launch pdf viewer from the terminal
I'm working using LaTeX, since I compile the document in the terminal, it would be much easier for me to open it in pdf viewer directly from the terminal.
I'm using OS X 10.8.2 in Polish, so I'm not ...
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Auto open 4 terminal sessions and SSH them to a given host
I'm doing Rails development on a MacBook via a VirtualBox setup that's somewhat similar to Vagrant. My inconvenience is that I like to have at least 3 terminal tabs connected to the VM via SSH (one ...
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Why does shasum generate non-standard hashes?
As far as I can tell, the shasum that ships with os x doesn't generate the hashes that it's supposed to.
$ echo "" | /usr/bin/shasum
adc83b19e793491b1c6ea0fd8b46cd9f32e592fc ?-
When I look up empty ...
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How do I disable a specific wifi network through terminal?
Is there a way to disable a specific wifi network in Terminal? I'd like to disable my home wifi connection for reasons outlined here: Reclaim Your Life After Work by Disabling Internet Access for ...
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Solarized theme for Terminal
I've installed the Solarized theme for Terminal.app and imported it. But my Terminal is all gray, I don't get color highlighting on anything. Not even running Python terminal generates any color. How ...
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Disable line wrapping for output in the Terminal
I often read outputs in the terminal that get wrapped as they are too long. Since there is no way that I can modify the printed output, I need to let the Terminal allow for horizontal scrolling.
Is ...
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FocusFollowsMouse, cut-paste from browser to Terminal in 10.8 (duplicate)
Added: this was discussed in
focus-follows-mouse-plus-auto-raise-on-mac-os-x on SO in 2010. In short, accept it,
or buy an addon:
how-can-i-make-focus-follow-the-mouse-cursor.
The sequence:
cut ...
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Mac Won't Remember Hostname in Terminal After Reboot
I'm trying to set my hostname for my mac. Currently it's unknown002374e31ebd.
I've tried setting it with
sudo hostname -s Steve-Mac
Which will work for all future terminal sessions. However, if ...
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Can an Open Directory (10.8) user's home directory be changed from the terminal?
I'd like to use SFTP/SSH for users (students and faculty) to manage their web content. The default home directory is "/Users//". I'd like to point them to something like "/Users//web" to block access ...
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Change the default action to open executable files in the editor instead of Terminal
When double clicking an executable file (without a file extension) in Finder, it opens in Terminal by default. I can change that to any other application for this single file, but I cannot change the ...
