Questions tagged [terminal]
Questions about the Terminal application or its terminal emulation should use this tag. Use **command-line** for questions about shells or command-line programs that do not specifically involve Terminal.
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Launch terminal in new window by default
Is it possible to set up Terminal to launch a new window by default? I recently came from running Ubuntu and I normally open hundreds of terminals a day. It's a pain to have to always right-click on ...
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Why is mdfind only returning my most recently accessed files?
I've imported most of a javascript code base via mdimport (using the packaged SourceCode.mdimporter provided by Xcode) and it succeeds. However, mdfind only ever returns to me at most two results, ...
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Firing up Terminal from an Automator Workflow?
I quite often use the python -m SimpleHTTPServer command in the Terminal to fire up a webserver for testing apps. Having just learned the basics of the Automator, I figured this would be a great use ...
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How can I list and edit all defined aliases in Terminal?
A friend who owned my current Mac before me created a lot of alias commands. Is there a way to list all defined aliases and the command that is associated with them?
And if so, am I able to edit ...
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How can I specify delimiters in Terminal for word and character selection before copying and pasting?
I am new to Mac and still struggling to be productive with fewer clicks and keys...
When I use Terminal and click on a word, I would like the delimiter to be only space and not other characters like ....
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Show text in large type on the screen via terminal
I can put large text on the center of my screen with certain apps, such as Address Book (click on a phone number and choose "Show in Large Type") or using Quicksilver (type some text and choose the "...
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What is the difference between iTerm2 and Terminal?
I keep hearing that iTerm2 is much better than Terminal. However, when I downloaded iTerm2, I didn't see what made it preferable over Terminal. What are the differences between these two apps?
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Booting for imaging
Our corp is implementing Macs for the first time. We are using Casper to manage them. Unfortunately our Computing Security folks will not allow a Mac Server with NetBoot on our network, which puts ...
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Adding movie-style sound effects to the Terminal
I want to have movie style sound effects in the terminal. You know, when every keystroke and line emits a cool little beep. (Something like this.) I've used KeyClick, but that's only for keyboard ...
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How to keep the text selection in Terminal.app when typing
In Terminal.app, when I select some text and start typing again, the text selection is gone. I personally find this very annoying. Is there a way to make Terminal.app keep the selection when I type?
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Where is nmblookup in Lion?
I'm trying to call nmblookup in a Terminal on Lion, but it's not available. How can I lookup NMB hostnames from the Terminal now?
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Is there a way to get Terminal on Lion to start up cleanly (without the buffered history)?
How can I prevent Terminal from showing me my old output when it starts?
I would like it to always start with a clean window.
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I used to be able to use g++ from the terminal, but now it's missing. I still have XCode installed
I used to be able to use g++ from the terminal to compile c++ programs, but now when I try to use it, I get
-bash: g++: command not found
General advice on the internet was to install XCode, but ...
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Password dialog appears for password-less SSH private key
I installed my SSH private key in ~/.ssh/id_rsa. There is no passphrase associated with the key, however, whenever I connect to an SSH server, a dialog pops up and asks me to enter my password to ...
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How to recover .profile on Mac OS?
I have mis-configured ~/.profile while adding new environment variable. I want to restore my original .profile for my Mac OS, I am not mac expert please help me. None of my shell command is working ...
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How can I use tmutil to figure out which files just got deleted?
I'm on Lion and until ten minutes ago I didn't know that the nifty new tmutil existed. But now I'm a little uncertain with all its options and sub-commands which to use to try and figure out what went ...
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Osascript error
I was messing around with some external libraries, and for some reason when I enter any Osascript command, I now get this error (before it did work):
2011-09-07 19:13:43.306 osascript[1083:707] ...
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How can I re-route Cocoa applications through ssh -X?
Is is possible to re-route Cocoa applications through ssh -X? I like being able to route X applications, but I want to route Cocoa applications too. Any ideas?
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How can I quickly navigate through man pages in the Terminal
Is there any way to quickly scroll through text-heavy output in Terminal such as man pages ? Using the up and down arrows only move the screen one line at a time; is there any way to scroll faster?
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Emacs Ctrl-x ctrl-s command not working in Terminal.app
I am having issue when connecting to my school's unix remotely via Terminal (SSH) and attempting to edit code in emacs on my Mac. I have a Macbook Pro running Mac OS 10.6.
I use the emacs that is ...
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How do I make symbolic links invisible in the Finder?
I use SetFile via the terminal to render files and folders invisible inside Finder windows. This does not appear to work on symbolic links: the symlink destination is made invisible, rather than the ...
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What is the difference between .command, .tool, and .sh file extensions?
I saw a couple of questions about executing command line scripts? I saw that the .command and .tool extensions were mentioned. I have always used .sh. What is the difference between these different ...
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How do I send C-/ (that is, control-slash) to the terminal?
I'm trying to run Emacs in a terminal. I've turned on the "use option as meta" in terminal preferences and so it's about 95% working right.
The key sequence ctrl-/ (or in Emacs notation C-/) is "undo"...
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-Bash command not found appearing every time I start terminal [duplicate]
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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How do I rename the Downloads folder (in Lion)?
For whatever perverse reasons I wish to rename the Downloads folder to Temp. I would also be happy with a way of making it appear to me, in both the GUI and the CLI, as Temp. I am aware I can do this ...
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How can I mount a drive with Truecrypt through a script based on its UUID?
I keep an external drive on my desk at work that I used as an off-site (ie not at home) backup. Because it could easily get taken I have a partition on it encrypted with TrueCrypt. I've got a script ...
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sudo dscacheutil -flushcache = ?Invalid command [closed]
I'm getting the following response when I try and run dscacheutil -flushcache
?Invalid command
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Moving folder to Trash in Finder is not synchronized with Terminal
I tried to delete a folder which I access via terminal.app. Though the Finder moved the folder to the Trash, I was still able to see the contents and edit the file from terminal.
created a textfile
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Details of the proxy address which is being used by Mac
Is it possible to get the proxy address that my system is currently using in order to populate HTTP_PROXY variable from command line ?
I would like a command so that I could set it in my .bashrc file....
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How can I save SSH Bookmarks in Terminal?
I've recently become infatuated with TotalTerminal and am tempted to switch from iTerm back to Terminal just so I can use it, except that I rely heavily on a half dozen SSH bookmarks in iTerm.
Is ...
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Is there a way to search my Samsung SCH-R500 phone through a Terminal window?
I have my Samsung SCH-R500 phone connected to my computer via bluetooth. Though when I go to browse in the 'Bluetooth File Exchange' software, nothing comes up. So, I was wondering if I can navigate ...
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What option should I give the sudo command to have the password asked through a 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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Using screencapture when remotely logged in to a headless mac via ssh
I'm trying to use screencapture from the terminal, when logged in over ssh, to a mac that has no screen attached. I can screen share to the machine, so I'd like to capture the same display.
However ...
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Terminal doesn't show badge - how to enable?
Opposite to another question here I want the badge count to appear.
I have the "resume" function enabled in my Lion. Is there another setting that's responsible for the badge?
To clarify I run tail -...
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How do I remove a user via single user mode in 10.7?
I occasionally will setup a user's machine that has been in for repair beyond the simple re-install of the OS. For example: install a new hd, install the OS, create a user, install updates and then ...
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How can I send email through a Terminal window?
I'm trying to figure out some basic Terminal commands, so I thought I'd try out 'mail.'
I opened a Terminal window and entered the following:
mail (my email address)
(The Terminal then said "...
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"-bash: ls: command not found"
I installed the most recent update to OS X Lion (10.7). After I did that, my terminal won't recognize normal commands. I typed ls and got:
-bash: ls: command not found
I figured I'd try to add usr/...
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Problem with "Open With" menu
I ran this command in Terminal, which supposedly clears all duplicate applications from the "Open With…" menu and now many of my files are just showing up as blank images (.zip files, .dmg files, .rar,...
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Lion Terminal remembers sudo password after quitting
I've been using Lion since its release, and I noticed today, for the first time, that Terminal did not prompt me for a password when I typed in a sudo command, if I close and reopen Terminal within ...
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How do I delete a locked, invisible file in the Trash?
On an external disk (that contains a clone), the /.Trashes/501/Users/myusername/Desktop folder contains (within some subfolders) a locked invisible file that I cannot delete. The whole folder starting ...
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How do I get Terminal to remember previous commands after closing window in SL 10.6.8?
Any way to enable scrollbacks after you quit the window? Even if the app itself is still running, closing the window and opening a new one doesn't work.
I am SURE it used to work on my old Mac, but I ...
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Is bash in OSX case-insensitive?
Are bash commands on OSX case insensitive? I type "which TR" and it shows /usr/bin/TR, though there is no such binary there. Same thing for other binaries, when capitalized. Or is Terminal.app maybe ...
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find video codec from terminal
I'm writing some shell scripts that automatically convert some video files. Except I don't want to run the conversion on files that are already h264 encoded. Is there a way I can tell via a terminal ...
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Why do I have to source ~/.bash_login every time I open Terminal
When ever I close and open Terminal.app, it never loads my ~/.bash_profile. I have my RVM setup at the top of the file but it never loads it.
As you can see, when I type rvm into Terminal, it says ...
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Why does my Terminal window close automatically? [closed]
I need to use my Terminal window on a MacBook Air but it closes about 10 seconds after I open it. Is there a setting or is it possible another program is causing it to close? If I type quickly I can ...
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How do I get the Mac Terminal to show the gray font color
I am running on a Mac with Snow Leopard. Up until now, the default Terminal.app has served me well. I have installed the IR_Black theme mentioned here: http://blog.toddwerth.com/entries/show/6.
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Use only the left option key as meta key in Terminal.app
There's an option in Terminal.app -> Preferences -> Settings -> Keyboard but it allows me only to set both option keys as meta keys.
iTerm.app has such an option but don't like that application.
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show battery in prompt and have it update after every command
i just fresh-installed Lion, and i am in the process of seeing up my system.
i am using this function (found somewhere online...) to show it in the prompt :
battery_status()
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Disable Terminal's title bar directory on Lion
i was wondering if there was any way of disabling the folder location on the titlebar of the built-in terminal application on Lion. I mean:
Any ideas ?
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Showing current directory in Terminal's title, using tcsh
I'd like the title bar of Terminal to always show the directory I'm in. I don't want it shown in the prompt. I found some magic trick code online, and have this in my .tcshrc:
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