[INFO] Various Unix/Mac OS X terminal commands, And other info! :D Options

[Markandeya]

I've found this side,it may help to you as well.

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/tools.html

[nimb0z]

whats the command to view the cd/dvd drive via terminal? I need to copy some files from there to system folder.

[Korrupted]

It's cd /Volumes/Name_Of_Your_CD where Name_Of_Your_CD is obviously the name of your cd. For example, if you have Warcraft III, its cd name is The Frozen Throne, and thus you would type cd /Volumes/"The Frozen Throne". If you want to see all the drives Mac currently sees, just go to /Volumes with cd /Volumes, then type ls, which will show you a list.

[soup4you2]

This is not a terminal command but a little trick. sometimes i like the feel of just the console with no GUI present. You need to have it set so you have to type in your username and password.

In the username field enter:

>console

then press enter.. *poof* full screen terminal.

This post has been edited by soup4you2: Feb 16 2007, 04:32 PM

[peterblood]

to make an alias, just type
alias ll='ls -l'

[MONGO!]

Found this browsing around for Terminal info.

It's a fun command that lets you set your preferred screensaver as your desktop:

/system/library/frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/contents/macos/screensaverengine -background

[dan98203]

Hi everyone, I would like to know if there is a way to enable the administrator account through the terminal since it is not active on the Imac? i don't have any passwords for the users who are currently on the imac so I can't login to any accounts.

[SunLizard]

Greetings,

I'm *trying* to get OSX86 (10.4.8 patched w/SSE2 & SSE3) installed on my homebulit system. I've got some Linux/Unix experience (in other words, I can hurt myself in a shell) but am not familiar with the capabilities of the Single User mode when booting. [ie what I can and can't do in single user mode]

The Question: Can I mount the drives to the /Volumes/ folder the same way at command line shell the same way as *nix? (eg 'mount /dev/disk0 /Volumes/DVDrom')

Background: I can get OSX installed but it has issues on first boot with my PCIe card (specifically addressed in the Video Forum.) I think Callisto kexts will set me free, but I can't get the bloody files of the CD I burned them to as the only drive recognized in Single User ( '-s' at the boot options screen.) Sidenote: I can't get the safe mode '-x' to boot properly either as once its starts to bring up GUI (QE/CI) the machine halts. So I *think* I'm stuck with Single User mode until I get the Callisto drivers installed.

Thanks in advance.
S_L

[triofour]

hy!


i only can start with pressing x while startup! what does it do? i found just descriptions like "force mac os startup"? and: is there any flag for that i could ad to the bootlistfile?!

thanks
triofour

[Gooly]

Will be usefull, if you can include few usefull kernel parameters.

[Hugo Guerreiro]

Would anybody be willing to translate this info into other languages? That'd be neat if everyone could have this info, not just us English speakers.

Hi this is my first post in the forum and since you asked im responding to you... im Portuguese and i would be glad to translate this guide to portuguese if you still want to.

Im a windows user but now im trying to get lost in the mac world ( tryed to install 10.4.6 on a acer aspire 5050 but it wasnt a good experience since i had problems with the kernel at booting up after the installation so im going for the 10.4.9 now to give it another try.)

So this guide is being a precious help in understanding how mac works and, like i said, it would be my pleasure to translate it for you in portuguese if you want. PM me or send me the full guide in PDF to hgserv@gmail.com

Best Regards

Hugo

[QuietRiot]

Not exactly a command, but saves a lot of work and helps on the guessing is the TAB-completion.

For instance: you want to type veryLongFilenameThatYouAlwaysMisspell.txt, just start typing, hit TAB, and it should complete it. It works with a few other things.

[hoyanf]

Something good for use with Automator e.g. :-Run Shell Script

if [ -d /Volumes/DVD ]then hdiutil unmount /Volumes/DVDfi

What it will do is that 1- Check if directory /Volumes/DVD exist2- Then run the 'hdiutil unmount /Volumes/DVD'3- EndSave it as Application then add it to your startup itemsAnother tip to look for specific files and or directories...find /Users/user -name yourfilename -type f -print

find <location> -name <filename> -type f <file> d <directory> -print <to view>

Another thing you can do isfind location -name filename -type f -exec chmod -v 644 {} \;

find <location> -name <filename -type f <file> -exec <execute> chmod -v <verbose> 644 {} \;

Or you can combine some other functions...

[Rickyo]

Would anybody be willing to translate this info into other languages? That'd be neat if everyone could have this info, not just us English speakers.

Hi everybody, I'm new in this forum but i find it very interesting ^^
I can translate it in French if you want.I can do it for next week ( let's say for Wednesday because i'm a little busy this w-kend)
Reply me if it 's ok for you.
Bye ^^

[socal swimmer]

I feel super-dumb right now, but i cannot find com.apple.boot.plist. I looked in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration, and it wasn't there. I looked in spotlight (over the entire hard drive). I typed sudo find . -name "com.apple.boot.plist" into terminal and after about 10 minutes it finished with no output.

I am using 10.4.10 on an emac (G4 1.25GHz). Any ideas?

[udnan]

Can you let us know the other kernel flags which can be used and what they do.
I have to use a -f flag while booting to enable Broadcom440x kernel ext to load
in Leopard.

With regards.

[i9300]

DaxTsurugi
I have something I did not see on your list on the first page

CODE

$hdiutil burn filename.iso

or

CODE

$hdiutil burn -noburnverify filename.iso

This will not do any verify and be much faster

I can kick off a burn in the two seconds to type hdiutil burn filename.iso vs. the navigating and clicking around with a gui burning app.

I had to research it and others might find it useful

[TheG33k]

Here are my Terminal Tweaks:

Make your "ls" more Colorfull:

- Open a Terminal
- type "vi ~/.bash_profile"
- insert the following lines:

CODE

export CLICOLOR=1
  export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad

- Try changing the Color codes for other Colors

Make your Vi and Vim Colorfull & More:
- Open a Terminal
- type "vi ~/.vimrc" for Console vi
or type "vi ~/.gvimrc" for Grafical Vim
- add some lines into the file:

CODE

set nocompatible
syntax on
set tabstop=4
set backspace=2

- you can find more commands if
you use google with the words "gvimrc" or "vimrc"

Add your own "Commands":
- Open a Terminal
- type "vi ~/.bash_profile"
- instert in example:

CODE

alias la="ls -la"

- close your Terminal and open it again
- now you have easy file-list-access via "la"

[inimicus]

Eject!

umount /Volumes/SomeVolume

Mount!

mount /dev/disk0s2 /Volumes/SomeDir

though you might have to mkdir /Volumes/SomeDir first.


Comes in handy with stubborn volumes.

Keep in mind if you navigate to /Volumes first (cd /Volumes), you can leave out those parts referencing the directory.

[Juo]

Great guide thanks a lot.