Product Description
The Mac command line offers a faster, easier way to accomplish many tasks. It's also the medium for many commands that aren't accessible using the GUI. The Mac OS X Command Line is a clear, concise, tutorial-style introduction to all the major functionality provided by the command line. It's also packed with information the experienced users need, including little-known shortcuts and several chapters devoted to advanced topics. This is a book to get you started, but also a book you won’t soon outgrow.
From the Back Cover
Work More Quickly and Easily—and Learn Some New Tricks
The Mac command line offers a faster, easier way to accomplish many tasks. It's also the medium for many commands that aren't accessible using the GUI. The Mac OS X Command Line is a clear, concise, tutorial-style introduction to all the major functionality provided by the command line. It's also packed with information the experienced users need, including little-known shortcuts and several chapters devoted to advanced topics. This is a book to get you started, but also a book you won’t soon outgrow.
The Mac command line offers a faster, easier way to accomplish many tasks. It's also the medium for many commands that aren't accessible using the GUI. The Mac OS X Command Line is a clear, concise, tutorial-style introduction to all the major functionality provided by the command line. It's also packed with information the experienced users need, including little-known shortcuts and several chapters devoted to advanced topics. This is a book to get you started, but also a book you won’t soon outgrow.
Coverage includes:
- Using Terminal, the gateway to the command line
- Making Terminal easier to use with shortcuts
- Configuring your shell: bash and tcsh
- Navigating your file system in Terminal
- Moving and copying files from the command line
- Accessing hidden files with Terminal
- Editing configuration files with command-line text editor
- Finding any kind of file or content using simple commands
- Printing from the command line
- Archiving, compressing, and decompressing files
- Managing users, groups, and permissions
- Accessing network volumes and the Internet using simple commands
- Managing programs and processes
- Using system maintenance commands
About the Author
Kirk McElhearn, co-author of the best-selling Mastering Mac OS X Third Edition, is a professional author, journalist and translator. He has written user manuals for many popular Macintosh programs, and articles for publications including MacWorld magazine and TidBITS.
