Comments on: Basic Terminal Commands for Mac OS X.

By: gilligan

gilligan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:32:45 +0000

RE: shilmud said:
If I do : cat file1( Hello) File2(world)>> file3

im a bit rusty

but wouldnt you pipe ” | ” the output to file3 and then cat file3

By: shilmud

shilmud — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:24:05 +0000

If I do : cat file1( Hello) File2(world)>> file3

I get:
File3 as:

Hello
world

I want to get :

File3 as:
Hello wold

Please let me know how can I do that.

By: Brian miller

Brian miller — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:17:33 +0000

I have a new business as a Mac tech and have just started to help clients with X-servers and just started using Terminal. I found your site very informative for myself. It has helped me immensely with my current server project. I am, however, curious about the comment by LaFarr Stuart as to the wisdom of “login as root user” as I am a beginner.
I have to run a debugging command to fix a large ( 20 computers) tour company
server. heavy stress if I screw up. There is no one else out here to to this kind of work. Any thoughts? voncoilenstout @ All Things Mac.

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By: LaFarr Stuart

LaFarr Stuart — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:05:19 +0000

I just looked at: http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/05/basic-terminal-commands-for-mac-os-x/

Effectively it tells people to use “sudo” to explore Terminal. It is my belief: A new user should not run as Administrator, and he should never use sudo until he has learned a lot about Unix. sudo is like taking the protective guards off dangerous machinery.

Wild cards, piping, and command options are too much that has been given up for GUI; and can be learned without Administrator power.