Mac OS X - Terminal
Platform: Mac
Description
Welcome to our advanced Apple® Mac OS® X series: TERMINAL VELOCITY. Lurking beneath the shiny new Aqua interface is a tried-and-true UNIX® core with a real, live CLI (command line interface). You could avoid it if you wanted to, but what fun would that be? Dive in and learn those cryptic commands! Speak the geekspeak. Amaze your friends at parties!
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| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
Launching the Terminal | 1087 | 0:40 |
| 2. | |
Running Top | 1088 | 1:42 |
| 3. | |
The PWD command | 1089 | 0:36 |
| 4. | |
Listing a directory. | 1090 | 0:40 |
| 5. | |
Changing directories | 1091 | 1:13 |
| 6. | |
Listing directories with more info | 1092 | 1:24 |
| 7. | |
Clearing the terminal | 1093 | 0:32 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Viewing a "man" page | 1094 | 2:45 |
| 2. | |
Viewing a "man" page of the "Man" command | 1095 | 1:46 |
| 3. | |
Copying a file | 1096 | 2:10 |
| 4. | |
Moving or renaming a file | 1097 | 1:34 |
| 5. | |
Making a new directory | 1098 | 0:51 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Making a new text file with pico | 1099 | 2:19 |
| 2. | |
Opening an existing file with the pico editor | 1100 | 2:17 |
| 3. | |
Getting help in the pico editor | 1101 | 2:02 |
| 4. | |
Removing files and folders | 1102 | 2:03 |
| 5. | |
Using cat to view a file on the screen | 1105 | 0:44 |
| 6. | |
Redirecting output to a file | 1106 | 1:31 |
| 7. | |
The vi editor | 1107 | 1:53 |
| 8. | |
The emacs editor | 1108 | 0:49 |
| 9. | |
Using "more" and "less" to browse files | 1109 | 1:09 |
| 10. | |
Quick access to recent commands | 1110 | 1:05 |
| 11. | |
The Apropos command | 1111 | 1:33 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Basic permissions | 1112 | 2:14 |
| 2. | |
Changing permissions with chmod | 1113 | 4:02 |
| 3. | |
Changing file ownership with chown | 1114 | 1:40 |
| 4. | |
Enabling the "root" account | 1115 | 2:22 |
| 5. | |
Exiting from the "root" identity | 1116 | 1:05 |
| 6. | |
Using chgrp to change the group owner of a file | 1118 | 1:12 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
Locating System commands with whereis | 1117 | 1:30 |
| 2. | |
Using grep to find specific information | 1119 | 2:16 |
| 3. | |
Piping command output into another command | 1120 | 1:59 |
| 4. | |
Suspending a process in the background | 1121 | 1:15 |
| 5. | |
Viewing suspended jobs and current processes | 1122 | 2:36 |
| 6. | |
Using cmp to compare files | 1123 | 1:10 |
| 7. | |
Using wc to count words, lines, and bytes. | 1124 | 0:50 |
| 8. | |
Using compress and uncompress | 1125 | 1:10 |
| Key # | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | |
"Bailing out" of a command | 1126 | 0:51 |
| 2. | |
Using "ping" to test for network connectivity | 1127 | 1:18 |
| 3. | |
Checking disk usage with df | 1128 | 1:08 |
| 4. | |
Using tab to Autocomplete commands | 1129 | 2:01 |
| 5. | |
Viewing the head and tail end of files | 1130 | 1:19 |
| 6. | |
Using "script" to record terminal activity | 1131 | 1:51 |
| 7. | |
Creating or updating a file with "touch" | 1133 | 1:09 |
| 8. | |
Creating soft links | 1134 | 4:24 |
| 9. | |
Who is logged in? | 1103 | 2:22 |
| 10. | |
Checking your uptime and load averages | 1104 | 0:59 |
| 11. | |
Checking and setting the date and time | 1135 | 1:52 |
| 12. | |
Checking system messages from the console | 1136 | 1:25 |
| 13. | |
Shutting down and rebooting from the terminal | 1132 | 2:09 |
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