tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post4149027202679392707..comments2009-05-05T12:06:30.492-04:00David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-69898571794400832642008-11-21T08:32:44.055-05:002008-11-21T08:32:44.055-05:00@nuthack: Thanks - great tip! First I'd seen of that.David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-22668453033495489382008-11-20T21:37:42.130-05:002008-11-20T21:37:42.130-05:00I recommend visor to you<BR/>It's good stuff. ^^<BR/><BR/>http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-visor/nuthackhttp://golbin.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-6316808141868435652008-09-17T16:15:52.471-04:002008-09-17T16:15:52.471-04:00These are all awesome tips... Thanks for sharing..!!David Orriss Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14646627051255024231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-90307164017614965552008-09-16T15:33:11.631-04:002008-09-16T15:33:11.631-04:00@Lonnie: <I>I get a bit confused and end up huddling in the corner whimpering to myself</I><BR/><BR/>Unix shells have a tendency to do that to people ;-). There are two lines you can go down for this: the first is any good tutorial (of which there are literally hundreds on the web) for BASH, the default shell for the Terminal. The second is to pick up a Mac specific book on the topic. Though it is targeted at Tiger most everything in <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-UNIX-Mac-Users/dp/0131863339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221593475&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users</A> contains a very thorough treatment on the topic.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps!David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-16857344863964204982008-09-16T15:26:52.042-04:002008-09-16T15:26:52.042-04:00Is there a good place to go for a tutorial/walk-through of the things you can do in Terminal? The basic commands don't scare me too much, but when I "get inside" programs I get a bit confused and end up huddling in the corner whimpering to myself. For example, the mail service really confused me for a while. Once you're in, how do you get out? BTW, I'm still enjoying this blog and have it in my widgets so I can stay on top of the newest posts. I also made the switch (at work) eight months ago and I must say I actually look forward to walking in the door of the office in the morning because of it!Lonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447251143291054658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-72369610692540969052008-09-15T15:03:42.386-04:002008-09-15T15:03:42.386-04:00Some great additional tips there - thanks folks! Keleko - that vi command tip is excellent. I use vi all the time.David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-46259167566940110062008-09-15T14:27:40.806-04:002008-09-15T14:27:40.806-04:00Control-R is excellent! Didn't know about it.Ast A. Moorehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3raiDgym44&fmt=18noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-18909217141696393292008-09-15T13:25:58.661-04:002008-09-15T13:25:58.661-04:00@keleko "set -o vi" oh man, you just made my day. How freaking cool, thanks.SadFootSignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214773193492595415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-48299854452067946062008-09-15T13:21:42.407-04:002008-09-15T13:21:42.407-04:00Not a keyboard shortcut, but you can drag and drop file and directory names from Finder to Terminal. I use that a lot when processing directories, and I don't want to enter the entire path, particularly for the cd commandQkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-7050837244708260622008-09-15T11:49:41.365-04:002008-09-15T11:49:41.365-04:00Nice post.<BR/><BR/>I just started a my O/S course in Computer Science and we're about to start Unix, hopefully with the help of this post, and the comments that follow, I'll be ahead of the curve.Mike D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00233791620053551893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-71713482556885257602008-09-15T11:31:10.005-04:002008-09-15T11:31:10.005-04:00Them thar's emacs commands! Go read up on your emacs key commands to find out more. I don't remember all the ones available in bash. If you know vi, you can type in "set -o vi" to use vi commands instead.<BR/><BR/>Some other emacs commands: ctrl-f and ctrl-b do the same as the left and right arrow keys. I tend to use that instead of the arrow keys because I don't need to remove my hands from the home key area.<BR/><BR/>ctrl-w deletes the previous word.Kelekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973169521321800308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-29708957470476041982008-09-15T11:30:29.622-04:002008-09-15T11:30:29.622-04:00Go to Terminal/Window Settings.../Keyboard and click on "Use option key as meta key"<BR/><BR/>This will transfer the function of the "Esc" key to the "Option" key and save some finger stretching :-]<BR/><BR/>Now, if you hit Option-D, it will delete the word that your cursor sits on....mudmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14949271613869238088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-75712353984381252182008-09-15T10:38:58.740-04:002008-09-15T10:38:58.740-04:00Are you often browsing through the history, and just want to change the command name (you know the first word on the line), then just press <B>Control-A</B>, and your cursor is back to the beginning of the line<BR/><BR/>The reverse (go to the end of the line): <B>Control-E</B>slubmanhttp://www.slubman.info/noreply@blogger.com