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]]> By: russell http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 russell Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:26:47 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/#comment-1317 Don't forget open, which opens a file as if it were double clicked in the Finder, or open -a names an application like open -a Mail.app you could use this to edit dot files that don't show up in the finder, for instance open -a TextEdit.app .bashrc open -f is a lot like more, but it can be directed at a mac application: ls -la | open -f TextEdit.app Also pbcopy puts text on the Mac clipboard, for instance ls -la | pbcopy copies the output of the ls command. Don’t forget open, which opens a file as if it were double clicked in the Finder, or open -a names an application like open -a Mail.app
you could use this to edit dot files that don’t show up in the finder, for instance open -a TextEdit.app .bashrc

open -f is a lot like more, but it can be directed at a mac application: ls -la | open -f TextEdit.app

Also pbcopy puts text on the Mac clipboard, for instance ls -la | pbcopy copies the output of the ls command.

]]> By: TrafReffins http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 TrafReffins Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:31:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/#comment-1265 if you don't want to go through the hassle of reading an entire man page, try the 'whatis' command, try it on another command as so: whatis ls this will report a simple one line explanation of the commands usage. Probably more useful for the advanced users out there... if you don’t want to go through the hassle of reading an entire man page, try the ‘whatis’ command, try it on another command as so: whatis ls

this will report a simple one line explanation of the commands usage. Probably more useful for the advanced users out there…

]]> By: Loup-Vert http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Loup-Vert Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:37:45 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/07/basic-command-line-utilities-tips-commands/#comment-1235 How does one enable a colored terminal, exactly? And does that mean coloring the prompt and pre-prompt text, or enabling colors for files, e.g. making ls show folders as blue, executables as green, etc.? How does one enable a colored terminal, exactly? And does that mean coloring the prompt and pre-prompt text, or enabling colors for files, e.g. making ls show folders as blue, executables as green, etc.?

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