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Running Mac OS X Tiger: The Terminal and Shell

Overview The Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities) is the portal to the internals of Mac OS X. The user can use - and become proficient with - the operating system without ever touching the Terminal. But if one truly wants to dig deep and learn how to unleash the full potential of the underlying Unix capabilities of the system, the command line is essential. And once the user knows how to use it, the Terminal becomes a tool so valuable that many power users keep it in their Dock or in the Finder's Sidebar for quick access.

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Oct 17, 2007
Format: White Papers
Topics: Mac OS

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