Tweak tour Mac terminal : command line MacOS / Daniel Platt.
Platt, Daniel.
2021
QA76.9.D3
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Title
Tweak tour Mac terminal : command line MacOS / Daniel Platt.
Author
Platt, Daniel.
ISBN
9781484261712 (electrronic bk.)
1484261712 (electrronic bk.)
1484261704
9781484261705
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6171-2
Publication Details
Berkeley, CA : Apress L.P., 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (549 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-4842-6171-2 doi
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QA76.9.D3
Dewey Decimal Classification
005.4/32
Summary
Look beyond the basics of Mac programming and development to become a Mac power user. When most people think about the Mac, they think about the amazing graphical user interface macOS is known for. However, there is a whole world to explore beneath the hood. This book approaches working directly in the terminal with fun projects and ideas to help turn you into an advanced Mac user. You'll work with Brew (HomeBrew), which gives you the ability to install applications from Linux (and Unix) that can make the terminal more useful. This is important, because a lot of applications have been stripped out of macOS or deprecated. For example, Apple's built-in PHP is usually a major release behind. You'll also customize your terminal to change everything about it, making it your own. The whole world is about personalizing. Why put up with the Apple defaults? Once you have your terminal set up and ready to rock, you'll review the basics of programming on the Mac terminal. This will allow you to get a taste of power scripting. You'll discover the power of bash, PHP, and Python. And then you'll apply those tools to web development. Tweak Your Mac Terminal takes you on a journey into a world of the terminal and its hidden applications. What You'll Learn Customize the terminal to make it perfect for your needs Develop web applications using basic coding skills in the terminal Install HomeBrew and by extension Linux and Unix applications Who This Book Is For Mac users who are already very familiar with the GUI and want to go further. This book will especially help starting IT professionals and beginning programmers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Terminal at a Glance
The Need to Know
Book Conventions
Book Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Installing Xcode
Using Homebrew
Why Use Brew?
Installing Brew
Installing Brew Globally
Installing Brew for Each User
After Installation
Finding Applications in Brew
Installing Applications from Brew
Upgrading Installed Applications
Reinstalling Applications
Summary
Chapter 2: Terminal Basics
The Terminal Application

Customizing Terminal
What Is a Shell?
Zsh
Upgrading from a Previous Version of macOS
Shell Shortcuts
The Filesystem
Meta Directories
User Directories
Catalina's New Layout
Directory Tree
Moving Around the Filesystem
Inspecting Directories
Dragging and Dropping
Different Types of Paths
Absolute Paths
Relative Paths
Directory Operations
Creating Directories
Deleting Directories
Leaving the Filesystem
How Can You Remove a Directory You Are In?
File Operations
Creating Files
Writing Files
Reading Files
Copying Files

Moving Files
Deleting Files
Editing Text in Terminal
Changing the Default Text Editor
Piping
Pipe
Redirecting Output
Redirecting Input
Hidden Files and Folders
Hiding Files the UNIX Way
Hiding Files the macOS Way
Globbing
Single Asterisk
Question Mark
Double Asterisk
Range Matching
Links
Hard Links
Symlinks
Naming Things
Getting Help with Commands
Searching the Manuals
The "See Also" Section
Displaying a Man Section
Permissions
File Permissions
File Permissions Breakdown
Entry Type
Block File
Character File

Link
Socket Link
FIFO
The User, Group, and Other Components
Example Permissions
Features
Access Control List
Extended File Attributes
Changing File Permissions
Absolute Values
Entry Type
User, Group, and Other
Symbolic Values
Escalating Your System Privilege
Aliases
Customizing the Feel
Customizing the Welcome Message
Environment Variables
Why Use Variables?
The Default Text Editor
How Can You Use Variables?
Customizing the Shell Prompt
State Symbols
Date and Time Symbols
Summary
Chapter 3: macOS Built-in Commands

Getting Started
Compression
Zip Compression
Unzip
Testing the Integrity of the Zip File
Listing the Contents of the Zip File
Zip
Adjust the Size of the Archive
Encrypting the Archive
Compressing Directories
Gzip Compression
Tar
Working with Files
Finding Content in Files
Finding a Filename
Finding a Filename with locate
Where Is Your Command?
Inspecting File Contents
Working with Text
Printing Text
Formatting Output
Printf Format
Displaying the Arguments
Viewing the Contents
Transforming Text
Changing Characters

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