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Click to viewThat Mac you're viewing this web page on using a pretty graphical interface? That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced Unix beard. If you've never launched the Terminal, you're missing out on a plethora of Unix tools that offer more control and options than any dialog box possibly could. We've covered some basic Unix command line techniques in the past, but today we've got a few more for folks who want to start their Unix ninja training from the comfort of their own Mac.
Replace Terminal with iTerm
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The first stop in your foray into Mac OS X command line goodness is getting yourself a proper terminal. While all the commands we'll discuss will work just fine in the built-in Terminal.app (located in /Applications/Utilities), the free, open source iTerm is a definite improvement over vanilla Terminal. Mostly because it supports tabbed sessions, which lets you run several tasks in various tabs without taking up screen real estate. Download iTerm here (free). iTerm tab hint: once you've got more than one tab open, use the Ctrl+Right/Left arrow to move between them.
The Basics
We've already posted a series of beginner's guides to the command line for Windows users running the Unix emulator Cygwin. This is the beauty and advantage of being comfortable at the Unix command line: learn commands once and they'll work most anywhere—on Mac, in Windows/Cygwin, and in most flavors of any Unix-based system. So instead of traversing ground we've already covered, hit up our past tutorials instead (and ignore all the Cygwin-specific stuff):
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- Introduction to Cygwin—Print the working directory with
pwd
, create new files withtouch my-new-file.txt
, and list all the files in a directory withls
. - More useful commands—File listing command options (like
ls -lh
), aliasing common commands to save typing (likealias 'ls'='ls -lh'
), append text to files with >>, see the contents of files withcat
, search file contents withgrep
, using your commandhistory
and RTFM'ing withman
. - Scripts, packages and more—Logging onto other computers remotely from the command line using
ssh
and scripting collections of commands for easy execution.
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While almost the entire recipe box of established Unix commands work on OS X, there are also a few Mac-specific command line tools that hook into Spotlight, access your iPod and other external disks, launch Mac graphical applications and install more open source applications. Let's take a look.
Launch Applications and Documents
The
open
command can open up a certain file in its associated application (like open lifehacker.doc
will launch Word with lifehacker.doc open) or it can launch a specific application. To open a document, you've got to be in the directory where that document lives; to launch an application, use the -a
option to tell Mac OS X to look in the Applications folder. For example, open -a ichat
will launch iChat no matter what directory you're in. Using previously-mentioned aliases, you could map the command ichat='open -a ichat' in your .bash_profile
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Access Files on Your iPod (and Other External Volumes)
Now that you know how to navigate folders and subfolders and file listings, you may want to use your new command line knowledge to check out external disks connected to your Mac, like your iPod. Mac OS X lists all external drives in the /Volumes/ directory. So to get there, type
cd /Volumes/
and hit Enter. Then a quick ls
will list the available drives. Here I've got an iPod (with disk use enabled in iTunes) called 'Terra's iPod' connected to the Mac. Move into it using cd Terra's iPod
(you can use the Tab key after T to autocomplete the volume name, which is a little screwy because of the apostrophe) and then ls
the directories there. Your iPod's music is stored in the /iPod_Control/Music directory, so you can cd
there to see how all your music shows up:Advertisement
Sadly your music is stored in folders with non-obvious names, like F00-F49.
cd
into any one of those directories and you'll see similarly-named music files. To copy those files back to your Mac's internal hard drive, a simple cp
command would get the job done.Advertisement
Access, Search and List Spotlight File Metadata
Mac OS X's built-in file search system Spotlight indexes a lot more than just file names and contents. It builds an index of metadata like file type, author, times and dates and other information, like artist and album for properly tagged music files and camera model information for digital photos. Using the
mdls
command, you can list Spotlight's metadata for a file and using mdfind
, search for files that only match certain criteria. For example, to see the metadata for a Word document, I'd do an mdls filename.doc
, as shown:Advertisement
To see other documents authored by Marcia, I'd use the
mdsfind
command with the filtering parameter 'kMDItemAuthors 'Marcia Ellett'
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Install Open Source Software with Fink
The Fink Project ports open source Unix software to run on Mac OS X's Darwin and makes that software available for download to your Mac in a simple command. Windows defender virus definition manual download. Once you download and install Fink, you can use the
sudo apt-get install emacs
, for instance, to install the classic Emacs editor. Or you can browse the list of available packages in Fink using the free Fink Commander graphical interface, which looks like this:Advertisement
More Fun Stuff
Other Unix fun to be had on your Mac (or any *nix system) includes:
- Encrypt your web browsing session with an SSH tunnel
- Automatically download entire web sites, new music and more by mastering wget
- Run a personal, home SSH server
- Customize your command prompt (like my pictured prompt, 'Your wish is my command')
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Further Reading
For more on Unix for Mac users, check out Dave Taylor's excellent book, Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger, which inspired and informed this article.
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How do you use the Unix goodness baked into your Mac? Let us know in the comments.
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Gina Trapani, the editor of Lifehacker, loves herself some Terminal activity. Her weekly feature, Geek to Live, appears every Friday on Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Geek to Live feed to get new installments in your newsreader.
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Few things seems quite as simple as text. You want an 'A' to appear on the page, just type 'A'. Use bold to darken things up or italics to lean it to the right a bit. But the technology that underlies text quickly gets pretty complicated, especially when you want to move away from simple ASCII text and start changing font styles and type sizes, or use sophisticated features like highlighting or superscripts.
Although most email programs provide easy access to commands for boldface or italic type, not all systems provide an option to strikethrough text while others have the option a bit hidden. Finding the strikethrough option in Yahoo mail is a bit tricky, for example, and Gmailstrikethrough is even trickier. Here are some steps you can take to strikeout text in your emails or, conversely, remove the lines from text that has already been struck through.
Use the Strikethrough Feature
Your email program provides some obvious controls for altering the appearance of text. In general, the features to make text bold or italic, or to change the size of a font, are visible on the tool bar as you compose your email. Many systems have an obvious tool for underlining, as well.
The option to use strikethrough text is not as common. But even if you don't see an option to strikeout text (usually indicated by a symbol composed of letter with a horizontal line through the middle, like this: S), your email may include a strikeout feature.
In Yahoo Mail, for example, the toolbar you see, as you compose your email, only shows options for bold, italics, font color and font size. However, the 'More Options' feature (indicated by three horizontal dots) includes an option to engage strikethrough text.
Similarly, Gmail does not display an obvious way of engaging the strikethrough option. However, once you begin composing your email, simultaneously pressing Alt + Shift + 5 will toggle the Gmail strikethrough feature on and off.
Tip
- Each email system differs as to its capabilities. Search the email's Help function for 'strikethrough' to find how this option is supported.
Use a Text Editor
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It is sometimes easier to write your message in a text editor or a word processor that is familiar to you, rather than use your email's compose box. Microsoft Word, for example, displays a robust set of Font options that includes strikethrough as well as subscripts and superscripts, text shadows, font styles and colors and much more. After you compose your note, copy and paste the text into your email message. The strikethrough will usually paste intact without issue. More complex font features may not always be supported in your email program, so make sure the pasted text retains the appearance you intended before sending your message.
Restoring Strikethrough Text
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If you have received an email with strikethrough text, you may want to restore the text to its original version (that is, without showing the strikethrough). You can generally remove the strikethrough by highlighting the text and toggling the strikethrough command. Alternatively, copy the strikethrough text and paste it into a word processing program. It may automatically paste without the strike line through the text. If not, use the Paste Special option to paste it as unformatted text.
Keep in mind that there are many, many combinations of text-based systems. Some of the combinations are fully compatible, one with the other, while others are only partially compatible. (That's the reason text sent from one system to another sometimes appears garbled or poorly formatted). For this reason, you may have to try several different cut-and-paste options before finding the right one to remove the strike through email text.
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About the Author
David Sarokin is a well-known Internet specialist with publications in a wide variety of topics for small businesses, from the best uses of information technology to the steps for incorporating your business. As a small business owner himself, he brings an experienced perspective to all his work. He is the author of Missed Information (MIT Press, 2016), detailing how our social systems like health care, finance and government can be improved with better quality information, and is working on a new book on the future of corporations.
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Sarokin, David. 'How to Show Strikethrough Text on Emails.' Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/show-strikethrough-text-emails-48595.html. 25 January 2019.
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