Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion

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Book Details 

Paperback: 236 pages

Publisher: O'Reilly Media (October 5, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1449332315

ISBN-13: 978-1449332310

File Size : 15.2 Mb | File Format : PDF + Epub

Book Description 

Think your Mac is powerful now? Author Dave Taylor shows you how to get much more from your system by tapping into Unix, the robust operating system concealed beneath OS X’s beautiful user interface. Mountain Lion puts more than a thousand Unix commands at your fingertips—for finding and managing files, remotely accessing your Mac from other computers, and using a variety of freely downloadable open source applications. Take a friendly tour of the Unix command line and 50 of the most useful utilities, and quickly learn how to gain real control over your Mac.

Get your Mac to do exactly what you want, when you want

• Make changes to your Mac’s filesystem and directories
• Use Unix’s find, locate, and grep commands to locate files containing specific information
• Create unique “super-commands” to perform tasks that you specify
• Run multiple Unix programs and processes at the same time
• Install the X Window system and get a quick tour of the best X11 applications
• Learn how to take even greater advantage of Unix on your Mac

About the Author

Dave Taylor is a popular writer, teacher and speaker of business and technology issues. The founder of The Internet Mall and iTrack.com, he's been involved with UNIX and the Internet since 1980, having created the popular Elm Mail System. He's also been a Mac fan since the year it was released. Once a Research Scientist at HP Laboratories and Senior Reviews Editor of SunWorld magazine, Taylor has contributed software to the official 4.4 release of Berkeley Unix (BSD). His programs are found in all versions of Linux and other popular Unix variants.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01. Why Use Unix?
Chapter 02. Using the Terminal
Chapter 03. Exploring the Filesystem
Chapter 04. File Management
Chapter 05. Finding Files and Information
Chapter 06. Redirecting I/O
Chapter 07. Multitasking
Chapter 08. Taking Unix Online
Chapter 09. Of Windows and X11
Chapter 10. Where to Go from Here

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