tring to learn the shell in os x

[MACBOY29]

hi everyone,

does anyone have a file of cof commands for unix and os x i am tring to learn the terminal but really have a hard time reading the small print as my eyesight is really poor and would rather have a large print copy of all the commands so i can refer to them as i need to do stuff on my computer.
thanks for the help !!!!!

[nixgeek]

You can find some great books on everything about Mac OS X at the following site:
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/topic/mac

[MACBOY29]

thanks for the tip but i'm tring to cut on the expense of buying a book if i can get away with it i have a very tight budjet and no disposibe income

[nixgeek]

Then you best bet would be to check Apple's pages on Terminal usage or search Google for Unix commands in Mac OS X. You should be able to find a good number of tips on the commands you can use. And of course, there's the ever popular "man" command. Just fire up a Terminal and type "man <name-of-app>" and hit Return for the help on said app.

[MACBOY29]

the thing is i have used mac since system 6.0 and dos very limitedly i have gotten to the shell point where i can move from directory to directory it is just what command does what how do we type it in the termail i really want to learn the terminal cause it is a more powerful system the gui and not only that but dos is a dummied down version of unix and i could use the unix stuff on dos cause i am tring to start my own computer repair business and it would look very stupid if i knew nothing of unix or linux i would rather be educated that be platform spasific dince thats were the industry is going also i am tring to be at least aware of what linux and unix can do even if i use mac os daily it is stupid to be platform spacific though i love mac os .

[nixgeek]

First, I must ask that you please use punctuation in your posts as it is very difficult to understand what you're writing in one long run-on sentence.

Secondly, DOS and Unix are VERY different. They might have some of the same commands but that's only to make the transition for DOS users a little easier. There's just too much information for us to cover in a thread regarding the Unix command shell, especially since there are various shells out there for Unix (sh, csh, ksh, bash, etc.).

Here's a little push to get you on your way. I did a Google search for "beginner's guide to terminal Mac OS X" and I got the following:
http://www.l.google.com/search?hl=en...=Google+Search

Take a look at the links there and that should get you on your way to getting familiar with the OS X Terminal.

[MACBOY29]

actually i did start a toutorial on line.


thanks,


macboy

[CaribbeanOS-X]

Nothing to add to that but it was like reading Ulysses, James Joyce.