Unix commands

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yuki

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Any website that lists unix commands that can be used with TERMINAL? Can all unix commands be used with Terminal? Just started learning how to give commands and I find it not that easy. From what I can so far tell, the directories must start in the USERS folder? Does this mean all applications you wish to open must also be in this USERS folder? Or can you manuver to the hard drive?

ANy websites reccommended for beginning unix users?

Paul
 
First off, there are about a bazillion websites devoted to Unix. What Apple uses by default in the Terminal window is called tcsh.

Apple has a good web page for Terminal beginners. It's a good start.

When you're in the Terminal, you're on the hard drive. You can also browse to mounted volumes (like a CD, or your iDisk). To get there, use the 'cd' command. You'll have to tell it where to go. So 'cd /' gets you to what is called the root directory. From there, there are a whole buncha places to go, one of which is Volumes, which shows all mounted drives like I mentioned above.

There really isn't enough space to post a whole Unix tutorial here, and of course I'd be duplicating lots of other web pages. I probably wouldn't do it as well, also. :)

I'd suggest first going to Apple's Terminal page, and if that's not enough do a search from your favorite search engine for something like "unix commands" and maybe throw in the 'tcsh' to get shell specific commands.

Hope this helps more than it confuses... :confused:
 
"Unix in a Nutshell" by O'Reilly is a good all purpose unix book. It covers all the different shells and all the standard commands. It is a good unix reference.

calliex
 
I'll second that motion. But I thought that books were out of the question here -- only websites.

Anyway, any book by O'Reilly is a good bok in my mind. :) And you can frequently get them for decent prices at bookpool.com
 
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