The operating system your MacBook runs, OS X, is built on top of UNIX, and Terminal provides you with access to the underlying UNIX system commands. Most server software that your business would want ...

Forget the menus — these commands handle the work in a fraction of the time.

In Unix-like operating systems, such OS X or a Linux distribution, every file has an owner account. They also have a special program called the terminal that gives access to the command line and all ...

Type and Creators accessed from Terminal Regarding our coverage on modifying type and creator info in Mac OS X, readers sent us UNIX/Terminal based ways of doing this: You can use the GetFileInfo and ...

Portable, Unix tools and aliases, this classic terminal outshines Microsoft's own.

If you’re a command line aficionado and you want to play an audio file, there’s no need to leave the Terminal. There are Terminal commands you can use to not just play audio, but to convert files as ...

hey guys, I have 10.3.8 and the new xcode tools installed. and I'm working on a simple c++ project for class. I write a simple .c file for the program and using the g++ compiler in terminal I compile ...

Regarding yesterday's itemnoting that the "ls -l" ls command in Terminal reports a size of 0K for a file that only has a resource fork: Several readers confirmed this, but offered< various solutions: ...

Hi there,<br><br>First, let me wish a happy new year to all Arsians -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif -- <br ...