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Learning Unix for OS X: Going Deep With the Terminal and Shell

Learning Unix for OS X: Going Deep With the Terminal and Shell

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  • Create Date：2021-03-09 03:17:52
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Dave Taylor
  • ISBN：B01AVKY6SU
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Summary

Think your Mac is powerful now？ This practical guide 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。 OS X puts more than a thousand Unix commands at your fingertips—for finding and managing files， remotely accessing your Mac from other computers， and using freely downloadable open source applications。

If you’re an experienced Mac user， this updated edition teaches you all the basic commands you need to get started with Unix。 You’ll soon learn how to gain real control over your system。

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 Access remote servers and interact with remote filesystems Install the X Window system and learn the best X11 applications Take advantage of command-line features that let you shorten repetitive tasks

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Reviews

Joshua ，

I find the book one I need more attention to learn the subject。 That can be really fun and enjoyable。 I find I use this kind of book side by side my Mac to practice as I go along the lessons the book is teaching。 I am completely new to the Unix side of Mac。 I find the starting point relevant to me。 The book is outdated in the Mac OS version but the Unix Terminal side is still applicable， which is all the book discusses。 I grew up on Window’s DOS。 I am finding the subject engaging and am curious I find the book one I need more attention to learn the subject。 That can be really fun and enjoyable。 I find I use this kind of book side by side my Mac to practice as I go along the lessons the book is teaching。 I am completely new to the Unix side of Mac。 I find the starting point relevant to me。 The book is outdated in the Mac OS version but the Unix Terminal side is still applicable， which is all the book discusses。 I grew up on Window’s DOS。 I am finding the subject engaging and am curious how to apply myself more in the terminal。 I have been getting a lot out of learning about how the file system works in Unix。 There is a lot of ways to customize how inputs are returned to you。 There is more information you can find about the system through the terminal。 I was already familiar with the way files follow a string of order in a directory。 There is more I have learned around the syntax Unix uses to place files in its systems。 There are certain characters to use for files in Unix on the terminal。 The book is like a lot of logic and math after the first few chapters。 The tools stack up on each other and take a more experienced perspective to understand them all。 Dipping my toes in the water is just the beginning as reading this book represents。 I love how there are other branches of learning to explore presented in the book。 There are further reading books mentioned。 I am glad to get through the book。 A long time coming for this read。 Now I can work through the Database book。 I found the book uplifting。 I got so excited by the possibility in Macs。 The moving of files and how to work with new systems。 。。。more

Ed Terrell ，

Surprising that reading a book about UNIX can be exciting。 But it was all that and more。 Great writing， great topic！

Stephen Rynkiewicz ，

A good omen on my first day at work was seeing a Mac on my desk。 Good thing too， because I was handling both creative-suite production and back-end development。 Macs are not only graphic-arts powerhouses， they're Unix terminals that can build open-source apps and keep web servers running。 To bridge the OS X and Unix worlds， I've been using Dave Taylor's Learning Unix for Mac OS X and Chris Seiboldt's Mac Hacks。 The former provides a good grounding in Unix capabilities within the Mac file system。 A good omen on my first day at work was seeing a Mac on my desk。 Good thing too， because I was handling both creative-suite production and back-end development。 Macs are not only graphic-arts powerhouses， they're Unix terminals that can build open-source apps and keep web servers running。 To bridge the OS X and Unix worlds， I've been using Dave Taylor's Learning Unix for Mac OS X and Chris Seiboldt's Mac Hacks。 The former provides a good grounding in Unix capabilities within the Mac file system。 The latter helps set up Mac firewalls， servers and shortcuts。 They're both handy for developers who need to get under the hood。 。。。more

Rich ，

Good intro/review of the Unix command line。

Bjoern Rochel ，

Good overview， but doesn't really go deep。 Good overview， but doesn't really go deep。 。。。more

Emmet ，

Has some useful information but all of this could have been found online for free。

Ricky ，

learned a few new tid-bits of Terminal。 Mostly stuff I knew from Zed Shaw's tutorial 'n seminars I've attended。 learned a few new tid-bits of Terminal。 Mostly stuff I knew from Zed Shaw's tutorial 'n seminars I've attended。 。。。more

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