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(Bash) Create a .tar.gz archive using Terminal OS X - chrisaiv

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:45:35 GMT

This command will allow you to make a tar ball with gzip compression: -c = Create -v = Verbosely list files processed -z = Filter the archive through gzip -p = Preserve Permissions ( extract all protection information) -f = Use archive file or device F

(Bash) Creating a Simple Alias in Terminal - chrisaiv

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:37:46 GMT

I use terminal for SFTP because I'm cheap and I don't want to purchase Transmit. SFTP works just fine but the problem is that I get tired of having to type [bash]$ sftp chrisaiv@blah.com:/directory/subdirectory/ so instead I've made an alias. First things first, in terminal using Textmate, type [bash]$ mate ~/.bash_alias. Next paste the code below. After you save the file, type [bash]$ ~/.bash_profile and past the second line of code. After you restart your terminal, you should only have to type the alias nickname and whala!

(Bash) shopt (shell options) - cczona

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:31:38 GMT

//for options available, see: http://www.ss64.com/bash/shopt.html

(Bash) Recursively unlock files in Mac OS X - wbowers

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:42:02 GMT

(Bash) QuickLook from Terminal - jrphelps

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:35:15 GMT

qlmanage -p foo.png, the image immediately pops up in a Quick Look pane. Even better, Quick Look supports slide shows. So if you cd into a folder of images and run qlmanage -p *.jpg, you'll be rewarded with a full-on presentation of your pictures. Other qlmanage flags of interest include -h (displays a help message) -t (thumbnail generation) and -f (a zoom factor to display with). The downside of qlmanage is that it's full of NSLog-style messages. Haber recommends you pipe the output into /dev/null as follows: qlmanage -p *.jpg >& /dev/null.

(Bash) Determine the last time OS X's maintenance scripts ran - Roshambo

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:49:00 GMT

Enter this at the commandline.