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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777955303321

Autore

Myer Tom

Titolo

Mac OS X UNIX toolbox [[electronic resource] ] : 1000+ commands for Mac OS X power users / / Thomas Myer, Christopher Negus, François. Caen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, IN, : Wiley Pub., Inc., 2009

ISBN

0-470-54940-8

1-282-12167-7

9786612121678

0-470-49379-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NegusChris <1957->

CaenFrançois

Disciplina

005.432

005.4465

Soggetti

Macintosh (Computer) - Programming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Mac OS X UNIX TOOLBOX; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What This Book Covers; How This Book Is Structured; What You Need to Use This Book; Conventions; Chapter 1: Starting with UNIX on Mac OS X; About FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD; Finding Mac OS X Resources; Focusing on Mac OS X Commands; Summary; Chapter 2: New to Mac OS X?; What Is Mac OS X UNIX?; Finding Terminal and Utilities; Directory Structure; Your Home Directory; Spotlight; Getting and Using Fink; Mounting and Unmounting Drives; Learning to Love Launched; Summary

Chapter 3: Using the Shell Terminal Windows and Shell Access; Using the Shell; Acquiring Super User Power; Using Environment Variables; Creating Simple Shell Scripts; Summary; Chapter 4: Working with Files; Understanding File Types; Setting File and Directory Permissions; Traversing the File System; Copying Files; Searching for Files; Finding Out More About Files; Summary; Chapter 5: Manipulating Text; Matching Text with Regular Expressions; Editing Text Files; Listing, Sorting, and Changing Text; Summary; Chapter 6: Advanced Scripting;



Shell Scripting on Mac OS X; Using the Script Command

AppleScripting Working with the Open Command; Summary; Chapter 7: Administering File Systems; Understanding File System Basics; Creating and Managing File Systems; Mounting and Unmounting File Systems; Checking File Systems; Finding Out About File System Use; Summary; Chapter 8: Backups and Removable Media; Backing Up Data to Compressed Archives; Backing Up over a Network; Summary; Chapter 9: Checking and Running Processes; Listing Active Processes; Finding and Controlling Processes; Summary; Chapter 10: Managing the System; Monitoring Resources; Mastering Time

Starting and Stopping Your System Straight to the Kernel; Summary; Chapter 11: Managing Network Connections; Configuring Network Interfaces; Managing Network Interface Cards; Managing Network Connections; Checking Name Resolution; Troubleshooting Network Problems; Summary; Chapter 12: Accessing Network Resources; Transferring Files; Sharing Remote Directories; Chatting with Friends in IRC; Using Text-Based E-mail Clients; Summary; Chapter 13: Remote System Administration; Remote Login and Tunneling with SSH; Using screen: A Rich Remote Shell; Using a Remote Windows Desktop

Using Remote Desktop and Applications Sharing Your Desktop Using VNC; Summary; Chapter 14: Locking Down Security; Working with Users and Groups; Managing Users the GUI Way; Checking on Users; Configuring the Built-in Firewall; Working with System Logs; Summary; Appendix A: Using vi or Vim Editors; Starting and Quitting the vi Editor; Moving Around in vi; Changing and Deleting Text in vi; Using Miscellaneous Commands; Modifying Commands with Numbers; Using Ex Commands; Working in Visual Mode; Summary; Appendix B: Special Shell Characters and Variables; Using Special Shell Characters

Using Shell Variables

Sommario/riassunto

Explore a ton of powerful Mac OS X UNIX commands This handy, compact guide teaches you to use Mac OS X UNIX systems as the experts do: from the command line. Try out more than 1,000 commands to find and get software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Apply the skills you learn from this book to troubleshoot networks, lock down security, and uncover almost anything you care to know about your Mac OS X system. Expand your Mac OS X UNIX expertise in these and other areas: Using the shell Finding online software Working with