Learning the OS X Command Line

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in macOS edited January 2014
I don't know if this is the right forum for this per sé...



Where is the best place to learn the command line for a newbie? Books at Amazon? Places on the net?



Anyone have any good suggestions?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DHagan4755

    Where is the best place to learn the command line for a newbie? Books at Amazon? Places on the net?

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    Sounds like you need some basic Unix background first.



    Unixes, like Mac OS X, use user selectable programs called shells to provide

    command line functionality.



    Mac OS X originally defaulted to the tcsh shell, but now defaults to the bash shell.



    I personally like O'Reilly books. Give them a shot.



    http://mac.oreilly.com/



    And this book looks right up your alley:



    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunixpanther/
  • Reply 2 of 3
    I would reccommend the book suggested above. It offers a good over view to Unix in OSX if you have no unix background at all. It is a short book that won't take you long to get through.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ChuckLlama

    I would reccommend the book suggested above. It offers a good over view to Unix in OSX if you have no unix background at all. It is a short book that won't take you long to get through.



    I recommend getting it on tape, nothing beats, tape playing, "Unix, your roots start here. Chapter 1".
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