Taming the Terminal
Taming the Terminal is a series of tutorials teaching how to use OS X’s command line tool called Terminal.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2020
TTT 23b of n - Networking Intro
This is the second part of a two-part installment describing the TCP/IP networking stack that allows our computers to talk to each other within our homes and offices, and to other computers and serve…
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 23a of n - Networking Intro
This is the first part of a two-part installment describing the TCP/IP networking stack that allows our computers to talk to each other within our homes and offices, and to other computers and server…
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 22 of n - Tips & Tricks
In this installment we take a bit of a breather, and look at some simple tips and tricks for making like on the command line that little bit easier.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 20 of n - File Searches
In this installment we learn how to search for files based on all sorts of criteria, including file name, file size, modified date, and more.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 21 of n - More Searching
In this installment we learn how to use the results of a file search as the input to another command. This allows us to do things like set the file permissions on every file that ends in .php.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 19 of n - Text Searches
In this installment we look at how to use terminal commands and regular expressions to filter text, such as the output of terminal commands, and to search for files that contain a particular text pat…
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 18b of n - More REs
This is the second of a two-part installment where we dive deeper into Regular Expressions. This two-part installment is laying vital foundations for the up-coming installments on searching.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 18a of n - More REs
This is the first of a two-part installment where we dive deeper into Regular Expressions. This two-part installment is laying vital foundations for the up-coming installments on searching.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 17 of n - Regular Expressions
In this installment we introduce the concept of 'regular expressions' - a means of accurately describing arbitrary patterns. Regular expressions allow us to express complex search pattens in a way th…
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 16 of n - Crossing the Streams
In this installment we continue our exploration of streams, looking at how we can use files as the source and destination for streams, and how we can combine two streams into one.
Fri 23 Oct 2015
TTT 15 of n - Plumbing
In this installment we introduce the concept of data streams, looking at the three system streams STDIN, STDOUT $ STDERR, and then look at how we can use the pipe operator connect the output of one c…
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 14 of n - Aliases & Prompts
In this installment we wrap up our look at the environment by describing command line aliases, and looking at how we can customize the prompt we see when working at the command line.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 13 of n - PATH
In this installment we continue to explore the environment, focusing on the very important environment variable PATH.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 12 of n - The Environment
In this installment we introduce the rather nebulous concept of the Unix/Linux environment, and we look at environment variables and shell variables.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 11 of n - Text Files
In this installment we look at how to read and edit text files from the command line.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 10 of n - man
Unix, Linux and OS X have a built-in manual describing how the various terminal commands work. In this installment we look at how to access this manual, and explain the special language used within.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 9 of n - Controlling Processes
In this installment we learn how to control processes - creating them, and ending them.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 8 of n - Processes
In this installment we explore the concept of Linux/Unix processes, and we introdue the ps command for viewing the running processes.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 7 of n - Managing Files
In this installment we look at file management from the commandline - creating, copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files and folders.
Thu 22 Oct 2015
TTT 6 of n - More File Permissions
In this installment we’ll start by biting the bullet and dive into how to alter standard Unix File permissions. This could well turn out to be the most difficult segment in this entire series, regard…
Thu 15 Oct 2015
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