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Look beyond the basics of Mac programming and development to become a Mac power user. When most people think about the Mac, they think about the amazing graphical user interface macOS is known for. However, there is a whole world to explore beneath the hood. This book approaches working directly in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Platt, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA Apress L.P. 2021
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Link
  • Socket Link
  • FIFO
  • The User, Group, and Other Components
  • Example Permissions
  • Features
  • Access Control List
  • Extended File Attributes
  • Changing File Permissions
  • Absolute Values
  • Entry Type
  • User, Group, and Other
  • Symbolic Values
  • Escalating Your System Privilege
  • Aliases
  • Customizing the Feel
  • Customizing the Welcome Message
  • Environment Variables
  • Why Use Variables?
  • The Default Text Editor
  • How Can You Use Variables?
  • Customizing the Shell Prompt
  • State Symbols
  • Date and Time Symbols
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3: macOS Built-in Commands
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Customizing Terminal
  • What Is a Shell?
  • Zsh
  • Upgrading from a Previous Version of macOS
  • Shell Shortcuts
  • The Filesystem
  • Meta Directories
  • User Directories
  • Catalina's New Layout
  • Directory Tree
  • Moving Around the Filesystem
  • Inspecting Directories
  • Dragging and Dropping
  • Different Types of Paths
  • Absolute Paths
  • Relative Paths
  • Directory Operations
  • Creating Directories
  • Deleting Directories
  • Leaving the Filesystem
  • How Can You Remove a Directory You Are In?
  • File Operations
  • Creating Files
  • Writing Files
  • Reading Files
  • Copying Files
  • Getting Started
  • Compression
  • Zip Compression
  • Unzip
  • Testing the Integrity of the Zip File
  • Listing the Contents of the Zip File
  • Zip
  • Adjust the Size of the Archive
  • Encrypting the Archive
  • Compressing Directories
  • Gzip Compression
  • Tar
  • Working with Files
  • Finding Content in Files
  • Finding a Filename
  • Finding a Filename with locate
  • Where Is Your Command?
  • Inspecting File Contents
  • Working with Text
  • Printing Text
  • Formatting Output
  • Printf Format
  • Displaying the Arguments
  • Viewing the Contents
  • Transforming Text
  • Changing Characters
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Reviewer
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Getting Started
  • Terminal at a Glance
  • The Need to Know
  • Book Conventions
  • Book Requirements
  • Minimum Requirements
  • Installing Xcode
  • Using Homebrew
  • Why Use Brew?
  • Installing Brew
  • Installing Brew Globally
  • Installing Brew for Each User
  • After Installation
  • Finding Applications in Brew
  • Installing Applications from Brew
  • Upgrading Installed Applications
  • Reinstalling Applications
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Terminal Basics
  • The Terminal Application
  • Moving Files
  • Deleting Files
  • Editing Text in Terminal
  • Changing the Default Text Editor
  • Piping
  • Pipe
  • Redirecting Output
  • Redirecting Input
  • Hidden Files and Folders
  • Hiding Files the UNIX Way
  • Hiding Files the macOS Way
  • Globbing
  • Single Asterisk
  • Question Mark
  • Double Asterisk
  • Range Matching
  • Links
  • Hard Links
  • Symlinks
  • Naming Things
  • Getting Help with Commands
  • Searching the Manuals
  • The "See Also" Section
  • Displaying a Man Section
  • Permissions
  • File Permissions
  • File Permissions Breakdown
  • Entry Type
  • Block File
  • Character File