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10 Little Known Command-Line Utilities

OS X Daily has a nice list of OS X command-line utilities today that you may have forgotten about or might never have encountered. For example, the article suggests using ifconfig to check your IP address or lsbom to peek at the contents of an OS X installer package. If the notion of extending your command line vocabulary appeals, it's worth a visit to this quick article. You might pick up a trick or two you can incorporate into your day-to-day routines.

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OS X Daily has a nice list of OS X command-line utilities today that you may have forgotten about or might never have encountered. For...
 

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Andrew

Replying to keso:
It's because it talks about it being better than Cmd-Shift-3 because of features that are already included in Cmd-Shift-4. Which is easier to type? Cmd-Shift-4 or screencapture -iW [or -ic] filename?

November 25 2006 at 11:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Duck

Good find, very helpful!

November 25 2006 at 9:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
keso

For crying out loud, article is about command line tools. Why people keep posting about how you can take screen shots using graphical user interface?

November 24 2006 at 3:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
V. Mardian

Regarding #8, there are better ways to do this.

Entire Screen: Cmd-Shift-3
Selection: Cmd-Shift-4
Window: Cmd-Shift-4, spacebar

November 24 2006 at 12:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe

the only 2 that are new to me there are lsbom and lipo

the rest are pretty common to me but i have a unix back ground

November 23 2006 at 10:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Macskeeball

I use SSH all the time to remotely control the headless Linux server I have going in the other room, and I must say it is an extremely useful tool to have. Although I'm not affiliated with the OpenSSH people in any way (except as a very happy user), I heard on the Run Your Own Server podcast (OpenBSD episode) that some of the main people involved depend on said donations for a living. Thus, if you find SSH as useful as I do, you might want to consider donating to the project on http://openssh.org/donations.html

November 23 2006 at 9:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Zac

I also mentioned their screenshot tool could be reproduced by typing command-shity-3 then pressing space. Saves a lot of hububb.

November 23 2006 at 6:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Stevenson

I posted a comment on the referenced page, but just to make an additional plea: I don't think it's a good idea to strip processor-specific code from application bundles. It puts the app in a broken state (from a version perspective) and saves almost no space.

November 23 2006 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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