Unix for Mac: your visual blueprint for maximizing the foundation of Mac OS X

UNIX® for Mac®......Page 1
CREDITS......Page 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
The Organization Of This Book......Page 14
What's On The CD-ROM Disc......Page 15
INTRODUCTION TO UNIX......Page 16
START THE TERMINAL APPLICATION......Page 18
CONFIGURE THE TERMINAL APPLICATION......Page 20
ENTER UNIX SHELL COMMANDS......Page 22
SHELL COMMAND CONCEPTS......Page 24
READ THE UNIX MANUAL......Page 26
EXIT THE TERMINAL WINDOW......Page 28
LIST FILES......Page 30
SHOW HIDDEN FILES......Page 31
SHOW FILE ATTRIBUTES......Page 32
COPY A FILE......Page 34
DESIGNATE FILES BY PATHNAME......Page 35
RENAME A FILE......Page 36
DELETE A FILE......Page 37
CHANGE FILE PERMISSIONS......Page 38
SELECT FILES USING WILDCARDS......Page 40
SELECT FILES USING COMPLETION......Page 41
FIND FILES BY NAME......Page 42
CHANGE THE CURRENT DIRECTORY......Page 44
CREATE A DIRECTORY......Page 46
DELETE A DIRECTORY......Page 48
MOVE FILES INTO A DIRECTORY......Page 50
COPY A DIRECTORY......Page 51
DETERMINE DIRECTORY SIZE......Page 52
VIEW TEXT FILES......Page 54
CREATE A SIMPLE TEXT FILE......Page 55
VIEW TEXT FILES AS PAGES......Page 56
VIEW PORTIONS OF A TEXT FILE......Page 58
EXTRACT TEXT FROM A FILE......Page 60
REDIRECT TEXT TO A FILE......Page 62
CHAIN TEXT COMMANDS TOGETHER......Page 64
COMPARE TEXT FILES......Page 66
COUNT CHARACTERS, LINES, AND WORDS IN TEXT......Page 68
ARRANGE TEXT IN COLUMNS......Page 69
SORTING TEXT......Page 70
PRINT TEXT ON A PRINTER......Page 72
OPEN A FILE WITH PICO......Page 74
EDIT A FILE WITH PICO......Page 76
OPEN A FILE WITH VI......Page 78
MOVEMENT WITHIN VI......Page 80
ENTER TEXT IN VI......Page 82
DELETE TEXT IN VI......Page 84
EDIT TEXT WITH VI......Page 86
SAVE A FILE WITH VI......Page 88
OPEN A FILE WITH EMACS......Page 90
EDIT A FILE WITH EMACS......Page 92
SET YOUR PROMPT......Page 94
SET COMMAND ALIASES......Page 96
SET SHELL VARIABLES......Page 98
SET ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES......Page 100
SET YOUR PATH......Page 102
EDIT YOUR .TCSHRC FILE......Page 103
RECALL YOUR COMMAND HISTORY......Page 104
START A NEW SHELL......Page 106
CHANGE YOUR SHELL......Page 107
WORK WITH THE BOURNE-AGAIN SHELL......Page 108
WORK WITH THE Z SHELL......Page 109
SUSPEND THE CURRENT PROCESS......Page 110
RESTART A PROCESS......Page 112
RUN A PROCESS IN THE BACKGROUND......Page 114
KILL A PROCESS......Page 116
LIST ACTIVE PROCESSES......Page 118
MONITOR THE TOP PROCESSES......Page 120
WRITE A SIMPLE SHELL SCRIPT......Page 122
RUN A SIMPLE SHELL SCRIPT......Page 124
WRITE LOOPING SHELL SCRIPTS......Page 126
WRITE A CONDITIONAL SHELL SCRIPT......Page 128
EXTRACT INFORMATION WITH AWK......Page 130
EXTEND SCRIPTS WITH SED......Page 132
SCHEDULE SCRIPTS TO RUN AUTOMATICALLY......Page 134
OPEN AQUA APPLICATIONS FROM THE SHELL......Page 136
CAPTURE A SCREENSHOT FROM UNIX......Page 138
ACCESS THE AQUA CLIPBOARD......Page 140
COPY APPLE RESOURCE FORKS......Page 142
RUN APPLESCRIPT FROM THE SHELL......Page 144
CREATE CLICKABLE SHELL SCRIPTS......Page 146
DRAG PATHNAMES TO THE TERMINAL WINDOW......Page 147
CONNECT TO THE INTERNET......Page 148
LOOK UP AN INTERNET ADDRESS......Page 150
LOOK UP DOMAIN INFORMATION......Page 152
EXAMINE YOUR NETWORK CONNECTION......Page 154
CHECK THAT ANOTHER COMPUTER IS REACHABLE......Page 156
LOG ON TO ANOTHER COMPUTER......Page 158
TRANSFER FILES......Page 160
ACCESS ANOTHER COMPUTER SECURELY......Page 162
DOWNLOAD WEB FILES......Page 164
ENABLE REMOTE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER......Page 166
INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION......Page 168
SHUT DOWN AND RESTART THE COMPUTER......Page 170
CREATE A NEW USER......Page 172
ENABLE THE ROOT USER ACCOUNT......Page 174
EXECUTE COMMANDS AS ROOT......Page 176
BACK UP YOUR FILES......Page 178
CHANGE FILE OWNERSHIP......Page 180
CREATE SYMBOLIC LINKS......Page 182
CHECK DISK USAGE......Page 184
MANAGE THE PRINT QUEUE......Page 186
INSPECT SYSTEM LOGS......Page 188
COMPRESS LARGE FILES......Page 190
USING NETINFO......Page 192
INSTALL DEVELOPER TOOLS......Page 194
FIND UNIX APPLICATIONS ON THE WEB......Page 200
USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE......Page 202
FIND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE......Page 203
INSTALL APPLICATION PACKAGES......Page 204
INSTALL TAR ARCHIVES......Page 206
COMPILE A PROGRAM WITH MAKE......Page 208
COMPILE APACHE......Page 210
MANAGE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION WITH FINK......Page 212
MANAGE FINK WITH FINKCOMMANDER......Page 214
INSTALL LIBRARIES......Page 216
INSTALL THE LYNX BROWSER......Page 218
BROWSE THE WEB WITH LYNX......Page 220
INSTALL WGET......Page 222
DOWNLOAD WEB SITES WITH WGET......Page 223
INSTALL AN IRC CLIENT......Page 224
CHATTING ON IRC......Page 226
CONFIGURE SENDMAIL......Page 228
SEND E-MAIL FROM UNIX......Page 232
LOOK AT YOUR MAIL FILE......Page 234
FETCH E-MAIL FROM OTHER SERVERS......Page 235
INSTALL PINE......Page 236
READ E-MAIL WITH PINE......Page 238
SEND E-MAIL WITH PINE......Page 240
INTRODUCTION TO APACHE......Page 242
START APACHE......Page 244
STOP APACHE......Page 245
CONFIGURE APACHE......Page 246
SET UP YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY......Page 248
CREATE A SIMPLE WEB SITE......Page 249
INTRODUCTION TO HTML......Page 250
CREATE A STRUCTURED WEB PAGE......Page 252
ADD SIMPLE STYLES TO YOUR WEB SITE......Page 254
INSTALL CGI SCRIPTS......Page 256
INSTALL APACHE MODULES......Page 258
WRITE PHP APPLICATIONS......Page 260
ANALYZE WEB TRAFFIC......Page 262
WRITE A SIMPLE PERL SCRIPT......Page 264
RUN A PERL SCRIPT......Page 266
MANIPULATE TEXT WITH PERL......Page 268
READ THE COMMAND LINE......Page 270
READ FILES WITH PERL......Page 272
WRITE FILES WITH PERL......Page 274
INSTALL PERL MODULES......Page 276
WRITE A CGI SCRIPT......Page 280
INTRODUCTION TO THE X WINDOW SYSTEM......Page 282
GET X SOFTWARE FOR MAC OS X......Page 284
INSTALL AN X SERVER......Page 288
INSTALL XFREE86 UPGRADES......Page 290
START XFREE86 IN ROOTLESS MODE......Page 292
RUN THE GNOME DESKTOP......Page 294
EXPLORE GNOME APPLICATIONS......Page 296
INSTALL OROBOROSX......Page 298
VIEW IMAGES WITH XV......Page 300
EDIT IMAGES WITH GIMP......Page 302
WORD PROCESSING WITH ABIWORD......Page 306
CREATE SPREADSHEETS IN GNUMERIC......Page 308
DEVELOP C AND C++ APPLICATIONS......Page 314
VIEW OFFICE DOCUMENTS WITH OPEN OFFICE......Page 310
CREATE SPREADSHEETS WITH OPEN OFFICE......Page 312
DEVELOP JAVA APPLICATIONS......Page 316
DEVELOP PYTHON APPLICATIONS......Page 318
DEVELOP RUBY APPLICATIONS......Page 320
RUN A DATABASE ON MAC OS X......Page 322
WRITE SQL COMMANDS......Page 326
ACCESS DATABASES FROM PHP......Page 328
INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE......Page 330
TROUBLESHOOTING......Page 331
USING THE E-VERSION OF THE BOOK......Page 332
WILEY PUBLISHING, INC. END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT......Page 334
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE......Page 336
INDEX......Page 340