The Macos X Command Line
Unix Under the Hood
Chapter One
A Guided Tour of the
Command Line
When learning something new, the first step is usually the hardest. You need to take the plunge and
dive right into a new way of thinking. Working with the command line is like learning a new language
-you have to start with simple tasks and take small steps before you can move ahead to the
real nitty-gritty.
When you visit a city you have never been to, it can be useful to take a guided tour. Your tour guide
can show you the main landmarks and give you basic explanations of what you see. This is what I'm
going to do in this chapter. Think of it as a bus tour of a foreign city, where you'll see the sites but
you won't get off and wander on your own.
If you have never used the command line, this chapter gives you a brief introduction to entering
commands and using Terminal, the Mac OS X program you use ... read full excerpt from The MacOS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood ebook
