Apple Os X Terminal Cheat Sheet
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5An A-Z Index of the Apple OS X command line (TERMINAL)
The tcsh command shell of Darwin (the open source core of OSX)
alias
Create an alias
alloc
List used and free memory
awk
Find and Replace text within file(s)
basename Convert a full pathname to just a folder path
bash
Bourne-Again SHell (Linux)
bless
Set volume bootability and startup disk options.
break
Exit from a loop
cal
Display a calendar
case
Conditionally perform a command
cat
Display the contents of a file
cd
Change Directory
chflags Change a file or folder's flags.
chgrp
Change group ownership
chmod
Change access permissions
chown
Change file owner and group
chroot
Run a command with a different root directory
cksum
Print CRC checksum and byte counts
clear
Clear terminal screen
cmp
Compare two files
comm
Compare two sorted files line by line
complete Edit a command completion [word/pattern/list]
continue Resume the next iteration of a loop
cp
Copy one or more files to another location
cron
Daemon to execute scheduled commands
crontab Schedule a command to run at a later date/time
cut
Divide a file into several parts
date
Display or change the date & time
dc
Desk Calculator
dd
Data Dump - Convert and copy a file
df
Display free disk space
diff
Display the differences between two files
diff3
Show differences among three files
dig
DNS lookup
dirname Convert a full pathname to just a path
dirs
Display list of remembered directories
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