I like the sound of it, so need to find where this terminal is next; and maybe try remember some of the other basic commands like LS, and all the more useful switches.
Do the old dicing and slicing utilities still exist in this OS, cut and uniq are the only ones I remember now, but you could do quite a lot of text file processing out of a script at one time. Thanks, RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todor Fassl" <fassl....@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Request for resources Actually, the command line versus cut/paste issue is as controversial as ever. I would say that in linux, I still do 90% of my file management at the command line. If you open a terminal window on a Mac, you get the bash shell. This is important in that it gives you something called file name completion. All you need to do is type the first letter of a file name and press tab. Basht will fill in as much as it can. If the file name is unique, it will fill in the whole thing. So if you have a hundred filesnamed file0.txt, file1.txt, file2.txt, ... file99.txt, you can just press f and tab and it will fill in the ile part. You can then type 99 and press tab again and it will fill in the .txt part. So it goes pretty fast especially with long file names. On 12/16/2014 02:08 AM, BobH. wrote: > Ah yes, the old days; file management before the advent of xTree really > was > something else, when you had to type "Copy" rather than press a key, and > spell out the very full filename and then the very full folder name you > want > to copy it to, and even then add /switches if you wanted additional > features. Bet not even Unix/Linux users do all that any more. > > > My Mac Mini hasn't been on in a while, which is a pity since I just move > things around so it is finally on my desk next to this one. Even got a > classic Apple keyboard for it last week. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eugenia Firth" <gigifi...@me.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 11:40 PM > Subject: Re: Request for resources > > > Hi there > It is not an easy switch for blind users, and it took me about two weeks > to > get used to my computer. But then, I have been using computers for years. > I > was using computers long before they really had people to do any training > with them. So good luck to you on learning your new systemThe thing I had > the hardest trouble with was file management. Once I learned that one, I > was > good. > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Bobby Druesedow <bo...@druesedow.com> wrote: >> >> Hello: >> >> I have recently switched to using a MacBook Pro running Yosemite OS X. I >> have always used windows in the past with jaws. I would like to know if >> there are any good podcast or written resources that I can use to learn >> how to best work with this newoperating system. It seems to be a bit of a >> challenge for me so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> In line >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
