I don't know about cut. But perl is on your Mac. And you can install
additional perl modules from CPAN like you would in linux or solaris.
If you've got perl, you can do anything at the command line.
PS: Terminal is in the utilities folder. Press command+u in finder.
On 12/16/2014 10:40 AM, BobH. wrote:
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
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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
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