I started using the dash flag back in the Solaris / SunOS days and have stuck with it. I will have to try your method.
> On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:11 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Well, according to Wikipedia, it seems we're all correct: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_(Unix) > > > PS: To become another user I generally do: > > su -u [user] -i > > This insures I get the same environment that user gets on login-- the -i > flag. Frankly, I don't know whether that works the same on BSD or not. > > Janina > > Jonathan Cohn writes: >> I just verified from the Free BSD man pages and su is described as >> "substitute user identity". >> >> So, if you are comfortable with terminal and share a machine with somebody, >> then the command: >> sudo su somebody - >> >> will give you permission to see all that person's files. Of course any >> encrypted files like the keychain or one password crypt will still not be >> available to you. But all other files when accessed will look like they >> were accessed by somebody. >> >> >> >> On 29 June 2017 at 11:37, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Let’s call it even, you just hipped me to the proper verbiage around su >>> and I hipped you back with the command n new window shortcut. Sounds like >>> a fair trade. >>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:31 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < >>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Here we go -- I've been doing it the hard way! <grin> >>>> >>>> Could I have noticed that? Probably. Did I? Not until you burned it into >>>> my sometimes slow noggin! <grin> >>>> >>>> Janina >>>> >>>> Scott Granados writes: >>>>> Or, if it’s easier, just do a command n for a new window and one will >>> automatically open. >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:20 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < >>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> And, when you get the "has no Windows" message, just open one. Do VO+m, >>>>>> and go to File then Open. >>>>>> >>>>>> Scott Granados writes: >>>>>>> Just for the less experienced on the list, terminal is just dropping >>> you to a unix shell. When you hear people talk about unix this is simply a >>> flavor of it that the pretty pictures part of Mac OS runs over. It’s an >>> extremely powerful environment and also a well paying career path if you >>> learn the Unix based operating systems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 28, 2017, at 12:36 AM, Sharon Hooley <shoole...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> okay, I had success! And now, for even more of a kick, does anyone >>> know how to make it say just anything you want to print command? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fun stuff, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jun 27, 2017, at 2:51 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Last I ran Terminal, I simply pasted code in and pressed enter. In >>> some cases you may be asked for your log in password. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>>>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>>>>>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>>>>>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>>>>>>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>>>>>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2017 1:48 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I want to try copying and pasting the coding that was sent >>> earlier. I found Terminal in the “others” folder. when I entered I found >>> my last log-in date, among other things, including shell . I don’t know >>> where to type or paste. . Then I inadvertently closed the window so that >>> it said, “Terminal has no windows”. 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