Changes to the 'Terminal App' in Mavericks? New commands?

[MacNoobGuy]

Hi all, I'd like to start learning how to really make good use of the Terminal App. Did Mavericks change how the Terminal App works or are there new commands? Either way, I'm a complete noob, but I've got a tutorial for the Terminal here from Lynda.com that I was about to start using.

Thanks!

 

[old-wiz]

The terminal doesn't change much if at all between releases since it's mostly *NIX commands. Be aware that monkeying around in terminal can result in an unbootable system - it is not a place for playing around.

apple hasn't said anything about changes to the commands AFAIK and I wouldn't expect any changes.

 

[SlCKB0Y]

Hi all, I'd like to start learning how to really make good use of the Terminal App. Did Mavericks change how the Terminal App works or are there new commands? Either way, I'm a complete noob, but I've got a tutorial for the Terminal here from Lynda.com that I was about to start using.

Thanks!

Bash scripting
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/Bash-Beginners-Guide.html

You'll want to learn the VIM text editor
http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html

I'd then install something like Ubuntu Server into Virtualbox: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.2/VirtualBox-4.3.2-90405-OSX.dmg

Get some understanding of UNIX/Linux filesystem structures
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-file-system-part-i.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_filesystem

You'll need to know about permissions:
https://help.unc.edu/help/how-to-use-unix-and-linux-file-permissions/

Shell commands (note there is some minor differences here between the GNU Linux tools and the mostly BSD ones in OS X)
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/11/50-linux-commands/

The skills are mostly transferable between Linux and OS X and you wont run the risk of messing up your OS X installation if you use Linux in Virtualbox

 

[costabunny]

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/Bash-Beginners-Guide.html

http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html

I'd then install something like Ubuntu Server into Virtualbox: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.2/VirtualBox-4.3.2-90405-OSX.dmg

The skills are mostly transferable and you wont run the risk of messing up your OS X installation.

Yep best way to learn is with a vm. Minimal risk and can be fun - plenty of online tutorials

 

[kunai]

It seems you have a misunderstanding of how Terminal.app works. Terminal isn't a standalone application; all it is is an alternate user interface for you to use your Mac with. The "commands" themselves are actually applications stored in /usr/bin and /bin. You run them by typing them into the shell, which is the standard interface of Terminal. Usually, on Unix systems, the shell is bash.

There's a ton of great literature out there; some of which has already been mentioned by previous posters. Here's one great book to get you up to speed: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Unix...s&ie=UTF8&qid=1383445266&sr=1-7&keywords=unix

Happy hacking. Also, I'd recommend creating a barebones Linux VM to toy around with before you begin to actually use Mac OS X's built-in shell and utilities.

 

[seco]

Yes, there are some difference between commands in BSD in OS X and GNU but I found this resource is useful for newcomers https://likegeeks.com/linux-command-line-tricks/
No big deal!