Comments on: Beginner’s guide to Apple Terminal, part 1 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/ Productivity, life and computer tips. Tricks for a better day. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: GrindSmart » Blog Archive » 18 Essential Apps For Web Development on a Mac http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-775 GrindSmart » Blog Archive » 18 Essential Apps For Web Development on a Mac Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:21:46 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-775 [...] built-in Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. I’d [...] [...] built-in Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. I’d [...]

]]> By: Hop http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Hop Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:37:35 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-718 I wanted to experiment with php pages locally rather than ftp a new file to my host every time I make a change. Attempted to follow instructions on page 25 of Learning PHP & MySQL by Michelle Davis & Jon Phillips. After I typed "sudo vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf", Terminal asked for my password. I would try to type it but my keystrokes wouldn't show on the screen. I'd get an alert noise each time I tried to type a letter. For some reason it took my password after several attempts. Now I'm trying to type "%s/#LoadModule php/LoadModule php/ But each keystroke is ignored except for an alert noise. Instead of text I get a series of "Whump" sounds. It sounds like I'm playing the bongos. Is there a way to get Terminal to take the text I'm typing? I wanted to experiment with php pages locally rather than ftp a new file to my host every time I make a change. Attempted to follow instructions on page 25 of Learning PHP & MySQL by Michelle Davis & Jon Phillips.
After I typed “sudo vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf”, Terminal asked for my password. I would try to type it but my keystrokes wouldn’t show on the screen. I’d get an alert noise each time I tried to type a letter.

For some reason it took my password after several attempts.

Now I’m trying to type “%s/#LoadModule php/LoadModule php/
But each keystroke is ignored except for an alert noise.

Instead of text I get a series of “Whump” sounds. It sounds like I’m playing the bongos.

Is there a way to get Terminal to take the text I’m typing?

]]> By: 23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac | Geeky Bitch http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-703 23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac | Geeky Bitch Thu, 14 May 2009 23:28:10 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-703 [...] Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. [...] [...] Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. [...]

]]> By: Bradley http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Bradley Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:20:14 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-683 type this stuff in your command prompt or terminal for the shitty apple computers works both ways though. telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl type this stuff in your command prompt or terminal for the shitty apple computers works both ways though. telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

]]> By: 23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681 23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:53:40 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-681 [...] Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. [...] [...] Terminal is a great place to start when working with the command line. There’s a great guide to learning Terminal, but essentially Terminal is a bare-bones tool that allows you to do just about… anything. [...]

]]> By: The Command Line Interface « High School Computer Tech http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-645 The Command Line Interface « High School Computer Tech Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:26:13 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-645 [...] Beginner’s guide to Apple Terminal ( part one, part two ) This guide is also useful to those who want to learn about Bash, regardless of the [...] [...] Beginner’s guide to Apple Terminal ( part one, part two ) This guide is also useful to those who want to learn about Bash, regardless of the [...]

]]> By: Craig http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Craig Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:20:26 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-635 Great tutorial for Terminal. I am a switcheroo from XP, though have some Unix syntax knowledge from my time at uni. I would love to gain the same confidence using Terminal that I had using MS Dos command line interface. Thanks again for your help. Great tutorial for Terminal. I am a switcheroo from XP, though have some Unix syntax knowledge from my time at uni. I would love to gain the same confidence using Terminal that I had using MS Dos command line interface.

Thanks again for your help.

]]> By: HMF http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-634 HMF Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-634 Nice beginner's guide, I'm still trying to learn the commands instead of just copy/pasting everything! Really helped! P.S. Computers are like air conditioners, they stop working when you open windows! Nice beginner’s guide, I’m still trying to learn the commands instead of just copy/pasting everything! Really helped!

P.S. Computers are like air conditioners, they stop working when you open windows!

]]> By: Alex http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Alex Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-352 you might be interested in the other articles of the series.. you might be interested in the other articles of the series..

]]> By: Nick http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Nick Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:17:09 +0000 http://www.hacktheday.com/beginners-guide-to-apple-terminal-part-1/#comment-351 Nice beginners guide. It's good to show people that the command line isn't scary, but is a really useful tool. Because I run both Linux and OS X, The command line works itself into everything. You might want to explain more than file navigating though! Nice beginners guide. It’s good to show people that the command line isn’t scary, but is a really useful tool. Because I run both Linux and OS X, The command line works itself into everything. You might want to explain more than file navigating though!

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