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How to copy files across computers using SSH and MAC OS X Terminal [closed]

October 13, 2022 by Tarik

You can do this with the scp command, which uses the ssh protocol to copy files across machines. It extends the syntax of cp to allow references to other systems: scp username1@hostname1:/path/to/file username2@hostname2:/path/to/other/file Copy something from this machine to some other machine: scp /path/to/local/file username@hostname:/path/to/remote/file Copy something from another machine to this machine: scp username@hostname:/path/to/remote/file … Read more

Mac SQLite editor [closed]

October 13, 2022 by Tarik

Base is younger than your question, and definitely feels like a 1.0, but the user experience is miles better than the experience of using any of the “cross-platform” apps on a Mac. http://menial.co.uk/software/base/ I recommend you buy a license before the developer realizes he is charging too little for it. UPDATE: Since December 2008, Base … Read more

Focus-follows-mouse (plus auto-raise) on Mac OS X

October 13, 2022 by Tarik

You can do it for Terminal.app by issuing the following command at the command line: defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -bool true For X11 apps you can do this: defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_ffm -bool true In Snow Leopard, use this instead: defaults write org.x.X11 wm_ffm -bool true Apparently there’s a program called CodeTek Virtual Desktop that’ll … Read more

In-place edits with sed on OS X

October 12, 2022 by Tarik

You can use the -i flag correctly by providing it with a suffix to add to the backed-up file. Extending your example: sed -i.bu ‘s/oldword/newword/’ file1.txt Will give you two files: one with the name file1.txt that contains the substitution, and one with the name file1.txt.bu that has the original content. Mildly dangerous If you … Read more

Why does cURL return error “(23) Failed writing body”?

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

This happens when a piped program (e.g. grep) closes the read pipe before the previous program is finished writing the whole page. In curl “url” | grep -qs foo, as soon as grep has what it wants it will close the read stream from curl. cURL doesn’t expect this and emits the “Failed writing body” … Read more

Where can I find “make” program for Mac OS X Lion?

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

You need to install Xcode from App Store. Then start Xcode, go to Xcode->Preferences->Downloads and install component named “Command Line Tools”. After that all the relevant tools will be placed in /usr/bin folder and you will be able to use it just as it was in 10.6.

How can I set my default shell on a Mac, e.g. to Fish? [closed]

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

1. sudo nano /etc/shells 2. add /usr/local/bin/fish to your list of shells 3. chsh -s /usr/local/bin/fish

Mac zip compress without __MACOSX folder?

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

Can be fixed after the fact by zip -d filename.zip __MACOSX/\* And, to also delete .DS_Store files: zip -d filename.zip \*/.DS_Store

How do I create a nice-looking DMG for Mac OS X using command-line tools?

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

After lots of research, I’ve come up with this answer, and I’m hereby putting it here as an answer for my own question, for reference: Make sure that “Enable access for assistive devices” is checked in System Preferences>>Universal Access. It is required for the AppleScript to work. You may have to reboot after this change … Read more

How can I increase the cursor speed in terminal? [closed]

October 10, 2022 by Tarik

System Preferences => Keyboard => increase Key Repeat Rate