The terminal of MAC OS X

[jhon]

Hi,
I want some basic information on MAC OS X Terminal. Does this is much needed in MAC. Likewise in Windows we use cmd. We can also run any third party DOS based software to access the commands and file directories. But what about the same in MAC. What is the role of terminal in it. Does using a third party graphic based software is better or stick to the traditional one. Thanks in advance.

[Devasis]

The Terminal is the means of direct communication with the Unix layer of Mac OS X, the micro-kernel named Darwin, it displays a shell (or shell) is a shell that surrounds a kind of engine operating system to allow you to interact with him and give a representation understandable by a human one. The best thing for you is just learn the basic commands.

[Solomon]

It is necessary to understand the opportunities, but also the risks associated with its use. In part i will recommend you to learn the basic commands, useful to start with the famous and mysterious Terminal. First some warnings, the Terminal is a very powerful tool and one mistake can destroy the entire operating system or cause data loss, which will then be sunk because the function does not cancel the Terminal

[MrChris-]

The terminal is located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on your startup disk. He is represented by this icon:. The icon for the Terminal application in Mac OS X and the shell prompt. Once the application is found, double-click it to launch. A window opens, what you see is called a shell is a shell. It can interact with the operating system.

[Calvin K]

Each command line is composed of different elements. Like for example localhost. At the beginning of the line means that the Terminal application running on the job you have before you (and not on a remote computer). This information will be repeated at the beginning of each line and can vary, it might display the IP address of the machine where you work, DNS name, etc.

[Lillebror]

In Terminal Tilde is the command which is obtained with the key combination alt + n), is a shortcut that corresponds to the directory where you are by default open a shell, here is your directory departure is the yourname folder of the Users folder. When you move to another folder, the path from the root system will be shown in this location.