Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X
via SuperUser:Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X
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open . #Opens the folder you’re currently browsing in Finder.URLs, images, documents.
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open -a Preview image.png #overriding the default program set for the filetype.
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say “Hello there.” #text-to-speech.
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!! #Runs the last command again; sudo !! to rerun the last command using sudo.
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mdfind fileName #
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for directory specified;-name
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python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 #Start a quick webserver from any directory.
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qlmanage -p 2>/dev/null #alias as ql,launch quicklook on a file from the command line
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