Terminal Command in Snow Leopard

I have GeekTool running that displays some info on my desktop. In Leopard I had this command running that showed running programs memory usage. However, in Snow Leopard, this command no longer works. I'm not great with terminal stuff, so I wasn't sure how to fix it to work in Snow Leopard.
top -orsize -FR -l1 | grep % | grep -v Load | grep -v COMMAND | cut -c 7-8,64-69

such questions are best asked in the Unix forum under OS X technologies. but this appears to be a very simple command so maybe we can answer it here too. what exactly do you want the output to look like and to list? Looks like top usage has changed slightly in SL which is why it's failing. and why do you need it to be in command line form? you say you are not great with terminal. I would suggest you just use Activity monitor then. it lists all the same info in a nice GUI interface.

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I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard (10.6) from Leopard . . . The issue is that I can no longer run some of linux commands in the same directories where I have run them before. Two cases, chmod and rm
chmod a+x or chmod 777, I get prompts that indicate that I am not running the command properly? What's that all about?
The other example is a recursive remove that I use all the time to get rid of backup files . . .
rm -rf .bak or rm-rf ./bak Neither works anymore and I'm starting to doubt myself . . . when I actually found this issue I was not retyping, just reopening the command shell, and using the arrow to get back to the command(s).
Help! I am a professional developer, but this is really slowing me down. I can't even sudo anymore.
Also, what is wheel? When I ls-al, I see the owner is user, but the next column appears to be a group, wheel.

I suspect, from the examples cited, you just ran them incorrectly. For instance, you have given here
rm-rf ./bak
which won't work as there is no space between the command "rm" and the options "-rf" (which are for "recursive" and "force"), so the shell sees the command as being "rm-rf" and there ain't no sech thing. The other remove command is for a file named ".bak" and again I suspect you have no such file, so the command won't work. If you want to remove a particular file the easy way is to just type rm, a space, and then drag the file into the Terminal. You should not need the option to force for a file created by yourself, nor do you need recursive for a single file.
The chmod commands need something to work on, for instance
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I think you just don't really understand what it is you have done and are doing. My guess is that you copied some commands you found or someone gave you, without knowing much about what the Terminal is, what a shell is, how the shell works, and so on. That is all more than a little risky, especially if you are using chmod and remove commands.
And yes, there is a group wheel. However, generally the wheel group has root (system) as the user.
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Installing Make Command without Snow Leopard disk

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Can someone tell me how to get 'make' installed without the disk? Is there a download somewhere?

Hi There
Make along with GCC and other developer tools can be downloaded from http://developer.apple.com/ they all come bundled together in an install package with Xcode.
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TS3002 My macbook pro 4,1 runs os x 10.6 but won't run my apple usb superdrive. One forum said that this is due to os x, not hardware. The terminal commands given were for Lion, but don't work in snow leopard. Help!

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Rsync command line to optain a bootable snow leopard clone

Hello,
I want to do a bootable clone of my snow leopard system on an external hard drive. I am doing this from a shell script as I am doing other things via the script before.
To accomplish this I am using rsync 3.0.6.
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But the resulted clone won't boot at all (blue screen) What am I doing wrong ?
Should I add something to the command line ?
Also, do you know which folders I should exclude from the backup ?
Thanks for your answers

Did you Bless the System Folder after the Clone?
sudo bless --folder "/Volumes/Clone of Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices"
I use the following rsync options:
/usr/local/bin/rsync -aNHAXv --one-file-system --fileflags --force-change --delete
--exclude='.Spotlight-V100' --exclude='/.fseventsd' --exclude='/Volumes/*'
--exclude='/private/var/vm/*' --exclude='/private/tmp/*'
--human-readable --stats --progress "$source" "$destination"
You may need to compile rsync 3.0.6 as follows (see: also http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10383609#10383609 )
Follow these instructions in Terminal on both the client and server to
download and compile rsync 3.0.?:
Download and unarchive rsync and its patches
Move patches directory to rsync-3.0.?
cd rsync-3.0.?
Apply patches relevant to preserving Mac OS X metadata
patch -p1 <patches/fileflags.diff
patch -p1 <patches/crtimes.diff
Configure, make, install
(note: creation times are not preserved in x64, so…)
./prepare-source
CFLAGS=-m32 CPPFLAGS=-m32 CCASFLAGS=-m32 ./configure
CFLAGS=-m32 CPPFLAGS=-m32 CCASFLAGS=-m32 make
sudo make install
Verify your installation
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in your path, you will need to call your new version of rsync by its
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Verifying: hfs-compression ...
Sub-test: decmpfs xattr ... not preserved
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Install snow leopard from external hard drive-terminal problems!

hi everybody ,
i have a big problem :s
wanted to restore and getting "Restore Failure Could not find any scan information... then i've followed some terminal commands..finished restoring and couldn't boot cause i only find Macintosh HD when i use "alt option" when i restart my macbook pro and even if i go to "startup Disk" i can find my partition of the external hard drive but when i click on it nd do retart it's can't boot ...another thing is tht m having a slow start and it's ask for my Password (i've no problem with password it just doesn't ask me to enter it before and i have internet and server failure)
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"How to install Snow Leopard from an External Hard Drive"
* Launch Disk Utility
* Select the External Firewire/USB device that you want to use as the boot drive for the upgrade
* Click “Partition” from the menu options
* Select 1 Partition, then click “Options” below the partition scheme
* Select the top option for “GUID Partition Table” – it MUST be GUID to be bootable!
* Click OK to create the GUID partition (this will reformat the drive, ie: all data is lost)
* Next, click the “Restore” tab within Disk Utility
* Select your newly made Snow Leopard 10.6 Install DVD image and restore this image to the GUID partition you just created OR…
* Alternatively, you can select the Snow Leopard Install DVD and restore directly from the DVD to the GUID partition
* After the restoration is complete, your GUID partition will now be bootable by Mac OS X!
* Reboot the Mac holding down the “Option” key to pull up the boot loader, select the Snow Leopard install drive you just created rather than your default Mac OS hard drive
* Install Snow Leopard as usual!
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Latex, bibtex "command not found" in Snow Leopard

I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, and I have MacTex installed (and reinstalled since the OS upgrade). In iTerm (or any other terminal), my computer no longer recognizes bibtex or pdflatex commands. If I type, say, bibtex filename.aux (in the directory containing filename.aux), it returns "-bash: bibtex: command not found").
I have tried typing the whole path for bibtex, the file I want to process, or both (e.g., usr/texbin/bibtex ~/Documents/writing/filename.aux), but it still doesn't work. Even if I'm in usr/texbin, where bibtex is, it won't recognize bibtex as a command.
I added a file in etc/paths.d that consists of usr/texbin, and when I type echo $PATH, usr/texbin appears, so that's not the problem, I don't think.
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http://www.tug.org/mactex/uninstalling.html
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Hi.
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I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. After the upgrade I was unable to log in to my accounts. After days of frustrating procedures (reinstalling, disk utility clean-up, verification, password resets on terminal window...)

I think I isolated the problem to a software issue. I called the software company and they directed me to a website with the following set of instructions:
Website: http://www.thursby.com/after-upgrading-i-cant-login.html
Instructions:
Support
FAQs
ADmtiMac v5 is not supported on OS X 10.7, Lion. If you have already upgraded to Lion, the incompatibility can cause a situation preventing you from logging in to any account. To remedy this situation, please follow these steps:
NOTE: If you do not feel comfortable performing these steps, please contact our Support Specialists for further help.
1. Restart the computer holding down the Command+S keys. This will start the system up in Single User mode.
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/sbin/mount -uw /   {hit the return key}
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This opens the file in the vi editor. Then type:
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do this:
dd     (don't press return, this deletes the line the cursor is on)
n     (don't press return, this searches for the next occurrence of AMHomeDirMechanism)
until there are no more occurrences of AMHomeDirMechanism (vi will say "E486: Pattern not found: AMHomeDirMechanism"). Depending on the version, there will be 3 or 4 occurrences.
Then:
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I did this and it did not work. Redoing this several times over, I noticed that the issue is that Drive is "Read-only". Changing permissions is above my "pay-grade" Any help will be appreciated it. I do not want to wipe out my hard drive and restart anew.

Addendum: I read on a post here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=420169) about removing some kext files in order to trick OSX into thinking that there were no FireWire ports.
I followed the instructions and removed from /System/Library/Extensions/ the following files:
IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
IOFireWireAVC.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
I restarted and BAM...Snow Leopard booted crazy fast and the mouse and keyboard worked instantly.
The System Profiler says "No FireWire ports were found."
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So how do I hack the Mountain Lion installer and tell it to ignore the FW port, which is obviously quite dead? Or is there something I can do to the Base system that is similar?

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Instead of copy and paste drag the photo to the new event. Or flag it and use the add flagged photos to selected event command
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Force quit command option esc does not work in snow leopard

When I try to use this command I am sent to front row. I can force quit throught the apple menu. This began when I upgraded to Snow Leopard.

This might clear up some wierd inputs:
PRAM RESET
Zap the PRAM
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Turn on the computer.
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Maybe here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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