Terminal commands = UNIX commands?

would I be right if I say terminal commands equal UNIX commands? I can use the same commands to write a simple rsync scripts to backup my data every night?

As I recall rsync does not preserve the Mac resource fork. In fact, you can use it to strip resource forks, which is actually useful for sharing with Windows users or putting files on a Windows server, where the resource fork drives 'em nutty (it shows as a separate file with "._filename").
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*"Wrong process return code"* Unix Command

Hi,
I have created Package with Procedure having Unix command.Unix command is only to cp data file from one folder to another archive folder.
we are defining variable FilePath and FileName.
cp #FILE_PATH/#FILE_NAME.tag #FILE_PATH/archive/;
But while running this we are getting following erorr.
*"Wrong process return code"*
Plz suggest.
Thanks
Ashwini

Hi Aswini-
You should not use # symbol for your variable pointers, it will take as a comment line. Please use the below syntax:
FILE_PATH=c:\temp
FILE_NAME=test.txt
cp $FILE_PATH/$FILE_NAME.tag $FILE_PATH/archive/
And also you can check the exact error by executing the script file in your unix command prompt like this:
/home/test/test.sh
Hope this will work for you.
Thanks,
Saravanan Rajavel

Terminal - how to find my external hard drive using unix commands

just discovered terminal and using cd and ls commands, which are the only commands i know, i realized that i can't find my external hard drive. i thought it would be listed on my desktop, as it is in the OSX interface, but it isn't there.
not that im skilled enough to use terminal yet, but i thought the first step would be being able to navigate the computer's files.
really curious as to where my external hard drive is and how i can find it using unix commands in terminal.
i was trying to figure it out myself, then i thought surely someone knows this and could tell me in a sec.
thanks.
ibook Mac OS X (10.4.4)
ibook Mac OS X (10.4.4)

"ls /Volumes" will list all volumes, including internal and external hard drives and mounted disk images. I find "disktool -l" more useful in scripts, as it tells you which volume names correspond to which "mount points" under /Volumes. Usually they're the same, but if you have two volumes with the same name, or you try to remount a removable volume before it is fully unmounted, you'll end up with a mount point that consists of the volume name with a numerical suffix.

UNIX command for terminal

Here is what I want to do:
I want to send the terminal command to 25 laptops all at once to direct them to our internal server for software update.
I know how to log in to all of the machines at once.
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'keystroke "username"' -e 'keystroke tab' \
-e 'delay 0.5' -e 'keystroke "password"' -e 'delay 0.5' -e 'keystroke return' -e 'end tell'
I know how to open terminal.
open -a terminal
Now what I want to know is how to have it type this in for me:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURLhttp://SERVER.local:8088/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.su catalog
Then have a pause and then type my password.
Bonus points for then a script to force it to check for and do the update.

You don't need to use send unix command to send osascript to login, and then open the terminal to then type in a termainl command.
you can just do
send unix command
as user root
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURLhttp://SERVER.local:8088/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.su catalog

Where can I get an aide memoir of unix commands for Terminal?

Like the title, does anyone know where I could get an aide memoir of unix commands?

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Terminal - Unix commands

Anybody knows of good tutorials or a manual for using the terminal to fire off unix commands, I have some unix experience, but I'm not sure what can be done with it on my MacBook - e.g. the yes test is a very good test and tool one can use to see how your system will react to a heavy load on the processor.
MacBook 2GHz, 1GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

You can also look at some books to help you out. Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell or Unix in a Nutshell from O'Reilly are good resources to use if you need to harness the power of the command line. I know because I use them daily, since I can't stand reading man pages off a computer screen....
Hope this helps

Terminal/Unix Command to Mount External USB Drive?

I am having a probelm with the directory on an external HDD. The "device" is showing up in the utility software (DRIVE GENIUS/DISK UTILITY) but not the "volume," so it can't affect any repairs except INTIALIZE. So, I'm presuming the drive is physically okay - just the directory is fouled up. Is there some unix command to run that will repair the directory in some manner? Thanks!

Hi Metroxing,
   What you presume is not a given but yes, the existence of the device file greatly decreases the relative probability of your having a hardware problem. However, I have a question. I'm not sure of what you mean by the term "directory".
   In "UNIX" jargon a directory is that which in "Mac" jargon would be a filesystem "folder". However, there is another data structure in the filesystem that I think is called a "directory". I assume that's simply an abstraction of the Catalog B-Tree and related files. I know about this use of the term "directory" from discussions and readings on Alsoft's DiskWarrior. That is supposed to do exactly what you want, "rebuild the directory structure", and is a relatively inexpensive "best-of-breed" solution.
Gary
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Using Sent Unix Command in ARD 3 with proxy authentication

I'd like to use Unix commands to update Apple software through ARD thus allowing me to lock the computer screen before the process using the ARD command to do so, thus keeping the users from interfering with the process .
Our network utilizes password protected firewall proxy that hangs ARD when using the softwareupdate command through ARD's "Send Unix Command..." at the point in which it would ask for authentication if using the same command in the terminal.
Is there a Unix/terminal script or a series of script commands that could be modified to wait and enter the appropriate authentication at the previous mentioned prompt?
I've researched this topic on this forum and discover a few post that states it is not possible but they are fairly old posts so I am hoping ARD 3 has some scripts or commands that can pass thru a username and password

Welcome,
I use the "System Events" handler, e.g.:
          tell application "System Events" to delay 5.5
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke "K"
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Call an interactive UNIX command from java

Hi,
I want to call a UNIX command from java. When issue the command 'htpasswd -c filename username' on UNIX terminal, it asks for the new password and the then confirmation password again (yeah, unfortunately the htpasswd installed on our system does not allow you proivde the password on the command line. So have to work interactively ). Now, I have written a simple java program RunCommand.java. I am hardcoding the password for the htpasswd command in the file (in the real situation, password will be generated dynamically). I want to issue 'java RunCommand' on the UNIX command line and get back the command prompt without being asked for the password twice. The code is below, but the Outputstream does not work as expected. It always asks for inputs. Any idea? Many thanks.
import java.io.*;
public class RunCommand {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
String s = null;
try {
String cmd = "htpasswd -c filename username ";
// run a Unix command
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream()));
OutputStream stdOut = p.getOutputStream();
String pswd = "mypassword";
while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) {
     s = stdInput.readLine();
     stdOut.write(pswd.getBytes());
     stdOut.flush();
System.out.println("Here is the standard error of the command (if any):\n");
while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(s);
stdOut.close();
stdInput.close();
stdError.close();
System.exit(0);
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("exceptions caught: ");
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);

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Call a unix command

Hi Community,
It's possible to create a program that a call does a unix command.
I would like created a synchronous scenario.
Then the program call a unix command and this is waiting up to when a unix command termined a runtime.
The command returned a data and the ABAP program will owe to take back the esecution.
I hope in you
Thank's everybody.

Hi Antonello,
i'd do it with different job steps (SM36)
1) Program1, which does a unix command:
syntax:
CALL 'SYSTEM' ID 'COMMAND' FIELD COMMAND
ID 'TAB' FIELD TABL-SYS.´
or have a look here: external commands
2) Program2 handle the output (e.g. a file) of program 1
regards Andreas

ARD Unix Command install with root

I'm a bit of a unix novice, I am trying to install a script file, 'install.sh', via ARD. Works fine in Terminal locally but I can't work out how to input the root password via the ARD unix command tool.
cd Desktop
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh -i
& set to run command as Root.
I'm getting seemingly nonsense errors e.g. 'Error 127 sh: line 1: cd: Desktop: No such File or Directory' when the file is definitely there, on the desktop.
I'm pretty sure it needs to enter the root pw in the code window, can anyone advise please?

when you say install.sh is on the desktop of the remote computer. Is that the desktop for account root? Or is that the desktop of the current logged in users? (assuming the currently logged in user is not root)
when you run a command as root you start at "/var/root/" there is only going to be a folder /var/root/desktop/, if you've used the login window at least ones to log into root.
if the current user logged into the remote computer is another account, then your install.sh resides in another location. Witch will look some thing like this. /Users/nameOfUser/Desktop/install.sh
try this. Send the command:
cd Desktop
pwd
send the command first as the current logged in user, then as root. When you run it the first time, you should get some thing like /Users/nameOfUser/Desktop/
when you run it as root you'll probable see /var/root/.
if you do then you would probable want to do some thing like
chmod +x /Users/nameOfUser/Desktop/install.sh
/Users/nameOfUser/Desktop/install.sh -i

Send UNIX Command Authentication?

I'm using a script suggested at MacEnterprise http://macenterprise.org/content/view/240/140/ that binds a client to AD and OD via the ARD send UNIX command.
I'm having an issue with the dsconfigldap line. If I send it via ARD with no user logged in on the remote I get an "Unable to obtain auth rights to update DirectoryService LDAP configuration." error. If I login to the remote or send the same command from the terminal, all is OK.
I've tried using sudo, but that requires a password. I'd like to be able to send this command to mutiple machines without having to log into them.
Any suggestions?
Regards
Dave

yes, click "user:" and type in "root", then remove "sudo" from your script.
whenever you need to run a script as sudo, use the user 'root' and remove 'sudo' from the script.

ARD-Unix Command for Energy Saver Settings

I need to take out the schedule for turning on and off 100 + iMacs. The setup was done with managed preferences in OSX server but cannot be taken off now. Is there a way to turn this off using a unix command with ARD? I've been doing one by one with ARD!

Use ARD to send the Unix command systemsetup -help
This will return a bunch of different commands for you to look at that are related to power and energy saving settings. Make sure you send the command as the root user
You can always read the man files for the pmset command using your Terminal app. Also check out this page too:
http://www.hmug.org/man/1/pmset.php

Looking to run unix command line from Finder

I want to run a unix command directly from finder. Kind of like using command-G to "Go To Folder".
If a current method isn't supported, I noticed that Terminal.app has a shortcut for "New Command" using command-N. What would be the right way to create a keyboard shortcut in Finder that would call Terminal->New Command?
Thanks

You might use a third-party macro expansion utility that permits creating keyboard macro shortcuts. Examples include QuicKey or iKey. There are also several text expansion utilities that also allow attaching keyboard shortcuts such as TextExpander or Typinator. The above can be found at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
You can also create an AppleScript using the Do Shell Script command. The resulting compiled script can be attached to an Automator action. I don't know if you can attach a keyboard shortcut but you can add an Automator action to the Services menu and to the Finder's contextual menu.

UNIX command - advice / query ...

Hello
I want to rename a folder in /Library/Application Support/Adobe to fix an InDesign CS2 problem as documented on Adobe's website. The folder is called SING and it needs to be !SING. I can do this locally with an admin account. I would like to rename with a UNIX command 60+ machines over ARD but I'm not sure how ....
One strange thing I've noticed is that I can reach the Application Support folder by entering the path above in Go To Folder in the Finder, but if I cd to the main level folder in Terminal, ls the contents to see Library, and try accessing the Application Support folder from Terminal, it says the folder doesn't exist. Even if I cd into Library, ls the contents (Application Support is listed) then try cd Application Support - it tells me 'No such file or directory' ... but it's there and accessible via the Finder (all admin account) ?? I can cd into all the other folders in Library (main Library, not user)..
cheers

I don't know much about the Terminal but I know that if you type
cd /Library/Application Support/
it will stop at the space, because unix doesn't allow spaces in the command cd
that's why you get this message
-bash: cd: /Library/Application: No such file or directory
instead of
-bash: cd: /Library/Application Support: No such file or directory
So... what you need to type:
cd /Library/Application\ Support/
that will get you to the folder
good luck,
Eric

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