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ls - lists all contents of our home directory |
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*you can also use ls as an argument* *you can also pass two arguments with ls and it will display the contents of both directories* (using absolute or relative paths) |
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example: "ls Documents" - this would display all the contents of the Documents folder |
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example: "ls /Users/js/Documents" |
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example: "ls ~/Documents" |
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*be sure to type in the right case since it is case sensitive |
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pwd (print working directory) - returns working directory name |
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Accessing directories with a space between the words or letters requires it to be in quotations or a back slash as follows |
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example: ls "Some Directory" |
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example: ls Some\ Directory |
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Passing options to our ls command |
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*you can combine these commands by just listing them out as follows... |
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ls -t -l -a |
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*this command will list the files as last modified (-t), give you a detailed list (-l), and last but not least display every file including hidden files (-a) |
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*an alternative with the same output that I find more efficient is the command... |
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ls -tla (order doesn't matter) |
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ls -l - gives you a detailed list of your home directory |
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ls -a - lists all files in home directory |
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ls -t - sorts files by the time they were last modified |
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Changing directories |
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cd - command changes directory with given name of directory after |
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cd .. = moves one level up |
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cd . = represents our current Directory |
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Finder Integration with Terminal on Mac |
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*click on a file and drag and drop it into the terminal to get the absolute path |
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open . = opens the current directory in the Finder |
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open -a Pages aFile.txt = this command allows you to open the text file in the application Pages |
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open -R aFile.txt = reveals the file in the Finder |
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open http://google.com = will open link in your default browser |
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defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES |
