Colour man pages
I have been experimenting with the solarized colour palate for my console screens. One thing that I needed was colour man pages (I use man pages all the time) I…
Hidden games in your mac console
I didnt know this. there are hidden games in your mac! they are accessed from the terminal. 1) dunnet. open terminal emacs -batch -l dunnet its a mud. its quite…
How to install git in osx
In osx when you install xcode, the commandline version of git is not automatically installed. This post will show you how to install git in osx. to install git, follow…
Install mc for mac osx – GNU Midnight commander
mc for mac osx! GNU Midnight Commander - mc - is an excellent orthodox text mode file manager. mc runs in your console, and has mouse support. It also has…
How to open a url from mac osx terminal
If you find yourself needing to click a link from terminal in osx, then there is a way to open it without having to copy / paste it to your…
Update apps in mac appstore from command line in osx
This is a cool tip from cult of mac: you can update your appstore apps from the commandline! to show a list of the apps with available updates, sudo softwareupdate…
Customise osx bash prompt
customise osx bash prompt: I was reading over an old lifehacker post (I was looking for the bash profiles site, and found this too), its a pretty good way to…
Cool useful linux and osx commandline tools
This post will show you a few of the cool useful linux and osx commandline tools that I use every day. They are mostly available for osx, but some require…
Ssh with keys for authentication
This will show you how to use ssh with keys for authentication. this has a couple of advantages over using passwords: 1) you can enable key only logins. 2) you…