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Make A Custom Script Globally Executable

December 18, 2024

When you write a script to automate a task, it's ideal to call it from anywhere on your filesystem rather than navigating to its directory each time...

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Working With the Jobs Command

January 13, 2023

UNIX-like operating systems have a handful of commands for managing running programs in the Terminal — here's how to use them...

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Moving Local Files with Rsync

June 1, 2014

I am very obsessive about backing up my data. To preserve space on my MacBook Air’s drive, I store most of media files on a WD Passport external drive. Additionally I back that media up on a second (and oftentimes a third) desktop external drive. Sure, this is a little OCD but it’d be quite a shame to lose all of my files, should my first Passport drive fail me.

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Virtual Terminal Sessions with Screen

January 14, 2014

Not so long ago, a co-worker and friend of mine introduced me to the UNIX application, screen. While I was really excited to learn of something so useful, I was also deeply saddened in realizing that it was right under my nose all this freaking time. In this short post, I’m going to show you how you can take advantage of this clever little utility.

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Disable the Character Picker in OS X

July 31, 2013

OS X 10.7 (Lion) introduced a feature called the Character Picker. This allows you to press-and-hold a key on your keyboard, activating a little popup with the different character options associated with that key. This can be a useful feature for some, as it allows you to visually see all of those additional character options and not have to know how to otherwise activate each of them.

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