Programming Tutorials

macos Tutorials

11. cmp in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Compare two files. The cmp utility compares two files of any type and writes the results to the standard output. By default, cmp is silent if the files are the same; if they differ, the byte and line number at which the first difference occurred is reported.


12. comm in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Compare two sorted files line by line.


13. command in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Run command with args suppressing the normal shell function lookup.


14. complete in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Edit command specific tab-completions.


15. continue in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Resume the next iteration of the enclosing for, while, until, or select loop.


16. cp in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Copy files.


17. cron in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron).


18. crontab in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: A crontab file contains instructions to the cron daemon of the general form: `run this command at this time on this date'. Each user has their own crontab, and commands in any given crontab will be executed as the user who owns the crontab. Uucp and News will usually have their own crontabs, eliminating the need for explicitly running su as part of a cron command.


19. curl in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Transfer data from or to a server, using one of the protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE. (To transfer multiple files use wget or FTP.)


20. cut in Mac OS X

By: Strauss K : 2011-02-03

Description: Divide a file into several parts.