![]() To understand what this means, consider what Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language, calls the three great virtues of programmers: laziness, impatience, and hubris. Unix was not market-driven it was written by geeks for geeks in the real ivory tower of the past, Bell Labs. Sometimes, there are even times when using the command line is just easier. Sometimes a problem cannot be fixed using one of the standard GUI tools, or sometimes one of those GUI tools doesn't do quite what you want. While Apple has done a tremendous job with OS X, no operating system is perfect. ![]() Mac OS X Command Line 101 is going to try and help those people do just that. In fact, many of the longtime Mac faithful don't care to learn it at all, but there are growing numbers of people who would like to know how to use it. Admittedly, Apple has done a great job with OS X, and the vast majority of users can go a long time without having to ever touch the terminal. With the release of OS X, the Macintosh has a command line for the first time since it was introduced in 1984. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest "The truth is rarely pure, and never simple." ![]() The Mac Observer Express Daily Newsletter
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