I use terminal almost exclusively. The gui destop runs terminal based
programs under the hood. For example finder runs mdfind to perform its
functions. One can just use mdfind in terminal or one of the other file
search programs of unix/linux. present in the terminal.
The terminal allows one extensive and detailed control over activity that
is determined by whoever develops the same kind of thing in the gui
desktop. One does it their way or not at all.
If I use a gui desktop program I open it from the terminal and then exit it
whe done back to terminal.
There are a very few programs like vlc I use in the gui desktop
environment.
I use a terminal command to start vlc for example which ends in the desired
local media file name or the url of one on the net. It then loads that
source and plays it.
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, E.T. wrote:
I do as little as possible in Terminal, One instance where I used my
password was when creating an installer.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 6/28/2017 7:21 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
Ah, be very careful of any command in terminal that requires your
password. These are commands that are using the "sudo" command.
Sudo essentially says run this as root which is the most privileged user
on a UNIX system. While you can not break system files in Sierra due to
extra security added, any file in user space can be viewed or modified
when you use the sudo command.
Why sudo you might ask? Well originally there was su for substitute
user. This allows one to access the computer with another permissions
for a while.
sudo is a bit more secure in that:
1. There is a configuration file in /etc/sudoers that says what commands
can be executed by whom whith what rights.
2. It prompts you four your password rather than the person you are
trying to execute as so there is no need to share a password to do this
work.
Take care,
Jonathan Cohn
On Jun 27, 2017, at 4:51 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com
<mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Last I ran Terminal, I simply pasted code in and pressed enter. In
some cases you may be asked for your log in password.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>
On 6/27/2017 1:48 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote:
Hi,
I want to try copying and pasting the coding that was sent earlier.
I found Terminal in the ?others? folder. when I entered I found my
last log-in date, among other things, including shell . I don?t know
where to type or paste. . Then I inadvertently closed the window so
that it said, ?Terminal has no windows?. So how, exactly, do I use
it to put in code?
Thanks,
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