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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Adam and Tonya Engst, Take Control" <[email protected]> > Date: 24 April 2015 23:03:17 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Level up with "Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal, > Second Edition" > Reply-To: "Tonya Engst" <[email protected]> > > Good day! > > It’s easy to forget that OS X is based on Unix, but those in the know often > drop to the Unix command line for tasks that are difficult or impossible to > accomplish in the Mac’s graphical interface. Six years ago, Joe Kissell > penned “Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal,” a book designed > to help readers become comfortable and capable on the command line. Today > we’re pleased to bring you the second edition of this essential reference. > > Buy it for $15 > http://tid.bl.it/tco-command-line-cart > Get more info > http://tid.bl.it/tco-command-line-info > > Written from a Mac user’s point of view, the book starts with the > command-line fundamentals, helps you set up an environment that will work for > you, and walks you through more advanced topics as your knowledge increases. > To help you put your new-found skills to use, you’ll find 52 easy-to-follow, > real-life “recipes” for simple tasks that are best done from the command > line, as well as discussions of more complex tasks such as ssh-ing to a > remote computer, transferring files via sftp and scp, handling permissions, > logging in as root, installing Unix software, grappling with grep, and > writing shell scripts that contain logic. > > Working at the command line often goes hand-in-hand with a general desire to > work efficiently, so we wanted to mention that Joe also recently updated > “Take Control of Automating Your Mac” to freshen it for 10.10 Yosemite. This > 199-page title discusses the Mac’s built-in automation features, various > popular automation apps (including a chapter about the macro utility Keyboard > Maestro), and special Apple tools like Automator and AppleScript. It also > comes with discounts on Keyboard Maestro, LaunchBar, Hazel, Nisus Writer Pro, > TextExpander, TextSoap, TypeIt4Me, and Typinator. You can buy “Take Control > of Automating Your Mac” together with “Take Control of the Mac Command Line > with Terminal” for 20% off, dropping the price to only $24. > > Buy both for $24 > http://tid.bl.it/tco-command-line-automating-bundle > “Take Control of Automating Your Mac” info > > http://tid.bl.it/tco-automating-your-mac-info > > Whether you want to approach the Mac command line with confidence, or you > want to set up some serious automation to make your work more accurate and > less repetitive, these books will put you in control! > > Thank you for your support of the Take Control series! > > cheers... -Adam & Tonya Engst, Take Control publishers > > PS: Save 30% when you buy three or more Take Control titles at > http://tid.bl.it/catalog-byob — recent releases include: > > * Take Control of Numbers (includes a hands-on example spreadsheet) > * Photos for Mac: A Take Control Crash Course (30-page early-bird version) > * Apple Watch: A Take Control Crash Course (23-page early-bird version) > * Take Control of PDFpen 7 (for major PDF manipulation) > > > -- > You receive Take Control email from us at [email protected] > > To redownload your Take Control books, log in at > http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/account > > To unsubscribe [email protected], visit > http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/managesub/0154757891 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
