MAC OS X UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for the Mac OS X

288 Pages·2009·4.23 MB·english

by  Christopher Negus

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Mac OS® X UNIX®
Tool b o x
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Mac OS® X UNIX®
Tool b o x
1000+ Commands for Mac OS® X Power Users
Thomas Myer
Christopher Negus
François Caen
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Mac OS® X UNIX® Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Mac OS® X
Power Users
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Myer, Thomas.
Mac OS X UNIX toolbox : 1000+ commands for Mac OS X power users / Thomas Myer, Christopher
Negus, François. Caen.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-470-47836-3 (pbk.)
1. Mac OS. 2. UNIX (Computer file) 3. Macintosh (Computer)--Programming. I. Negus, Chris, 1957- II.
Caen, François. III. Title.
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To Hope, for loving me anyway.
— Thomas Myer
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About the Authors
Thomas Myer currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he runs Triple Dog Dare
Media, a consulting group that builds CodeIgniter applications, writes technical
documentation and copy, and works as a systems analyst for hire. He is the author of
Lead Generation on the Web, No Nonsense XML Web Development with PHP, Professional
CodeIgniter, and From Geek to Peak: Your First 365 Days as a Technical Consultant, as well
as dozens of articles on technology and business. If you have any feedback on this
book, or wish to discuss anything related to Web development, writing, or market-
ing, contact him via his website at www.tripledogs.com.
Christopher Negus is the author of the Fedora and Red Hat Linux Bibles, as well as
BSD UNIX Toolbox. Chris served for eight years on development teams for the UNIX
operating system at AT&T, where UNIX was created and developed.
François Caen, through his company Turbosphere LLC, hosts and manages business
application infrastructures, 95 percent of which run on Linus systems.
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