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How to quickly access and search unix command man pages

Here’s something I stumbled across recently. I have no idea how long this feature has existed for, but I am really pleased I found it! Apologies to those that already know this, but despite using the Terminal on a Mac

Using DSCL to troubleshoot directory issues

There is a very useful command in terminal that can be used to help troubleshoot machines that are tied to a directory, called the DSCL command. This command allows you to create, read and manage Directory Service data. I use

Bash Scripting: Proxies

Hi all. Welcome back to part 2 of the network configuration series. In this blog I will advise how to apply some proxy settings to your network locations Catching up In last month’s bash scripting blog, we created a new

Bash Scripting: Proxies

Hi all. Welcome back to part 2 of the network configuration series. In this blog I will advise how to apply some proxy settings to your network locations Catching up In last month’s bash scripting blog, we created a new

Bash Scripting: man and – -help

Last time I went through some general scripting concepts and recommendations, leaning towards Bash (or ‘shell’) scripting. I know you’re itching to get started with scripting, but how do you know what each command does, and what ‘arguments’ are available