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I am trying to use Terminal to configure an ISDN router. Could someone Please give me the command that I need to enter into terminal to open a telnet connection.

Is there any way to launch and execute .Mac Backup from the terminal (i.e., remotely)? I know you can open the app with [gwailo:/]% open /Applications/Backup.app but is there any way to start the backup, or even get a text-based feedback?

i guess the problem is more or less myself... but i have 3 questions im running 10.1.5 1.i have been trying to get php to work on my system for 2 weeks now and its getting rather frustrating... heres the problem: I follow all the tutorial(http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/)...

Ok, I am logged in as a root. I want to delete an empty folder calle "h". It was a test user. It's in the trash, but i want to empty the trash. I cant. They say i dont have permissions to do so. So I search for topics about this and not ONE has helped me since I tried all the codes in the...

im a bit of a newbie when it comes to UNIX, however I was wondering how do i go about changing the text from welcome to darwin to something else? thanks in advance

I've installed the newest version of MySQL 3.23.52 along with the tool that places it in my start-up items, but when I try running it in the terminal I get the following error: dyld: ./bin/mysql Undefined symbols: ./bin/mysql undefined reference to _BC expected to be defined in...

I just used terminal to trash a naughty file. Took the instructions from this forum. Right now terminal frightens me, I don't like codes. Help me understand terminal. What is terminal? For what do you use? What are its potentials? Where can i find instructions for terminal?

i recently downloaded a nice application which gives me some statistics on network traffic. is there a way to auto-launch this application when i boot my mac. the application, it's called darkstat, has to be started as root, using sudo, or su. ps: i'm really pleased with this app, but if...

Anyone knows how can I change the download location when I use the ftp service in terminal? Ftp all the times downloads archives in my user folder… I whana download in a diferent disk… any ideas??? thx:confused:

I have a troublesome file on my desktop that refuses to delete. It's not locked, it's just one really screwed up file. It's still there after I restart etc. I go into terminal and type in sudo rm and do what it says but when i drag the file in and press return, it says permission denied. I am...

Can somebody help me? would like to use filecheck in terminal, newbie at Unix commands, can somene help, don't want to screw up. Thanks.

Like I said, can one burn CDs from the Terminal? I suppose it will be a third-party application somewhere? Just wondering what's good, if it's even possible at all. TIA!:p

Since i know nothing about UNIX, i was wondering if somone would like to write a script for me. I want to be able to open a new terminal window and have telnet open. All i want to do is to be open to open the new window and input an ip address. I'm checking to see that all routers on...

Hey, for those of you that use the terminal every now and again, did you know it is possible to modify the welcome message. just copy and paste this into a terminal window find /usr/share/calendar/calendar.* -exec calendar -f {} \; to edit the Message Of The Day pico /etc/motd or if...

Hi, I recently installed BitchX via Fink. Now every time I open BitchX, the ANSI coloured character graphics aren't displayed right. If I compare this to DOS, it's as if I didn't have an ANSI driver installed. It's basically all over the place. Any ideas? Any help would be much...

I have an irc app installed in /usr/local/bin/, and I want to alias the application so everytime I use irc I dont have to type "/usr/local/bin/irc" to use irc. I want to type "irc" and have it launched! How can I do this? Thanks.

Hello all, Maybe someone can help me out with this? Does anyone know of a terminal service client I can use to connect to my GoldMine CRM database at work. Any ideas or solutions would be appreciated. Finch :confused: