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instead of getting the usual "shortname" when i open terminal, right before the text that i type in, im getting this funky set of characters: bash-2.05b$ anyone know whats going on / how to fix it?

I'm looking for a way to execute a terminal program and read it's output from a pipe in a Carbon application. In Cocoa, I can use NSTask and NSPipe to access the pipe... but I need the same thing implemented in a Carbon program. Does anyone here know how to do this?

I happened across a nifty shortcut today while using the terminal. If you would like to copy and past a filename from one place in the terminal into the command line, rather than selecting the text and using copy/paste, you can select the text and grab it and drag it just a little ways down in...

Ok so I got asr installed and it looks like it worked when I made my image. Now I can't get it to restore to the correct volume. Any ideas? Here's my command line session: [Admin:/Volumes/Test Partition] root# asr -source /Volumes/OS\ X\ Boot\ disk/test\ partition\ files/HD.ro_asr.dmg...

What has changed in Terminal? And are there any other Appearence themes than Blue and Graphite? Thanks.

i been intersted in unix for a while and have started playing with it. im a designer and use macs for that and im real new to this im using X11 Beta 3 - XFree86 4.2.1 and have had no real problems. i got fink going and it all seems to work fine. i got one gripe though. i cant scroll...

has anyone got a way to make the forward delete key on an ibook (<fn>+<backspace>) to work in the terminal (10.2) (or in X for that matter)? in tcsh the command line editor uses <ctrl>+d for forward delete, however this is a little awkward as i use the regular forward delete key in all other...

I know, this is the worst time to post anything beside the WWDC, but I can't fix this problem on my own and I need some help. Today I started my terminal for a bbedit script and my terminal suddenly completed on startup. I tried several times and I got the error message: ' Last login: Mon Jun...

I have some files I need to work with in Terminal, but they are located on an external drive. I can't figure out how to navigate to that drive! How would I go about doing this?

Okay, I'm on a roll today... Does anyone know a way to launch a finder window from the terminal? For example, if I've navigated to a particular directory in Windows and want to view it in Explorer, I can simply type "start .", and it will pop up. I haven't been able to figure out a similar...

Is ther anyone here knowing how to connect from the terminal to a distant mysql server. Connecting with other apps is common known so that part i know but i wanted to find a different way, to possibly use applescript studio to do an app. Thanks

Hi, How can I see all the applications, documents and everthing else that has been installed or opened in the past on my computer. Is it possible to this? Thanks

I need some help here- my Powerbook G4 /10.2.6 is having major screen problems. I already have a full backup, so i'm not worried about that. HOWEVER, I want to sell this to someone else who wants to fix it. The problem is, that I can't see the screen in order to execute commands/reformat...

i have my terminal.app set up to run bash instead of tcsh, but how do i make the xterm in Apple's Xfree start up with it as well?

When I open a terminal in 11X I get this: Checking for newer versions... Error opening terminal: xterm. Checking for newer versions... Error opening terminal: xterm. bash-2.05a$ I am pretty sure it is from distributed folding because it goes through the first line when launched in...

There is a way to enable the text coloring in OSX terminal?

What I mean is: Is it possible for the terminal screen to be a part of the desktop as a permanent fixture. For instance, it would be at the bottom of my screen, say 1-3 rows worth. This way I could open and run commands without opening the terminal application and having my normal size shell...

I hope this is right forum for commandline stuff. I have upgraded to 10.2 and recently I upgraded to 10.2.5; after a few weeks I have lost the ability to launch Terminal. The symptom was a superimposed ? over the icon I copied to the Dock. I looked in the application/utilities and the...

I'm beginning to work with C and i wanted to compile a very simple file : #include <stdio.h> void main (void) { { printf( "Bienvenue sur WORDPAD\n\n"); } } with "cc main.C" and here what i got : [Belaran:~/Desktop/Info/Langage C] belaran% cc main.c main.c: In function `main'...

I hope this is an easy one for you.... (I apologize for my poor English) I have written an AppleScript which activates over the terminal some disks and starts a perl programm. Now the problem: Since yesterday every time I open the terminal - normal preferences (standard login-shell...