The O'Reilly book (Learning Unix for OS X) is decent, but it doesn't really get into OS X-specific things. It doesn't even cover Homebrew. IIRC the only exception is a section on the md* commands ...

Need a jump start on Unix networking? Whether you're working on your home network or setting up systems at work, here are some basic Unix networking commands and insights that might prove helpful.

If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

Shell basics The Unix command line shell is roughly equivalent to the command window in Microsoft Windows (cmd or PowerShell). The commands we walk through below will work on any Unix-like system ...

For the beginners in Unix, learning basic Unix commands is a good start. This tip explains basic Unix commands and will move on to the Unix operating system basics and advanced Unix commands.

How to Change the Owner of a File The easiest way change permissions is through the command line (as GUI options can often be limited or confusing). Let’s take a simple example.

Hey guys, from the one time I used Netscape Navigator on a Unix station, there's now 80 something folders in my Netscape cache with 2-4 files each. I want to delete them.The only commands that I ...

Basic UNIX Regular Expressions The reflector can search for names using a key that is a UNIX basic regular expression. The PUIDNETD_DATA_RE ('r') field value gives the regular expression and some ...