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Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX?

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX?
Date 1 Mar 2015 19:38:47 GMT
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On 2015-03-01, sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
> I have my iMac G4 running 10.4.11, and my Thinkpads run enterprise Linux 
> 6.6.

I take it you mean Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6.

> Would I have to download some Mac-specific CL program?

Mac OS X is Unix. Linux is based on Unix.
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal is built into Mac OS X and lets you
access the command line.

> I have a Fedora book with tons of Linux commands, will those work?

Depends on the command. Since Linux is based on Unix, a lot of commands
will work the same way or similarly. Mac OS X is different in many areas
though.

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Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-01 19:28 +0000
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Martin Smith <martinsm@rakupottery.org.uk> - 2015-03-01 19:33 +0000
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 19:38 +0000
    Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-01 23:47 +0000
      Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-01 20:34 -0500
        Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-02 17:38 +0000
          Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-02 15:25 -0500
            Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-02 23:04 +0000
        Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? mcnesium <mcnesium@versteht.es> - 2015-03-10 18:44 +0100
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-01 19:41 +0000
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-01 14:52 -0500
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-03-01 13:02 -0800
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-02 08:18 +0100
  Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-02 07:48 -0500

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