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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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