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Re: Will Linux-style commands work on OSX?

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On 2015-03-02 01:34:26 +0000, Barry Margolin said:

> In article <slrnmf79a9.1t02.g.kreme@kreme.eternal-september.org>,
>  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> 
>> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was all,
>> like:
>>> On 2015-03-01, sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>> 
>> The biggest difference is that OS X is a BSD and Linux is.. Well, Linux.
> 
> But quite a few of the commands on OS X commands are the GNU versions.
> It's a hodgepodge. You pretty much have to check every command on a
> case-by-case basis to see precisely which options it takes.

many commands that work different on OSX can be "updated" to recent 
versions with well-known linux behaviour through homebrew 
(http://brew.sh/)

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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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