snippets-osx.md

locate:

• To update db of files indexed by locate:

sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
locate -i <file>
(-i flag for case-insensitive search)

• locate is faster than sudo find / -iname "word"

• To see statistics about the information that locate has cataloged, use the -S option:

locate -S

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To create sym link to Sublime:

sudo ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl

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Homebrew:

• brew install <something>

• update brew itself:

brew update

• update tools installed with brew:

brew upgrade
brew upgrade <something>

• install the GNU version of sed called gsed (Mac's sed is BSD based):

brew install gnu-sed

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tree -d

tree displays a tree view of the filesystem

• brew install tree

• tree -d to view just the directories and to suppress listing file names

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To disable AWDL and AirDrop to fix Yosemite WiFi issues:

sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

And vice versa to restore AirDrop and AWDL (and the WiFi issues):

sudo ifconfig awdl0 up

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To copy/paste from the OS X clipboard:

• pbcopy (pasteboard copy) - to pipe the output of the command to the OS X clipboard:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy

• pbpaste (pasteboard paste)

pbpaste > file.txt

• To escape spaces properly in the directory path:

pwd | pbcopy
cd "`pbpaste`"

or

cd "$(pbpaste)"

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Use Spotlight to search from command line:

mdfind <keyword>

To find all executables:

mdfind "kMDItemKind == 'Unix Executable File'"

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To find all Java apps:

sudo find /Applications -type d -name *.app -prune -exec sh -c 'ls -R "$1" | grep -q \.jar\$' {} {} \; -print

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