Command Line Mac Mojave Getting Started Guide

Getting-Started with Terminal Commands on Mac 10.14

Hi! The Tutorial Shows You in Easy Steps How-to Quick-Start with the Console/Terminal Command-Line/Shell on Mac 10.14 Mojave BSD/Unix.

This is Just a ‘Quick and Dirty’ Introduction to the Command Line Basic Instructions on Mac Command Line Console Terminal.

The Tutorial is Step-by-Step and You Can Just Getting-Started Following and Executing each Command without any Harm for Your System 🙂

After all only ‘Practice Makes the Master‘; so Do Not try to Getting-Started too Hard but Just ‘Take it Easy!‘ 😉

The Commands are Intended for Execution on the Bash Shell but Most should Works also for the Bourne, C, TC and Korn Shells…

Mac 10.14 Mojave Command Line Console Terminal Quick-Start - Featured

To
Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Launch Finder:

Select Applications:

Double-Click on Utilities:

Double-Click over Terminal:
Switch to the Bash Shell
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
```
bash
```
To List a Directory Content (Directories and Files included)
```
ls [/path]
```
For Example to List the Content of the Root Directory:
```
ls /
```
Or to List the Content of the Home Directory:
```
ls $HOME
```
To Change Directory
```
cd [/path]
```
For Example to Go into the Home Directory:
```
cd $HOME
```
To Create Directories and Files

To Create a Directory do:
```
mkdir [/path]/myDirectory
```
For Instance:
```
mkdir $HOME/test
```
To Create a Blank File do:
```
touch [/path]/myFile
```
For Instance:
```
touch $HOME/test/test
```

To Copy Directories and Files

To Copy a Single File:

cp [/path]/myFile1 [/path]/toTargetDirectory/myEventualNewFileName

(After a ‘\’ to Press ‘Enter’ the Command is Not Executed but instead only a ‘Carriage Return’ Like in a Typewriter)
To Copy Multiple Files:

cp [/path]/myFile1 ... [/path]/myFileN \
[/path]/toTargetDirectory/

For Instance to Copy a Single File:

cp $HOME/test/test $HOME/test/hello

To Copy a Single Directory:

cp -r [/path]/myDirectory1 [/path]/toTargetDirectory/myEventualDirectoryName

To Copy Multiple Directories:

cp -r [/path]/myDirectory1 ... [/path]/myDirectoryN \
[/path]/toTargetDirectory/

Now for Instance to Copy a Single Directory do:

cp -r $HOME/test $HOME/hello

To Move Directories and Files

Moving a Single File:

mv [/path]/myFile1 [/path]/toTargetDirectory/myEventualNewFileName

To Move Multiple Files:

mv [/path]/myFile1 ... [/path]/myFileN \
[/path]/toTargetDirectory/

The Same Command is Valid Also for Directories!

Now for Instance to Move a Single File do:

mv $HOME/test/test $HOME/hello/hello

To Delete Directories and Files

To Delete a File do:
```
rm [/path]/myFile
```
For Instance:
```
rm $HOME/test/test
```
Removing a Directory do:
```
rm -rf [/path]/myDirectory
```
For Instance:
```
rm -rf $HOME/test
```
Last How-to Get the Admin Super-Powers

To Login as SuperUser:
```
sudo su
```
To Logout from SuperUser:
```
exit
```
(To Protect Your System from the possible Damages of an Hazardous ‘Crazy’ Command Execution the Logout ‘Should’ be Executed Every Time a Conscious and Meaningful Series of Commands has been Achieved… )
To Execute a Command as SuperUser:
```
sudo myCommand
```
How-to Set Permissions on Mac File System:

Mac Permissions Quick-Start

Setting Up Permissions on Mac.

Here is achieved the ‘Quick&Dirty’ Initiation to the Mac Command Line Sphere 🙂
I’ll be Back Very Soon to Show the Basics of the Apt Software Packages and Repository Administration Commands!