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Commands tagged mac os x

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while i=1; do /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | grep CtlRSSI; sleep 0.5; done
2013-01-31 00:27:33
User: gjuk
Functions: grep sleep
Tags: Os X osx mac os x wifi
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Continuously show wifi signal strength on a mac

The closer to zero the better.Credit to TheSeb on macrumors: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1289884

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pbpaste | tr '\r\n' '\n' | tr '\r' '\n' | pbcopy
2012-07-31 10:50:14
User: adambrenecki
Functions: tr
Tags: newline clipboard mac os x
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OS X: clean up Windows and Classic Mac OS newlines from the text in the clipboard

Copying and pasting from Office documents open in Office:mac can dirty your files with Windows CRLF and (inexplicably) Classic Mac OS LF newlines, which can break some tools. This snippet replaces them with good ol' Unix LF newlines.

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sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
2012-05-15 18:33:51
User: Xeno
Functions: killall sudo
Tags: mac os x flush dns
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OS X: flush DNS cache

Purges DNS cache of OS X.

dscacheutil -flushcache does not work since OS X 10.7.

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pmset -g batt | egrep "([0-9]+\%).*" -o --colour=auto | cut -f1 -d';'
2012-03-23 23:23:46
User: deshawnbw
Functions: cut egrep
Tags: battery osx mac mac os x
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Get OSX Battery percentage

adjusting the field "f1" will give you additional information such as

f1 = 98%

f2 = discharging

f3 = 2:02 remaining

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sudo curl "http://hg.mindrot.org/openssh/raw-file/c746d1a70cfa/contrib/ssh-copy-id" -o /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id
2012-02-09 20:29:24
User: misterich
Functions: chmod sudo
Tags: ssh bash ssh-agent mac os x sshfs ssh-copy-id
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...if you have sudo access, you could just install ssh-copy-id (Mac users: take note. this is how you install ssh-copy-id )

Mac install ssh-copy-id

From there on out, you would upload keys to a server like this:

(make sure to double quote the full path to your key)

ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" username@server

or, if your SSH server uses a different port (often, they will require that the port be '2222' or some other nonsense:

(note the double quotes on *both* the "/path/to/key" and "user@server -pXXXX"):

ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" "username@server -pXXXX"

...where XXXX is the ssh port on that server

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ssh user@server.com sudo tcpdump -i eth0 -w - 'port 80'| /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/bin/wireshark -k -i -
2012-01-23 18:16:22
User: bkendinibilir
Functions: ssh sudo tcpdump
Tags: ssh wireshark capture sniff mac os x
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analyze traffic remotely over ssh w/ wireshark

commandline for mac os x

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wget -nd -nH -r -A pdf -I library/mac/documentation/ http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/#section=Resource%20Types&topic=Reference
2011-10-02 04:56:25
User: GinoMan2440
Functions: wget
Tags: mac os x
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Get all the reference docs for OS X from Apples Developer Connection site

download every last pdf reference Doc from the Apple Developer Connection, takes a half hour on a fast connection. enjoy!

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defaults write com.apple.terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES
2011-07-26 02:15:04
User: ratonovitch
Functions: write
Tags: macosx terminal mac mouse tracking focus mac os x
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Terminal window focus on mouseover (mimicking X11 behavior) in Mac OS X

In Mac OS X, by default, you have to click the mouse on a Terminal window before you can type in it. You can change this behavior to mimic the X11 behavior of focusing on the window on mouseover.

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defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock
2011-07-26 02:05:17
User: ratonovitch
Functions: killall write
Tags: macosx mac dock mac os x
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Add spacer to right side of Dock

Insert an additional (moveable) spacer on the right side of the Dock in Mac OS X

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defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'; killall Dock
2011-07-26 02:03:29
User: ratonovitch
Functions: killall write
Tags: macosx mac dock mac os x
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Add spacer to left side of Dock

Insert an additional (moveable) spacer on the left side of the Dock in Mac OS X

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sudo scutil --set HostName MY_NEW_HOSTNAME
2011-03-15 21:45:14
User: ohe
Functions: sudo
Tags: mac os x scutil
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Changing Hostname on Mac OS X
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env LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9-_\$\?" < /dev/urandom | head -c 10
2011-02-22 17:09:44
User: aerickson
Functions: env head tr
Tags: password random generate mac os x
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generate random password (works on Mac OS X)

Prepending

env LC_CTYPE=C

fixes a problem with bad bytes in /dev/urandom on Mac OS X

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