Mac OSX Cheat Sheet

Even though this is my "Unix" page, it should be inferred that this is my "Unix as it relates to Mac OSX" page.

Having said that, Mac OSX gives Unix newbies an excellent resource for learning the myriad commands out there.

Anytime you want more information on a paraticular Unix command, say "Sed" for example, open the Terminal and type man sed to have Mac OSX give you Sed's dossier -- see below.

Unix Term for the Day: Daemon

What is a "daemon"?

Althought widely used by most operating systems, Daemon is a Unix term which describes a process running the background and performs a specified operation at a predefined time or in response to another operation. As noted by Webopedia, daemon processes typically handle administrative tasks for the operating system. Also noted, the term comes from Greek mythology where daemons were guadian spirits.