Post tagged “shell”

1. Filesystem Events on Mac OS X

   inotifywait is a Linux thang, but if you need similar functionality on Mac OS X, check out wait_on. Available via homebrew.

   • #Mac OS X
   • #Scripting
   • #shell
   • #Terminal

2. Subversion and "Skipped '.'"

   Skipped '.' seems to be Subversion's way of saying, "svn up hit an external that isn't a working copy."

   • #Personal
   • #shell
   • #Subversion

3. Appify: Wrapping Shell Scripts as Applications in Mac OS X 10.6

   Today I'm publishing appify, a shell script that turns any other non-interactive shell script into a double-clickable Mac OS X application bundle.

   • #Computers
   • #code
   • #console
   • #scripting
   • #shell
   • #tips

4. Upgrading to Snow Leopard

   I've just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard," and had one problem along the way.

   • #Computers
   • #Bash
   • #Mac OS X
   • #shell
   • #snow leopard
   • #Terminal

5. Bash Completion

   It would be difficult to not like bash's programmable completion. It's too bad I've had such a hard time wrapping my head around the programmable completion toolkit.

   • #Scripting
   • #Bash
   • #compgen
   • #complete
   • #productivity
   • #shell