UNIX commands font

[Alejandro Imass]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Eneko Gotzon Ares
<enekogotzon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm start learning UNIX.
> Please, is there a canonical way, may be a font, for write UNIX commands
> among normal text?

I tried my best to understand the above but failed miserably. Yet
going out on a limb:

- To type UNIX commands on a Mac you must use the Terminal application
normally found in the Utilities folder in the Launchpad
- Regarding fonts, I personally use the "Pro" theme (white on black)
with the Menlo 18pt font - this set-up is easy to read and allows me
to comfortably code on the shell. You may need to adjust the font size
depending on your monitor.
- Mac OS X defaults to the "bash" shell so if you are reading a Unix
book some things may not work as expected

There are tons of Unix and Linux tutorials out there and for basic
stuff it will get you going. Mac OS X is largely based on FreeBSD,
that is on the BSD family of Unix so maybe the FreeBSD Handbook might
be of help, particularly:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/basics.html

Linux tutorials (which are plentiful) will work as well, but remember
that Mac OS X is more BSD-like with some Linux accents like the bash
shell.

MacPorts is a project that provides a "port" system on the Mac. A
ports system allows you to download and compile (generally) Open
Source software designed for Unix-like Operating Systems to the Mac.

You shouldn't need great Unix knowledge to use MacPorts, apart from
basic usage of the shell, and learning the MacPorts documentation
available here: http://guide.macports.org

On this list I would suspect that you won't get much help for learning
how to use your Mac OS X as a Unix box, but rather more specifically
on problems with MacPorts.

I don't know of any generic list for using the Mac as a Unix box, but
perhaps others do and can pitch in their 0.02.

Best,

-- 
Alejandro Imass



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