Guys, am sure this post will definitely interest you - how to play an audio file from Terminal on Mac OS X without using iTunes. Well, we p...

Ola guys. I hope you came across my previous posts on setting up Ant and Maven with Jenkins. In today's post I'll show you how to s...

In today's post we'll look into a very simple entry level bash script in which we form all possible alphanumeric combinations using...

Guys you might often come across some situations where you want to check if a server or machine is physically up and running. Quite obvious...

Guys you may be aware that you can find your current shell in Mac OSX or any Unix machine by typing the following in Terminal. echo $SHE...

Guys in today's new gem, we'll see how to play the hidden game Tetris on Mac OS X which comes bundled by default for FREE. Didn...

Hi guys, in today's article we will see how to upgrade Subversion on Mac OS X using Homebrew. Subversion i.e SVN as you know is a popul...

Oh boy! yet another Mac OS X hidden gem that you probably weren't aware of. Type this is Terminal to read Mrs Fields secret Cookies r...

Guys, presenting a mind blowing Mac OS X hidden gem that I just stumbled onto. Type the following in Terminal to read some Apple supplied...

Hii! Guys lets come back today on another topic related to Apple Mac OS X. Correct me if am wrong, the first thing you would after purchasi...

Guys, in my previous post yesterday, we discussed how to add a prefix to strings in a file using Awk . Today lets work on the same example ...

Suppose you have a file in Unix / Mac OS X which has phone numbers data. I mean lets say I have a text file named Phones_unformatted.txt wh...

Check out a quick reference guide to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable in Mac OS X. Open terminal and type the following : sudo v...

We can transfer files between 2 remote hosts using the scp command as follows : scp Username@Server1:/path-to-file-to-be-copied/ Username...

Comm is the command in Mac OS X if you want to compare the contents of two files through the command line. The usage is as follows : c...

In Mac OS X, you can enable Stealth mode so that ping requests to your IP address are unreachable. Go to System preferences -> Securit...

I was long thinking to write a short tutorial on covering some basic Sed examples for easy and quick reference. So here we are. In this sho...

Here's a quick guide to the keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots on Mac OS X. For capturing the entire screen press Command+Shi...

Here's a quick tip for the month of May - Q) How to lock screen of Mac OS X? Answer : Control + Shift + Eject button Correct me if ...

Occasionally or infact very rarely, fonts might get corrupt on Mac OS X. Mac OS X offers the option to validate the authenticity of fonts s...