Mac Command Line

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What is the Mac Command Line?

The Mac Command Line is where a user can make changes to their system without using the GUI. Mac's command line is very similar to the command line found in Unix, BSD and Linux. Most of the commands are the same.
There are two programs that come on the Mac that you can use to access the command line interface. The first is the Terminal and second is X11.
Terms
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
- Terminal: a program can be used to interface with the command line
Basic Commands

Commands What it does

cd Change directory

ls list contents of a directory

This the Mac OS X architecture
To understand the ''Mac command line'' we first need to know a few things. The Mac has an operating system call Mac OS X. Mac OS X is made up of the UNIX sublayer witch you don't see and Aqua the GUI see and used everyday.

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