Five Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal

July 16, 2008 · Print This Article

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This video shows five things that most people don’t know about using the terminal in OS X.

5 Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal from Productivity501 on Vimeo.
Just in case you want to make sure the items look interesting before taking the time to watch, the five things are:

  1. You can drag folders and files into the terminal.
  2. How the open command works for files and applications.
  3. Safari style tabs in terminal.
  4. The “say” command.
  5. Copy to and from the clipboard using the command line.

If you have some killer tips for using the terminal please share them with others in the comments.

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