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What does an arrow ("->") symbol mean on the command line?
I'm working with Terminal (Mac OS X), but I think this is a built-in part of Linux. Sometimes, when I execute a command, Terminal returns a new, indented line with just -> on the line. It seems ...
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Make the background black, not white on Linux/Mac OS X Terminal?
All I want to do is make the background for Mac OS X's Terminal Black so that I can run a Perl script with Terminal and have the background black for that.
How would I do this for Mac OS X?
How would ...
Blaise Roth
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Equivalent/Alternatives for Alt+Dot in Mac
One thing i miss from the Linux shell is the Alt+Dot shortcut. What it does is insert the last argument of the previous command. It appears to be a trivial technique, but it's really useful.
i.e. if ...
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