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  2. Quicksilver (software) - Wikipedia

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    Quicksilver is a background application that runs while the operating system is running, maintaining a "catalog" of files and objects on the user's computer. By applying incremental search as the user types, Quicksilver predicts the filename or action typed by the user and automatically selects the object. Quicksilver uses a priority system ...

  3. Homebrew (package manager) - Wikipedia

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    Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's operating system, macOS, as well as Linux.The name is intended to suggest the idea of building software on the Mac depending on the user's taste.

  4. File-system permissions - Wikipedia

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    This permission must be set for executable programs, in order to allow the operating system to run them. When set for a directory, the execute permission is interpreted as the search permission: it grants the ability to access file contents and meta-information if its name is known, but not list files inside the directory, unless read is set also.

  5. Extended file attributes - Wikipedia

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    macOS supports listing, [18] getting, [19] setting, [20] and removing [21] extended attributes from files or directories using a Linux-like API. From the command line, these abilities are exposed through the xattr utility. [22] Since macOS 10.5, files originating from the web are marked with com.apple.quarantine via extended file attributes. [23]

  6. List of GNU Core Utilities commands - Wikipedia

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    Lists the files in a directory mkdir: Creates a directory mkfifo: Makes named pipes (FIFOs) mknod: Makes block or character special files: mktemp: Creates a temporary file or directory mv: Moves files or rename files realpath: Returns the resolved absolute or relative path for a file rm: Removes (deletes) files, directories, device nodes and ...

  7. Hidden file and hidden directory - Wikipedia

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    Use the command line command dir /as to display the files with the System attribute. Under Windows Explorer, Hidden files and directories are, by default, not displayed - though they are still accessible by entering the full path into the explorer address bar. System files are displayed, unless they are also hidden. There are two options that ...

  8. sudo - Wikipedia

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    visudo is a command-line utility that allows editing the sudo configuration file in a fail-safe manner. It prevents multiple simultaneous edits with locks and performs sanity and syntax checks . Sudoedit is a program that symlinks to the sudo binary. [ 28 ]

  9. chmod - Wikipedia

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    File-system permissions; chattr, the command used to change the attributes of a file or directory on Linux systems; chown, the command used to change the owner of a file or directory on Unix-like systems; chgrp, the command used to change the group of a file or directory on Unix-like systems