Archive | March, 2010

Command line shortcuts Mac OS X

by on March 9, 2010 in AS Burst

Ctrl + A: Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E: Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + L: Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U: Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H: Same as backspace
Ctrl + R: Let’s you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + C: Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D: Exit the current shell
Ctrl + Z: Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
Ctrl + W: Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + K: Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + T: Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T: Swap the last two words before the cursor

src: http://osxdaily.com/2006/12/19/command-line-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac-os-x/

Make Permanent Aliases on MAC OS X

by on March 9, 2010 in quote-bits

command line:

open ~/.bash_profile

add as follows

alias name=path

example:

alias zf=/usr/local/ZendFrameworkCli/bin/zf.sh

if you need to pass a parameter where you need to escape characters or spaces wrap the path in quotes as follows:

alias projects="cd /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs"

Why You Can’t Work at Work

by on March 2, 2010 in AS Burst

As agencies get bigger and deadlines shorter it becomes harder to work at work. Some people even opt to work away from the office during crunch time due to the many distractions that are created at work.