I wrote this list to remind me, as a newcomer to OSX, how the command line differed from the Linux commandline. I thought I’d expand on it, and share it:
To mount any iso:
hdiutil mount sample.iso
To download a file as you would using wget:
curl http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/LinuxMint-8.iso -o linuxmint.iso -C -
the -o specifies the output file (required)
the -C – specifies automatically resuming if possible.
To burn a bootable iso to CD, DVD or USB key:
use the “diskutil” program as described in: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=598291
Monitor disk io utilisation.. poll once per second
iostat -c 99999
will run until 99999 seconds have passed.
Monitor CPU and memory utilisation.. polling per second
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Just like Linux.
Mount Windows Shares
mount -t smbfs //@/
ie:
mount -t smbfs //davec@SERVER/Dev samba-to-netdev
then it will appear mounted in /Volumes with the mount point name you supplied, ie: /Volumes/samba-to-netdev/.
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