Unix

72 degrees F is not 40 degrees C, even if the Mac says it is

72 degrees F is not 40 degrees C!

There seems to be an error in a Unix program on the Mac. Now what do we do?

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Control the Mac Command Line

An ebook that explains the command line and Terminal for Mac users. Hooray!

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Random numerical quirks: 1234567890

Deep down, Unix based computers, such as those running Mac OS X, count time (and date) by the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight, 1 January 1970 — trickier and more complex than it sounds. There are 86,400 seconds in a normal day, so at the end of the first day the Unix [...]

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