Translating Mac GUI Concepts to Unix


Macintosh GUI Concept

Unix Concept or Equivilant
Folder

Directory
Active Window

Current Working Directory (see the pwd command.)
Double-click

Run a command, see also the open command.
Drag something to another folder
Use the mv command to rename (move) something.
One or more tasks that you perform in a row.

Command Line
Option-drag something to copy it to another folder

Use the cp command to copy something to a new loction.
Changing a setting in an applications pull-down menu.

Using an option like -l on a command line.


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