Questions tagged [bash]
The Unix shell which was the default shell in macOS until 10.15
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AppleScript Written on Intel iMac Runs Very Slow When MBA Exported As app on M2
Some years ago Apple dropped support for my ancient Canon Lide 30 scanner. So, I hung it off a Raspberry Pi (which still supports the scanner via scanimage) and wrote a very simple Apple Script and an ...
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Make bash regex range case-sensitive?
In bash (3.2.57) on MacOS 15.7.4, command line regular expressions are normally case sensitive, but when you list a range of characters, such as [a-z], the result is case insensitive. This is a ...
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New Terminal tab at current folder
My login shell is zsh, the default in macOS Sequoia.
However, I'm used to bash and so my .zshrc simply does exec /bin/bash.
Pressing command-T in a Terminal window should open a new tab at the current ...
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Is it possible to make this script "safe"? [closed]
#!/bin/bash
# Download Installomator
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Installomator/Installomator/main/Installomator.sh -o /usr/local/bin/Installomator
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/...
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Piping bash history output to external command is extremely slow
I have moved to macbook pro from linux recently and I do have quite a big bash history (over 200000 commands).
Unfortunately while using bash history in macOS I have noticed that if I pipe history ...
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UI tests blocked by “bash requesting screen access” popup in Mac OS [closed]
On macOS, I get a system popup when running UI tests in GitHub saying:
“bash” is requesting to bypass the system private window picker and directly access your screen and audio.
How can I disable ...
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Why $BASH is equal to /bin/zsh in bash
I have a single line in $HOME/.bashrc
echo SHELL=$SHELL BASH=$BASH BASH_VERSION=$BASH_VERSION
In MacOS Terminal settings, I have Run command = /usr/local/bin/bash
When I start a Terminal, I see:
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Changing profiles on Terminal (macOS Mojave 10.14)
I'm unable to change my Terminal app profile (color theme) even when I change it in the preferences. I selected Homebrew as my profile, closed Terminal and reopened it - but it won't actually change ...
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Why does sh -version on my mac output the version of a bash shell?
I see
sh -version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-darwin24)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
yet in https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/...
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Using command line to switch On/Off IPv4 or IPv6 network on macOS
I'm looking for a way to switch On/Off IPv4 or IPv6 network from command line on macOS.
Like the description here:
Can I turn off IPv4 and just use IPv6 on my Mac?
one can turn On/Off IPv4 on macOS ...
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Side effects of changing the default shell in macOS to a Homebrew location
Some people prefer the latest Bash version for macOS (because /bin/bash is still a version in the 3.x range).
This can be changed with this:
brew install bash
chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
However, ...
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Terminal / Bash: Permission denied when appending to a file with RW rights granted by ACL
I have a file "test.log" inside a directory.
The directory has an accesslist, defined as:
0: user:Me allow list,add_file,delete_child,file_inherit
The file "test.log" (created by ...
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Change word separators for text navigation in Terminal
This question may already be answered on here somewhere, but I'm unsure what keywords to use for my search.
In the Terminal, I frequently navigate around lines using the meta+left or meta+right arrow ...
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Shell script run daily by launchd stopped working after macOS Sequoia upgrade
I have a setup to copy backups from an Ubuntu 22 server running in the cloud to a local Mac.
On the Mac I have a shell script to run the rsync command and a launchd daemon to run this script daily.
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How to alias the "Apple version" of 'ls -lO'?
macOS Ventura with a 'MacPorts' installation that includes GNU replacements for numerous "Apple-sourced" utilities including ls. The original ls is located at /bin/ls, the GNU/MacPorts ...
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