By default Finder would not show hidden files. Use the following commands to change this setting.
- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
- killall Finder
Mac – Show Hidden Files in Finder
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Category Archives: Mac
Mac – GnuPG Installation
Recently need to work with Amazon S3 and i want to use the s3cmd command line client.
s3cmd : command line S3 client
But it requires encryption program which i can’t find in my Mac machine. Luckily i found a very detail installation guide.
HOWTO: Build GnuPG on OS X Continue reading
Mac – Generate SSH Keypair
Prior to the topic about the SSH keypair, i would like to let u know that the BeansTag module is already submitted to drupal.org and now undergoing the approval process. BeansTag is a light-weight and user friendly SEO tool which help you setting the meta attributes as well as page title. It is also multilingual supported. Visit the BeansTag project page to get more ideas or even try it with your Drupal 7.
Before i could start working with the Git repository hosted in drupal.org, i have to create a SSH keypair and add it in my Drupal account profile. Actually i have done the similar task before but that is for Windows. For your reference, you can refer to the following post.
Mac – Git installation on OSX
I am working on a new Drupal 7 module which is called BeansTag and hopefully it could be submitted to drupal.org soon. But before i could submit it, i have to make the Git work in my Mac OSX.
Here are the steps for Git installation in Mac OSX Continue reading
Mac/Linux – SSH Host Key Verification Failed
If you get the following message when you connecting to a server through SSH, most likely the server side has changed authorization key.
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@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
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Mac – Clear DNS Cache
Enter following command in Terminal to flush the DNS cache.
- dscacheutil -flushcache
Done =)
Reference: How to Clear DNS Cache in Mac OSX Leopard
Mac – Setting Home and End of Line in Terminal
In Mac Terminal:
- fn + left arrow: scroll to top
- fn + right arrow: scroll to the bottom
- fn + up arrow: page up
- fn + down arrow: page down
I would like to set the action of the fn + left arrow as to be Home of Line as well as End of Line for fn + right arrow. So you can open the Terminal Preference –> Settings –> Keyboard Widget. Continue reading
Mac – Check File Encoding
The following command could show you the character encoding set of a specific file.
file -I <filename>
Possible output:
<filename>: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Please note that the paraemeter -I is the capital letter of i but NOT smaller letter of L.
Reference: StackOverflow – How do I determine file encoding in OSX?
Done =)
