I don't know about the particular podcast or the book that was suggested by others. I'd suggest checking out those resources, though. Any starting point should help.
I do have some more generic advice that will serve you forever, because you'll never learn everything there is to know about the Terminal. No one does. So, the question quickly becomes: "How do I do X?" For that on line searches are very useful. I frequently open a Google search and put in +osx to get Apple specific results for the remainder of my querry. If I get too many point and click results, I go back to my search and add +cli to my querry. I rarely need go any further for finding Terminal oriented help on whatever the particular task. I should also note that Terminal now defaults to the Z Shell. Therefore, any resource you can find about zsh is likely to be helpful, even if it's about zsh on Linux. Now, there's a lot of colorization available in zsh commands. Just skip all that stuff irrelevant to you. Lastly, you should know about the man command. This is shorhand for manual. An example of how to use this command might be having the Terminal tell you all the ways you can use the cp command: man cp You will never outgrow your need for the man command. Writing all this reminds me of one of my favorite life experiences, when first I learned to use Unix command lines. Those where the early days of on line shell access that we accessed vial dialup modem. I was familiar with menu driven systems like Compuserve and Delphi, but Netcom, when I logged in prompted only: [netcom]$ This I knew from nothing what to do. Where was my menu? So, I called Netcom. just by chance I got Bob Reager the founder on the phone--yes, those were different days. So, I started my conversation with Bob, "What do I do?" Bob said: "We sent you a manual." I said: "I'm blind, can't read it." Bob said: "Oh wow! Do you know the man command and maybe the rn command?" I said: "No, never heard of them?" Bob said: "OK, just type man man and maybe also man man -k. Then you can also just type rn and press enter." I said: "cool, if I get stuck, may I call you for more direction?" Bob said: "Yes, as long as you don't abuse it, you may call me." Guess what? I never called him again. rn is dead. It was a usenet news reader, and usenet has died. Instead we have this and similar email list groups (not so available 30 years ago). But, I love that those two commands took me everywhere from that point. And, yes, I still use man all the time. Good luck! Best, Janina 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries writes: > The subject says it. I want to learn more about this powerful app, and I'm > not sure how this is best done. Does anyone have book recommendations or > places on the web? > > Kristeen > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AD280908-3A0A-42F1-BC5E-8A32E76675C4%40icloud.com. -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20200503174936.GD2387%40rednote.net.
