Re: removing files in the terminal
Password Alert! This message may contain a request for your password. NEVER SEND OR RESPOND TO E-MAIL REQUESTS FOR YOUR PASSWORD. For questions about this alert, please contact the IT HelpDesk at 405-744-4357 or email helpd...@okstate.edu. -- A couple of things first about terminal since I don't know how much you are used to using it: It is very accessible with voiceover but not as good as it could be so be aware that you may have to use VO-a from time to time to get a good read of what was printed. Voiceover doesn't work well with bursty output and will appear to loose some of what you needed to here. It is not lost, but you will need to use VO-a to read the scroll-back buffer and then Command-k to reset it for the next runs. When you have found the files you want to remove, individual files can be removed with the rm command as in rm thisfile. You can remove a whole directory full of files by using the -r flag to rm as in rm -r thisdir. If you goof up and destroy half your system, let's hope you had good backups because that is the only way to get them back so be extra careful. There is no undelete function. Once it is gone, it's gone. You may find out that you can not delete the files you are stalking. That is because they install as owned by root. You can become root on your own system from the terminal by using the sudo command. What this does is let you become the superuser while you run this command and then revert back to your mild-mannered self without the superpowers. Let's say you find the files and directories you want to delete but they are owned by root. type something like sudo rm -r thosefiles You will probably get a prompt to enter a password and that is your own login password. This sets a timer for maybe 5 minutes or so when you can enter other sudo commands without the password. Each new command starts the timer anew so you only have to enter your password the first time. four or five minutes after the last sudo command, the timer times out and you must enter the password again. Anyway, that is how you remove files and directories in terminal. Good luck and go slowly and methodically. It is not difficult but it is easy to delete more than you want and as I said, there is no undelete function, only recovery from backups. Martin michael weaver writes: how do you remove files and directories in the terminal on the mac? i am going to see if i can remove the musicmanager preference file using the terminal as no other way i have found that will remove the thing from the system preferences and the apps i have found you have to purchase which may not be worth it for just trying to get rid of one app that is being stubbon to remove and keeps starting up on login and musicmanager is not accessible with voiceover. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
Re: removing files in the terminal
thanks for the advice. i may have fixed my problem fingers crossed. i should have known about putting sudo before the rest of the command. i should have known this from my use of linux a while ago because ubuntu uses sudo. - Original Message - From: Martin McCormick mar...@x.it.okstate.edu To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date sent: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:58:21 -0600 Subject: Re: removing files in the terminal Password Alert! This message may contain a request for your password. NEVER SEND OR RESPOND TO E-MAIL REQUESTS FOR YOUR PASSWORD. For questions about this alert, please contact the IT HelpDesk at 405-744-4357 or email helpd...@okstate.edu. - - A couple of things first about terminal since I don't know how much you are used to using it: It is very accessible with voiceover but not as good as it could be so be aware that you may have to use VO-a from time to time to get a good read of what was printed. Voiceover doesn't work well with bursty output and will appear to loose some of what you needed to here. It is not lost, but you will need to use VO-a to read the scroll-back buffer and then Command-k to reset it for the next runs. When you have found the files you want to remove, individual files can be removed with the rm command as in rm thisfile. You can remove a whole directory full of files by using the -r flag to rm as in rm -r thisdir. If you goof up and destroy half your system, let's hope you had good backups because that is the only way to get them back so be extra careful. There is no undelete function. Once it is gone, it's gone. You may find out that you can not delete the files you are stalking. That is because they install as owned by root. You can become root on your own system from the terminal by using the sudo command. What this does is let you become the superuser while you run this command and then revert back to your mild-mannered self without the superpowers. Let's say you find the files and directories you want to delete but they are owned by root. type something like sudo rm -r thosefiles You will probably get a prompt to enter a password and that is your own login password. This sets a timer for maybe 5 minutes or so when you can enter other sudo commands without the password. Each new command starts the timer anew so you only have to enter your password the first time. four or five minutes after the last sudo command, the timer times out and you must enter the password again. Anyway, that is how you remove files and directories in terminal. Good luck and go slowly and methodically. It is not difficult but it is easy to delete more than you want and as I said, there is no undelete function, only recovery from backups. Martin michael weaver writes: how do you remove files and directories in the terminal on the mac? i am going to see if i can remove the musicmanager preference file using the terminal as no other way i have found that will remove the thing from the system preferences and the apps i have found you have to purchase which may not be worth it for just trying to get rid of one app that is being stubbon to remove and keeps starting up on login and musicmanager is not accessible with voiceover. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.x ml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.x ml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac
Re: removing files in the terminal
I love run-on sentences. - Original Message - From: michael weaver weavermi...@googlemail.com To: mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: removing files in the terminal how do you remove files and directories in the terminal on the mac? i am going to see if i can remove the musicmanager preference file using the terminal as no other way i have found that will remove the thing from the system preferences and the apps i have found you have to purchase which may not be worth it for just trying to get rid of one app that is being stubbon to remove and keeps starting up on login and musicmanager is not accessible with voiceover. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html or at the public Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/
