Hello all,

It definitely feels like fall. Mid-40s in the morning and somewhere in the high 60s for today according to noaa.org. It’s one of the things I like about going away for this particular weekend — when I leave, it is summer, and when I come back, it is fall.

Sifting through my loaded inbox last night I saw that I got a lot of responses to the article I wrote about grep last week. In addition to a few specific questions about grep (which I will try to answer individually) there was a common theme involving trepidation with command line usage in Terminal.

Although it’s good to be weary of the power of Terminal, it’s helpful to be familiar with Terminal commands. Based on this feedback, over the next few months, we will try to include a Terminal-oriented article in each issue. From easy, practical stuff, to serious power usage, to just fun things to do. If you follow along, we’ll get you to the point where you don’t groan when you see a tip or trick that starts “OK, now open a Terminal window!”

Please feel free to send questions or feedback.

Thanks for reading!

Liam
liam@smalldog.com