Apple Mac OS X Server manual Executing Commands and Running Tools

Executing Commands and Running Tools

To execute a command in the shell, you must enter the complete pathname of the tool’s executable file, followed by any arguments, and then press the Return key. If a command is located in one of the shell’s known folders, you can omit any path information and just enter the command name. The list of known folders is stored in the shell’s PATH environment variable and includes the folders containing most of the command-line tools.

For example, to run the ls command in the current user’s home folder, you could simply enter it at the command line and press the Return key.

host:~ anne$ ls

To run a command in the current user’s home folder, you would precede it with the folder specifier. For example, to run MyCommandLineProg, you would use something like the following:

host:~ anne$ ./MyCommandLineProg

To launch a tool package, you can either use the open command (open MyProg.app) or launch the tool by typing the pathname of the executable file inside the package, usually something like ./MyProg.app/Contents/MacOS/MyProg.

When entering commands, if you get the message command not found, check your spelling.

server:/ anne$ serversetup -getAllPort

serversetup: Command not found.

If the error recurs, the command you’re trying to run might not be in your default search path. You can add the path before the command name, for example:

server:/ anne$ /System/Library/ServerSetup/serversetup -getAllPort

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or change your working folder to the folder that contains the tool. For example:

server:/ anne$ cd /System/Library/ServerSetup server:/System/Library/ServerSetup anne$ ./serversetup -getAllPort 1

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or

server:/System/Library/ServerSetup anne$ cd /

server:/ anne$ PATH="$PATH:/System/Library/ServerSetup" server:/ anne$ serversetup -getAllPort

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