Terminal : Commands of Daily Use

Hey folks,

Please have a look at some cool terminal commands

1. Show / hide Hidden Files : Do relaunch finder after you hit this command

$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true / false

2. Copy Contents of folder to another

$ ditto <path of Source Folder> <Path of Destination Folder>

ditto /Users/admin/Documents/test /Users/admin/Documents/Swati/try

3. Zip a Folder

Zip -r <path of resultant zipped file> <Folder to be zipped>

$ zip -r test.zip  test 

Zip -r <path of resultant zipped file> <Folder to be zipped> -x <file not to be included in zip>

$ zip   -r  test.zip test  -x "*.DS_Store” 

4. Unzip archive

Unzip  <path of zipped file>

$ Unzip test.zip

5. Custom message on Login Window

Sudo defaults write  <path of login window> LoginwindowText "custom text"

$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "This is Swati's Mac.. "

6. Show AnyWhere option in GateKeeper of MAC OSX Sierra or Disable GateKeeper

Sudo spctl <prefixes>

$ sudo spctl --master-disable

7. Enable GateKeeper

Sudo spctl <prefixes>

$ sudo spctl --master-enable

8. Download content from any url

Curl -0 <url>

$ curl -0 http://file-to-be-downloaded.flv


9. To know the network connectivity

Ping <host>

$ ping google.com


10. Lets talk

say "your text"

$ say "Hello Swati"

Hope its useful :)

The case of Missing 'Archive'

Hey Folks,

Many of you might have faced this issue..
You start your day with creating an archive to get it tested or to upload to App store but AFAIK no archive created or created with ZERO bytes.

Had faced the same issue multiple times and solved it with different steps.
So here you go. It might help some one.


Steps that should definitely be followed:


Set Installation Directory in Build Settings of the Target

• /Applications

Set Skip Install of Project

• NO

Set Skip Install of Targets / Libraries for Release Scheme

• NO

Set Skip Install of Targets / Libraries for Debug Scheme

• YES

Check Compile Sources of all the Targets

• Files should be listed here

Thanks to All....