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What is the difference between Linux (Ubuntu) and Mac shell commands?
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I use Ubuntu at work and a Mac at home. I was trying out some shell commands on my bash terminal on the Mac today but they didn't work. I was told both machines should operate UNIX commands so the terminal commands should be the same. However I can't use among other commands. Why is that? What shou…
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This is a very simplified answer, but it's basically accurate. The commands that don't work on the Mac terminal are programs that the Mac doesn't have. You can find equivalents for most of them, but is the Ubuntu package manager so you won't find it…
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