Command Line Interface in OS 8

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Command Line Interface in OS 8

I recently picked up an old school iMac G3 (1st Gen, orange). Just did a system restore of OS 8, so everything is fresh.

First time I've bombed around in OS 8, so I'm having problems finding the command line interface. Can someone point me in the right direction? Or at least a suggestion for a good CLI I can download?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Intel Dual Core 2 Duo, 512MB RAM, iPod Touch 8GB, iPod Video 30GB

Posted on May 26, 2009 7:47 PM

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Niel

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May 26, 2009 7:49 PM in response to BehnRocker

There is no command line interface for any version of Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier.

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BehnRocker Author

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May 26, 2009 7:53 PM in response to Niel

Dag. At least I have an OS 9 disk kicking around.

Any suggestions for a downloadable CLI?

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Niel

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May 26, 2009 8:00 PM in response to BehnRocker

Any suggestions for a downloadable CLI?

No. None exists apart from MacsBug, which is a debugging tool and not a way of controlling the OS's capabilities.

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BehnRocker Author

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May 26, 2009 8:06 PM in response to Niel

Sounds like it's time to install OS9.

Thanks for the help.

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Answer 5

May 28, 2009 12:27 PM in response to BehnRocker

Well OS8.6 in particular was known as the most secure OS ever because it did not allow any CLI.

There have been a few 3rd party CLIs for Mac since System 7, CLIM (Comm Line Inter Mac) was an old one, maybe even System 6 days,

But I think you may just want to know about AppleScript. It's not a command line, but it does allow almost everything you would want to do on a command line, just you have to write a simple script to do it,

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