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so you want to go to here:
cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/yourshortname/.Trash
I think you are in single user mode via -bash-3.2#
# Type the follow two instructions to access the startup disk in read/write.
# check out the filesystem.
# ( in case of partial success repeat this command until errors go away. )
/sbin/fsck -fy
# Gain read / write access to your startup drive
/sbin/mount -uw /
->To find out the users on the system type, use the ls command. The l is a lower case L:
ls /Users
one of the folders listed will be your userid.
mac $ ls /Users
Deleted Users/ mac/ penguin/
mac $ ls -ld /Users/mac
drwxr-xr-x+ 80 mac staff 2.7K Apr 21 13:02 /Users/mac/
mac $ cd /Users/mac
mac $ pwd
/Users/mac
mac $ ls -la
total 12698808
drwxr-xr-x+ 80 mac staff 2.7K Apr 21 13:02 ./
drwxr-xr-x 11 root admin 374B Apr 18 12:18 ../
-r-------- 1 mac staff 7B Jul 27 2015 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac staff 46K Apr 28 16:59 .DS_Store
drwx------ 5 mac staff 170B Apr 28 14:24 .Trash/
drwxr-xr-x 7 mac staff 238B Sep 25 2016 .android/
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 0B Aug 20 2015 .applesetupdone.old
... clipped ...
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 3.6G Mar 17 16:16 zero
mac $ cd .Trash
mac $ pwd
/Users/mac/.Trash
mac $ ls -l
total 2088
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac staff 760K Jan 20 18:34 Scan.pdf
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac staff 282K Apr 26 00:53 picture.jpg
mac $
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Here is an overview of the terminal commands. Lets assume that your account has a short user name of mac.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
What is my short user name? Type the whoami command.
mac $ whoami
mac
mac $
How to list all of your disks.
The ls command is for list
mac $ ls /Volumes/
Audio CD Macintosh-HD Spotless Tiger-ext
mac $
Let's say your flash drive is named Spotless
# cd is change directory
mac $ cd /Volumes/Spotless
# pwd is Print Working Directory. A directory is the Unix name for a folder. You are always in a directory.
mac $ pwd
/Volumes/Spotless
mac $
# The ls command is for list
# l is long
# F is type of file where / is directory. For directories, the slash is pasted to the end of the name.
mac $ ls -lF
total 134704
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 64560 Mar 3 2009 A-picture-of-Youpi-key.png
drwxr-xr-x 83 mac staff 2822 Nov 7 14:52 Applescript files/
drwxrwxrwx 12 mac staff 408 Dec 13 2008 Christmas Cards/
drwxr-xr-x 9 mac staff 306 Dec 21 17:39 Christmas Cards 2009/
... trimmed ...
What does all this mean?
drwxrwxrwx
d = directory
r = read
w = write
x = executeable program
drwxrwxrwx
||||
|||all other users not in first two types
|||
||group
||
|owner
|
What type of entry is this? d = directory, - = file, etc.
Every Unix resource: files, folders, etc has an owner, group, other
A Unix resource has one owner.
A Unix resource has one group. A group contains a list of users.
To gain access to a file, you can be the owner, in the group, or not the owner and not in the group hence you end up as other. The owner, group, or other has read, write, or execute permissions.
# l is long
# a is all to show hidden files & folders
mac $ ls -lFa
total 134736
drwxr-xr-x 41 mac staff 1496 Dec 22 17:11 .
drwxrwxrwt 8 root admin 272 Dec 24 13:55 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 mac staff 15364 Dec 23 12:52 .DS_Store*
drwx------ 4 mac staff 136 Jan 22 2009 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwt 5 mac staff 170 Sep 14 16:36 .TemporaryItems
d-wx-wx-wx 4 mac staff 136 Dec 31 1969 .Trashes
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 64560 Mar 3 2009 A-picture-of-Youpi-key.png
drwxr-xr-x 83 mac staff 2822 Nov 7 14:52 Applescript files
drwxrwxrwx 12 mac staff 408 Dec 13 2008 Christmas Cards
drwxr-xr-x 9 mac staff 306 Dec 21 17:39 Christmas Cards 2009
... trimmed ...
# mv is move or rename
mv -i the-name the-new-name
# You can just rename the file back to what it was with mv command.
mv -i old-name new-name
Here is what these commands mean:
cd is change directory
pwd is a print working directory
ls is list
sudo is Super user do
mv is move or rename
For cryptic comments, you can always uses the manual command which is man. For example:
man mv
Type the letter q to quit the man command.
In case you have spaces in your filenames or directories, you need to escape them. See examples:
Use quotes around the name
mac $ ls -l ~/"see it"
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 3171 Oct 26 23:38 /Users/mac/see it
mac $
Use the backslash character to escape the next character
mac $ cd /Users/mac/Desktop/ttt\ html\ copy/
Do you know about tabbing? Type in a few letters of a name then press the tab key. The computer will type out the rest of the name if it is unique.
Press the up arrow key to see the previous command(s).
To edit a command, use the left arrow key to more left and the right arrow key to move right. Use the delete key to delete the key to the left. Type a letter to insert.
history to see many previous commands.
mac $ history
1 pwd
2 man ls
3 history
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Robert
