How do I install software updates from the command line tool on my Apple Mac OS X computer? How can I remotely update my Apple computer by just sshing into a system? Is there is something like apt-get command or yum command for Apple OS X?
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I am a new Unix shell programer. How can I extract the directory name from a full path (say /nas01/data/backups/file.tar.gz)? How do I get directory name from its path on a Linux or Unix-like system?
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I often type the wrong command as follows under Linux bash shell:

rsync -av dir1 user@server1.cyberciti.biz:/path/to/dir1

OR

cp -av file1*.txt file2*.txt /path/to/dest

I need to correct those command as follows:

rsync -av dir5 user@server1.cyberciti.biz:/path/to/dir1
cp -av delta1*.txt delta2*.txt /path/to/dest

How do I replace dir1 with dir5 or file with delta and repeat the last command under bash shell?
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How do I mirror files from remote FTP server using lftp command? How do put the entire directory from a local disk to a remote FTP server (reverse mirror) using lftp command under Linux and Unix like operating systems?
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How do I remove a symlink under Apple Mac OS X using bash command line option?
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I‘m using ps command to read a snapshot of the current processes under Unix / Linux operating systems. However, ps -e or ps aux only displays command / processes names. I need to see complete information about the process including all parameters passed to it. How do I see it under Unix / Linux using ps command?
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