Following on my from Useful Linux Terminal Commands here is my Useful OSX Terminal Commands. This guide is handy for setting up a development OSX installation (e.g Apache, PHP, MySQL etc). I will update this post when I find new commands.

First, read my Useful Linux Terminal Commands post.

Normally I set up Ubuntu servers in the cloud on Vultr (read my guide here) or Ubuntu Servers on Digital Ocean (read my guide here) but this is how I can quickly set up a development environment locally on OSX.

Useful OSX Commands

Prevent your Mac from falling asleep

caffeinate

Prevent your Mac from falling asleep (for 1 minute)

caffeinate -t 60

Check Path

$PATH
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

Compare files

opendiff index1.html index2.html

Show hidden files in Finder

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE

Find file on OSX

sudo find / -name "httpd-ssl.conf"

Find all listening ports

sudo lsof  | grep LISTEN
Password:
launchd      1               root   34u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:afpovertcp (LISTEN)
launchd      1               root   35u     IPv4 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:afpovertcp (LISTEN)
launchd      1               root   37u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:afpovertcp (LISTEN)
launchd      1               root   38u     IPv4 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:afpovertcp (LISTEN)
prl_pm_se  116               root   14u     IPv4 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:55656 (LISTEN)
kdc        124               root    5u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:kerberos (LISTEN)
kdc        124               root    7u     IPv4 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:kerberos (LISTEN)
mysqld     127             _mysql   28u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
Dropbox    434              simon  127u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:17500 (LISTEN)
Dropbox    434              simon  128u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP *:17500 (LISTEN)
Dropbox    434              simon  150u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:17600 (LISTEN)
Dropbox    434              simon  154u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:17603 (LISTEN)
2BUA8C4S2  520              simon   12u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:6258 (LISTEN)
2BUA8C4S2  520              simon   13u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP localhost:6258 (LISTEN)
2BUA8C4S2  520              simon   14u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:6263 (LISTEN)
2BUA8C4S2  520              simon   15u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP localhost:6263 (LISTEN)
Adobe\x20  590              simon    9u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:15292 (LISTEN)
node       640              simon   14u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:49249 (LISTEN)
prl_clien 3428              simon   47u     IPv4 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP localhost:51476 (LISTEN)
cupsd     3656               root    5u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd     3656               root    6u     IPv4 0xcd261b414removed        0t0        TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)
plugin_ho 5331              simon   26u     IPv4 0xcd261b415removed        0t0        TCP localhost:52698 (LISTEN)
iTunes    5478              simon   17u     IPv4 0xcd261b415removed        0t0        TCP *:daap (LISTEN)
iTunes    5478              simon   32u     IPv6 0xcd261b413removed        0t0        TCP *:daap (LISTEN)

Find process listening on port 80

sudo lsof -n -i4TCP:80 | grep LISTEN
Password:
httpd     8748 root    4u  IPv6 0xcd261b416removed      0t0  TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd     8752 _www    4u  IPv6 0xcd261b416removed      0t0  TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd     8763 _www    4u  IPv6 0xcd261b416removed      0t0  TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd     8869 _www    4u  IPv6 0xcd261b416removed      0t0  TCP *:http (LISTEN)

Find a Process

which httpd
/usr/sbin/httpd

Find A File (e.g httpd.conf)

sudo find / | grep 'httpd.conf'
/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf~previous
/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
/private/etc/apache2/original/httpd.conf
/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.pre-update
...

Note: OSX Apache Index file location is…

/Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en~orig

To edit the default HTML file

sudo nano /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en~orig

Built-In Apache

Disable built-in OSX apache daemon

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

Restart built-in Apache daemon

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

View other startup daemons

sudo ls -al /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/

View All Startup Daemons

sudo launchctl list
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
PID	Status	Label
-	0	com.apple.storedownloadd.daemon
7245	-44	com.apple.CoreAuthentication.daemon
189	0	com.apple.coreservicesd
-	0	com.apple.touchbarserver
-	0	com.apple.avbdeviced
289	0	com.apple.cvmsServ
-	0	com.apple.FontWorker
-	-44	com.apple.applessdstatistics
-	0	com.apple.hdiejectd
-	0	com.apple.corestorage.corestoraged
-	0	com.apple.storagekitd
-	0	com.apple.EmbeddedOSInstallService
-	0	com.apple.wifid
-	0	com.apple.storereceiptinstaller
-	0	com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent
-	0	com.apple.seld
-	0	com.apple.emond
-	-44	com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent
-	0	com.apple.logkextloadsd
-	0	com.apple.bluetoothReporter
68	0	com.apple.syslogd
-	0	com.apple.symptomsd-diag
258	0	com.apple.WindowServer
-	0	com.apple.NetworkSharing
-	0	com.apple.afpfs_checkafp
-	0	com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon
-	0	com.apple.AppleFileServer
117	0	com.apple.securityd
8529	0	com.apple.auditd
...

Force network drives to automatically connect after each login (instead of manually connecting)

Go to System Preferences > Users & Groups (click your account on left) > Drag connected network drives (from your desktop) to the Login items list box.

More: https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/automatically-connect-network-drive/

Set PHP as default Web Server delivered file in local Apache

sudo nano /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Set…

DirectoryIndex index.php

Install PHP 7.0 on to OSX

FYI: 7.1 and 7.2 are out but I find 7.0 is more stable with WordPress (read more here).

More: https://php-osx.liip.ch/

sudo curl -s https://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.0
****
[WARNING]
Detected macOS High Sierra 10.13. As this is quite new, there may be issues still. Your mileage may vary.
****
Get packager.tgz
Unpack packager.tgz
Please type in your password, as we want to install this into /usr/local
Start packager (may take some time) using /usr/bin/python2.7
downloading https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/php-osx.liip.ch/install/7.0-10.10-frontenddev-latest.dat
downloading https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/php-osx.liip.ch/install/7.0-10.10/frontenddev/7.0-10.10-frontenddev-7.0.24-20171002-092027.tar.bz2

Installing package 7.0-10.10-frontenddev into root /
./pkg/pre-install
pkg/pre-install
Skipping existing directory 
Skipping existing directory usr/
Skipping existing directory usr/local/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/entropy-php.conf
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/etc/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/include/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/info/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/lib/
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/libphp7.so
...
removed
...
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/tsql
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/uconv
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/vacuumdb
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/wrjpgcom
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/xgettext
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/xslt-config
Extracting usr/local/php5-7.0.24-20171002-092027/bin/xsltproc
Executing post-install script /tmp/7.0-10.10-frontenddev-post-install
Create symlink /usr/local/php5/entropy-php.conf /etc/apache2/other/+php-osx.conf
Restarting Apache
AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using removed.removed.com.au. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
Syntax OK
Finished.

Create a diag file in your OSX Default Apache root

Edit your default index file

sudo nano /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.php

Contents

<?php

// Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
phpinfo();

// Show just the module information.
// phpinfo(8) yields identical results.
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);

?>

Now load the file

Install MySQL on OSX

Download: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Help: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/osx-installation-pkg.html

Uninstall MySQL OSX
Read: https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/uninstall-mysql-mac-os-x

Add MySQL to PATH

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin

Reboot and Check the MySQL Service

Check MySQL Version

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql --version
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.20, for macos10.12 (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

Login to MySQL from the Command Line

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p;
Enter password: 
...
mysql> 

Set a new root password (after logging in as root)

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('nUp!KGFi=*FI"2p:7mC3W<%bA_`}6Tcm^\*mS1VYp[d]dup16U\t5removed,
');
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.01 sec)

fyi: You can obtain a good password here.

Bonus: Install MySQL (PHP) management tool  (in Apache)

Download: https://www.adminer.org/#download Save the file to /Library/WebServer/Documents/adminer.php

Load Adminer in your browser and log in with your root password

Login to Adminer (via Apache/PHP)

Creating MySQL Tables in Adminer (via Apache/PHP)

Adminer allows you to fully manage your MySQL (create databases, users, run queries, alter objects etc)

Adding Records to MySQL with Adminer

Remove MySQL:

Read more here: https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/uninstall-mysql-mac-os-x

Get your Mac Processor Name

sudo sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
Password:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3720QM CPU @ 2.60GHz

Show All OSX System Settings

Command:

sysctl -a

Show Live File System Usage

sudo fs_usage

Show last 10 lines of the system log

tail -f /var/log/system.log
Dec 11 22:07:35 192-xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:08:05 --- last message repeated 11 times ---
Dec 11 22:08:05 192-xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:08:05 192-xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:08:14 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Dec 11 22:08:14 192-xxx-xx-xxx syslogd[68]: ASL Sender Statistics
Dec 11 22:08:16xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:08:46 --- last message repeated 11 times ---
Dec 11 22:08:46 192-xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:08:46 192-xxx-xx-xxx Wireless Network Utility[568]: Model -ioClassRef error
Dec 11 22:09:03 --- last message repeated 6 times ---

Get Your Local WAN IP Address

ipconfig getifaddr en0
192.x.x.x

Get your Public IPV4 Address

curl icanhazip.com; echo
60.xxx.xx.xxx

More to come.

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v1.2 Find file (current version)

v1.1 Removed system info chunk (too big to format)