Many of us fall somewhere in the middle, aware of the command line’s power but more comfortable in native Mac apps. On the other end of the spectrum are those who are fluent in Unix-like operating systems and spend more time at the command line than they do in graphical apps. For the majority of Mac users, the command line is largely a curiosity that goes unexplored.

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