Weird Terminal Issue

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lyleyboy


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Hi all,

First I have to confess I'm no MAC expert. Well and truly hooked but not that well versed as yet.

My terminal seems to have a small problem.
I'm trying to hide all the hidden files but the command won't work.

I'm trying
Code: 
Last login: Sat Sep  5 22:40:34 on ttys000
iphone:~ lyle$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFile FALSE
-bash: defaults: command not found
iphone:~ lyle$

I'm not sure but I think the issue is down to the iphone: prefix.

I have no idea where that has come from. It could well have been something I have done but I'm not sure how.

Any help would be cool.
 
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leopard-user1


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Your Mac's Specs
17" MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, not unibody
"iphone" seems to be the name of your computer, and "lyle" is the name of your home folder. Is that correct?

I think the problem is that you are typing it wrong. It should be:

Code: 
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFile[B]s[/B] FALSE

Hope that helps.
 

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