*returns 3 columns – lines, words & characters. Count the number of lines (-l) (lowercase L): Wc is the word count utility that is built into terminal, and is one of the easier commands to use.

Removing Duplicates ( blog post – check it out!).

awk ‘length($0) > 115’ urldata.csv > longurl.csv.

Below are the featured modifiers that I highlighted the usage of: Basic usageĭownload Screaming Frog (or other application) (-O) curlĬurl is a command used to transfer data to or from a server. You can then type the commands you want to use straight into here.Īs highlighted by Tom Anthony, if you are on a Windows PC you can install cygwin here – this allows you to use these commands as if you were on a Mac/Linux computer.įor each of these commands I have included a small description of what the command means, with both the Syntax and examples that work that you can copy, edit and paste right into terminal. When you open up Terminal, you *should* see something like this: To get to this tool on your Mac, go to your Applications, then open up Utilities, and then click on Terminal: These commands are for usage within Mac’s ‘Terminal’ or the Linux ‘Shell’. As such, I’ve put together this “Cheat Sheet” of commands that were mentioned within my Brighton SEO Talk (“ Command Line Hacks For SEO”). Since my talk I’ve received a number of requests for more information about the command line hacks that I covered. From the conference itself to the pre and post event parties, the whole Brighton SEO experience is one of the best there is if you work in this industry.

Thanks to Kelvin Newman and the Brighton SEO team for allowing me to speak, and for putting on such a fantastic event twice every year. Being able to go up in front of an audience of peers and people that I look up to was a huge experience for me.

This was the first time that I have done any public speaking (apart from getting up in front of people at school), and Brighton SEO was something that I had wanted to do since first coming to this event over two years ago. On Friday 27th April 2018, I spoke at one of the UK’s largest SEO events – BrightonSEO, kicking off the day as part of an awesome Technical SEO Session with Emily Mace from Oban Digital (who talked about utilising Hreflang) and Tom Anthony from Distilled (who covered HTTP/2) also speaking.

Macos terminal cheat sheet