With new Mac OS updates more and more new features become available. Many users were waiting for the opportunity to copy the path to the file or folder in just a couple of clicks and after the release of the update named El Capitan it finally became possible. Previously, it was much more difficult to copy, despite the fact that such a need quite often arises during active work with the Mac OS operating system.

1. Paths Taken - Demo Mac Os 11
2. Paths Taken - Demo Mac Os X

• Modifying /etc/paths carries the risk of changes getting overwritten by the next OS X update, also this doesn't work for user-specific paths like /bin. – nohillside ♦ Jun 18 '14 at 7:00 That's true, though I usually handle those in my.rc's later.
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How to copy a path to a file or a folder in Mac OS

If you need to copy the full path to a certain file, first you are going to need to open this file in Finder. This can be done by clicking on the icon in the lower dock, or on the desktop in the top menu by selecting “File” – “New Finder window”. Another option to open a new window in the Finder is to use the keyboard shortcut Command + N.

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After opening the Finder, go to the needed file. It is worth noting that you can use the search in the corner of the Finder window, for example, if you do not know exactly where the file is located.

After reaching the desired file you need to right-click on it to display the context menu. You can also call it if you hold down the Ctrl key and left-click on the file. In the context menu, locate the “Copy” line, which will contain the name of the file or folder that you want to copy.

Next, hold down the Option (Alt) button on the keyboard, and you will notice that in the context menu, where you had previously proposed to copy the file, the line “Copy … as a pathname” appears, followed by the name of this file or folder. You need to click on this menu item.

After that, the file path will be copied to your clipboard.

In order to insert this path in any application, just press the Cmd + V key combination on the keyboard.

Using Mplus on Mac OS X

Introduction

Mplus for Mac OS X runs from the command prompt. The command prompt in Mac OS X is accessed throughthe Terminal application. Mplus input and output files can be created and viewed using the TextEditapplication.

The Terminal Application

The command prompt in Mac OS X is accessed through the Terminal application. The Terminal applicationis located in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Open a new Terminal window. The Terminal window opens in your home folder by default. The home folder is /Users/loginname where loginname is yourlogin username. For example, /Users/thuy is my home folder.

Note: The term folder and directory will be used interchangeably throughout thistutorial. A folder is a type of file listed in Finder. In Unix and the command prompt,these folders are often referred to as directories.

Checking the Mplus Version

After opening a Terminal window, start by verifying that the Mplus directory is correctly set on thePATH environment variable. At the prompt, type

Note: bash$ will denote the command prompt in the Terminal window.

bash$ mplus -version

The output from the above.command should produce Mplus version and program information.

If you get the message 'mplus: command not found', then the PATH environment variable was not setproperly or needs to be set manually. Please see the information on Environment Variables. Do notcontinue with the tutorial until you are able to get the Mplus version and program informationwith the above command.

Running Mplus with an Mplus Example

Now that you have verified that Mplus runs in the Terminal window, let's start by running one ofthe Mplus examples. First, use Finder to go into the directory (or folder) where Mplus was installed.By default this is the Applications/mplus6.11 folder in the home folder. The Mplus examples arein the Examples folder. Go into the montecarlo folder in the Examples folder and copy the file'mcex3.1.inp'. Paste this file into your home folder.

In the Terminal window, type

bash$ ls mcex3.1.inp

to verify that the file is there. The ls command lists the contents of the current folder.

If you get the message 'mcex3.1.inp: No such file or directory', then either you are not in the homedirectory in the Terminal window or you have not pasted the mcex3.1.inp into the home folder in Finder.To check the current directory in the Terminal window, type the command

bash$ pwd

Once you have successfully copied the mcex3.1.inp file into the home directory and is able to seethe file with the ls command in the Terminal window, then type

bash$ mplus mcex3.1.inp

You should see the following screen output:

This shows a successful Mplus run. As indicated, the output is stored in the file 'mcex3.1.out'.You can locate this file in Finder and view it in TextEdit. To open the file in TextEdit from thecommand prompt, type the following command

bash$ open -e mcex3.1.out

Running Mplus in a Different Folder

It is not necessary to run Mplus in the Terminal window only in the home directory. You can runMplus anywhere. To start, go into Finder and create a new folder called 'MplusAnalyses'. Copy theMplus example ex3.1.inp in the Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguide folder into this folder.Be sure to also copy the data file ex3.1.dat.

Now open a new Terminal window. By default, the Terminal shell will start in the home folder.You can change the current directory in the shell window by using the cd command. Change thecurrent directory to the MplusAnalyses directory.

bash$ cd MplusAnalyses

Note: File and folder names on the Mac OS X are case-sensitive. SoMplusAnalyses is different from mplusanalyses. Also, spaces in file and foldernames must be considered specially. When a file or folder contains spaces, either put theentire file/folder name in quotes or preceed each space character with the character . For example,if the folder name is Mplus Analyses, then we can type one of the following:

bash$ cd 'Mplus Analyses'

bash$ cd Mplus Analyses

Tip: Most Unix shells including the one in the Terminal window have supportfor tab completion of file and folder names. When typing a filename, you can type the first fewcharacters that are unique to that filename and then use the TAB key to have the shell completethe filename. For example, in the command above, we can type cd MplusA followed by the TABkey and the rest of the folder name will be filled in automatically.

When you have changed the current directory in the Terminal window to MplusAnalyses, usethe pwd command to verify the current location.

bash$ pwd

Before running Mplus, verify that you have copied the file ex3.1.inp into this directory.

bash$ ls ex3.1.inp

If you get the message 'ex3.1.inp: No such file or directory', then go back into Finder and makesure you have copied this file from the Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguide folder.

Now run Mplus on ex3.1.inp.

bash$ mplus ex3.1.inp

You should see the following screen output:

In Finder, you can find the Mplus output file ex3.1.out in the folder MplusAnalyses.

Location of the Data Files

In the previous example, we copied both the input file ex3.1.inp and data file ex3.1.datinto the MplusAnalyses folder. It is not necessary to have the data file be in the same folder as theinput file.

Go into Finder and copy the example ex3.2.inp from the Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguidefolder into the MplusAnalyses folder. But this time, do not copy the data file ex3.2.datfor this example. Now open the file ex3.2.inp in TextEdit. We will edit the FILE option to pointto the location of the data file. Note that it is also possible to open ex3.2.inp in TextEdit fromthe command prompt in Terminal.

bash$ open -e ex3.2.inp

Change the FILE option from

to

remember to replace thuy with your own login name. You can also use ~ inplace of /Users/thuy. For example:

Now in the Terminal window, verify that you are in the MplusAnalysis folder by using the pwdcommand and then run Mplus on ex3.2.inp.

bash$ pwd

bash$ mplus ex3.2.inp

Keeping Mplus Output Files in a Separate Folder

By default, Mplus creates the output files in the folder where Mplus is run. In previous examples, we have runMplus in the folder where the input files resides. If you want to run Mplus and have the output files be createdin a different folder than where the input file resides, then you can run Mplus in one of the following ways.

First, let's create an Output folder inside the MplusAnalyses folder in Finder. Then go into the Terminal windowand change directory to the Output folder. If you have left opened the Terminal window from the previous run and thecurrent directory is the MplusAnalyses folder, then first change the current folder to the Output folder:

bash$ cd Output

Then run Mplus on ex3.3.inp which resides in the ~/Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguide folder.Since ex3.3.inp is not in the current folder, we need to specify the full path of the input file on the command line.

bash$ mplus ~/Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguide/ex3.3.inp

On the line 'Running input file', Mplus prints out the full path of the input file.

Another way to redirect the Mplus output to a file or folder different than the default is tospecify a third argument on the command line. For example, we can run the above example but have theoutput be saved in a different file.

bash$ mplus ~/Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/usersguide/ex3.3.inp ex3.3new.out

Note the mention of ex3.3new.out on the command prompt. And Mplus states that the outputis saved in this file. You can also specify a folder name and an output filename as the third argumenton the command line. First, let's create a new folder in the Output folder called MonteCarlo in Finder.Now run Mplus on the Monte Carlo example mcex3.4.inp.

bash$ mplus ~/Applications/mplus6.11/Examples/montecarlo/mcex3.4.inp MonteCarlo/mcex3.4.out

You will find the output mcex3.4.out in the MonteCarlo folder.

Paths Taken - Demo Mac Os 11

Paths Taken - Demo Mac Os X

In general, if you want to have Mplus output files in a different folder than input files, it isbetter to run Mplus from the output folder and just specify the full path of the input file. That way,if the input setup contains any SAVEDATA requests or PLOT requests, all files produced from the Mplus runwill be found in the same folder.