Oxford says Apple's OS X is a Linux distro 3216

Sandman

Your reading comprehension problems kick in again. He did not say that OSX can't handle shell scripts. He mentioned a specific task. An extremely simple one for linux. Very easy to use. You have dodged for weeks the answer how you would do it at all in OSX. Not "easier", "as easy" or so, as you claimed that OSX is "easier to use" Nope, by now even a description "how to do it at all" would be something

Apparently not. You fail consistently to come up with a solution

Well, intelligent people would notice the complete absence of a solution on your part. Especially one which is "easier to use". This seems to say something about you and your connection to "intelligent people"

Strawman enough. Build your *next* case after you solved the present one

Does he need to? *You* are suposed to show how to do the task at hand "easier to use" in OSX, not him. But that's the problem: You don't seem able to show us

Well, nice shooting in the foot. There simply was *no* "ease of use" in that sentence. Not even implied. He talked about his "preferences" with developer packages But thats OK. You are a Mac-user. That explains a lot

Fine. Then show us. For the very first time You have a task, outlined above. Show how to do it

a) at all in OSX b) as easy as in linux c) easier (to use) in OSX than in linux

For the time being, any one would be way more than you provided up to now For your "ease of use" claim b) would barely cope, but only c) would be allright to support your "easier to use" claim

So far you have not even provided a) -- Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare. Cicero, Philippica 12, 2