Cool things that can be done from terminal?

[wie6Ein0]

I was just wondering... What are all the neat things that can be done from the terminal.

I've already figured out the following: wget, whois, time, uptime, date, etc.

[Darkriser]

Try starting here (http://www.linuxcommand.org) and once done, continue here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux+command&btnG=Google+Search) ;)

Marcel

[Spr0k3t]

sudo apt-get moo

[bobbocanfly]

That is just too much fun in Ctl+Alt+F1

[xyz]

Just a couple of concrete things I've learnt from members here:

dmesg > ${HOME}/Desktop/dmesg.txt

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

shred -fuzv 03FC4DE2d01 42FFC800d01 _CACHE_001_ _CACHE_002_ _CACHE_003_ _CACHE_MAP_

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade

sudo aptitude clean
sudo aptitude autoclean

sudo gedit /etc/popularity-contest.conf

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo touch forcefsck

[kevinlyfellow]

vi
lynx
bash wildcards
aplay
bash scripting
http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/05/21/a-day-without-x/
tracepath
echo "hello world" >> ~/README
alias back='cd $OLDPWD' ; cd /usr/share/icons ; back
vim ~/.bashrc
lpr -o page-set=odd -o outputorder=reverse filetoprint.ps
lpr -o page-set=even filetoprint.ps

edit: more
sudo apt-get install bb; bb
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

[jarvis13]

Lynx!

[moma]

$ banner moo


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[Bachstelze]

fortune ftw !

[B0rsuk]

sudo apt-get install tree aview

tree
asciiview picture.jpg
telnet crawl.akrasiac.org

[3rdalbum]

The "at" and "batch" commands are great - being able to schedule a task to run only when the system is at under 80% load is really cool.

[cody50]

well, you can change the background of it to your favorite color or picture by going to Edit-> current profile (gnome terminal). thats sorta cool. Especially if you have a nice black and white picture of Maria Sharapova.

[happy-and-lost]

jo@mithos:~$ cowsay -f sodomized -e 00 Moo?
______
< Moo? >
------
\ _
\ (_)
\ ^__^ / \
\ (00)\_____/_\ \
(__)\ ) /
||----w ((
|| ||>>

[meng]

Um, okay...

I like batch converting/renaming files in shell! That's pretty darn cool.
ImageMagick is your friend.

[v8YKxgHe]

jo@mithos:~$ cowsay -f sodomized -e 00 Moo?
______
< Moo? >
------
\ _
\ (_)
\ ^__^ / \
\ (00)\_____/_\ \
(__)\ ) /
||----w ((
|| ||>>


ahahahah :D:lolflag::lolflag:

[icechen1]

aptitude moo
There are no Easter Eggs in this program.
aptitude -v moo
There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.
aptitude -vv moo
Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?
aptitude -vvv moo
Stop it!
aptitude -vvvv moo
Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?
aptitude -vvvvv moo
All right, you win.
/----\
-------/ \
/ \
/ |
-----------------/ --------\
----------------------------------------------

Happy?
aptitude -vvvvvv moo
What is it? It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.

[rolando2424]

--> sudo apt-get install ncmpc
--> ncmpc

And voilá, music player in the console :D

--> sudo apt-get install centericq
--> centericq

Instant messaging in the console

--> sudo apt-get install weechat-curses
--> weechat-curses

Irc in the command line (You can also use irssi)

--> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Star Wars 4 in the terminal :D

And I can't remember anymore programs...

[kevinlyfellow]

Learn cron and anacron

Master the program grep

bsd games! sudo apt-get install bsdgames

[nalmeth]

mplayer -vo caca video.ogg

Watch videos in color Ascii Vision.


And pretty much everything else you can do from the terminal:
Browse web, ftp, ssh, file management, package management, text editing, ...

EDIT: I hope mods keep a close eye on this one, something nasty could slip in ;)

[chili555]

ssh -l Sylvia@192.168.1.118
vim beer.txt
Sylvia, you know I love you, but I'll love you even more if you bring me a cold beer and some chips, oh, and salsa, too. Thanks, hon!
text2wave beer.txt beer.wav
aplay beer.wav

Assuming your Sylvia has her speakers turned up, a cold beer may appear in front of you. Try getting a cold beer from Vista!

[tehkain]

the 'sl' train.

[kevinlyfellow]

ssh -l Sylvia@192.168.1.118
vim beer.txt
Sylvia, you know I love you, but I'll love you even more if you bring me a cold beer and some chips, oh, and salsa, too. Thanks, hon!
text2wave beer.txt beer.wav
aplay beer.wav

Assuming your Sylvia has her speakers turned up, a cold beer may appear in front of you. Try getting a cold beer from Vista!

Instead of opening vim you could just

echo "Sylvia, you know I love you, but I'll love you even more if you bring me a cold beer and some chips, oh, and salsa, too. Thanks, hon!" > beer.txt

[Tundro Walker]

sudo apt-get abs-guide

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

[icechen1]

Here is an other:

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
and press 2 time [enter] enjoy the ASCII movie! :popcorn:

[hakimaki]

amazing... lol

[PatrickMay16]

Just a couple of concrete things I've learnt from members here:

dmesg > ${HOME}/Desktop/dmesg.txt

Just to let you know, that's a bit overdone. This does the same but with less stuf to type:

dmesg > ~/Desktop/dmesg.txt

Just so any newbies know, the > causes the output of a program to be written to a file, so as you see there the output of dmesg will become dmesg.txt. And >> appends the output of a program to an existing file.
I don't actually know this very well, so I've probably made some mistake or said something wrong. Hopefully I'll be corrected if that is the case.

[Somenoob]

Putting "&" at the end for background jobs/tasks, so you can continue using your shell if you launch any GUI app from it.

[energiya]

I was just wondering... What are all the neat things that can be done from the terminal.

I've already figured out the following: wget, whois, time, uptime, date, etc.

Well, you can do just about anything: watching movies, listening to music, programming with syntax highlight, read/write mail, surf the internet, chat or use IM, control any little thing that happens in you PC, and, well, the list goes on. I actualy boot to init 3 and only start X when I have to open a lot of windows at the same time.

[darklemming54]

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl