Command Line fun

[Six_Digits]

Note last 3 lines:

dan@desktop:~$ sudo aptitude -help
aptitude 0.4.6.1
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
       aptitude [options] <action> ...
  Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):

 install      - Install/upgrade packages
 remove       - Remove packages
 purge        - Remove packages and their configuration files
 hold         - Place packages on hold
 unhold       - Cancel a hold command for a package
 markauto     - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
 unmarkauto   - Mark packages as having been manually installed
 forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version.
 update       - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
 safe-upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade
 full-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages
 forget-new   - Forget what packages are "new"
 search       - Search for a package by name and/or expression
 show         - Display detailed information about a package
 clean        - Erase downloaded package files
 autoclean    - Erase old downloaded package files
 changelog    - View a package's changelog
 download     - Download the .deb file for a package
 reinstall    - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package

  Options:
 -h             This help text
 -s             Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
 -d             Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
 -P             Always prompt for confirmation or actions
 -y             Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
 -F format      Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual
 -O order       Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
 -w width       Specify the display width for formatting search results
 -f             Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
 -V             Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
 -D             Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
 -Z             Show the change in installed size of each package.
 -v             Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
 -t [release]   Set the release from which packages should be installed
 -q             In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress indicators.
 -o key=val     Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
 --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
                strong dependencies
 -S fname       Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
 -u             Download new package lists on startup.
 -i             Perform an install run on startup.

                   This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.
dan@desktop:~$ whatis SuperCowPowers
SuperCowPowers: nothing appropriate.

[LaRoza]

apt-get moo

aptitude moo -v
aptitude moo -v -v
aptitude moo -v -v -v
aptitude moo -v -v -v -v
aptitude moo -v -v -v -v -v
aptitude moo -v -v -v -v -v -v

[Drone4four]

Wow LaRoza you got a lot of Thanks from people. You have good karma. I aspire to be like you.

[Six_Digits]

Wow LaRoza you got a lot of Thanks from people. You have good karma. I aspire to be like you.

Indeed.

I got this one:

dan@desktop:~$ sudo apt-get moo
[sudo] password for dan:
         (__) 
         (oo) 
   /------\/ 
  / |    ||   
 *  /\---/\ 
    ~~   ~~   
...."Have you mooed today?"...

[Ub1476]

This will infect your terminal with a Star Wars movie:

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

[Nunu]

Dang its the entire movie LOL

[WorldTripping]

There is a whole host of command line stuff here..

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/useful-and...-terminal.html