I find this site handy for clever commands:
http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse
Favorite Unix Commands
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Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#42Ctrl+l is my most used command. I need a clean terminal
Huh. I've always just called "clear".
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#43Please comment if you have a favorite not on this list.
If you use tmux (or screen) you want to use byobu! https://launchpad.net/byobu https://www.google.de/search?q=byobu+tmux&tbm=isch It's a fancy statusbar that shows CPU speed, IP-address, hostname, ...
You can get a fancy status bar with screen, you just need a screenrc file: http://www.mbeckler.org/blog/2012/11/28/my-screenrc-file-cir...
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#44I forgot about the DNS querying of wikipedia. Probably could've used that to entertain myself on my flights over the holidays since I'm pretty sure gogo inflight passes DNS through. Anyway, I'm a big fan of piping things into xargs. xxd is a terminal-based hex editor. It can convert both to and from hex to binary. I also use 'pgrep -lf 'partial_program_name' a lot in place of 'ps aux | grep partial_program_name'. 'pk…
If they allow DNS out you can use their Internet for free via iodine: http://code.kryo.se/iodine/
I run an iodine server for myself, you can get free Internet at quite a few loginpage WiFi routers with it in airports, cafes etc.
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#45a few nice ones here too, http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html, http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/linux_commands.html
always worth looking at these types of lists imo, whilst some of the commands mightn't really fit into your workflow or seem useful immediately, they're often exactly the snippets of information that can save hours at a later stage..
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#46Ctrl+l is my most used command. I need a clean terminal
Same here; and love that it doesn't clear the command line you're currently typing.
Does anyone know if there's a key command for clearing the scroll buffer?
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#47Not really a unix command, but a vi command that has been really useful, specially if you do lots of editing protected files and want to keep your custom vim configuration:
!sudo tee %
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#48There's a typo: The command is spelled "apropos" (not apropo).
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#49I forgot about the DNS querying of wikipedia. Probably could've used that to entertain myself on my flights over the holidays since I'm pretty sure gogo inflight passes DNS through. Anyway, I'm a big fan of piping things into xargs. xxd is a terminal-based hex editor. It can convert both to and from hex to binary. I also use 'pgrep -lf 'partial_program_name' a lot in place of 'ps aux | grep partial_program_name'. 'pk…
If they allow DNS out you can use their Internet for free via iodine: http://code.kryo.se/iodine/ I run an iodine server for myself, you can get free Internet at quite a few loginpage WiFi routers with it in airports, cafes etc.
interesting that there's an android package.
Could it turn your old android device into an HTTP tunnel?
Re: Favorite Unix Commands
#50Not really a unix command, but a vi command that has been really useful, specially if you do lots of editing protected files and want to keep your custom vim configuration: !sudo tee %
What vi mode is that entered in?