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Old 01-30-2011, 11:18 PM   #16
acummings
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I use GUI (switched to xfce recently when KDE went to 4something) for Firefox, Thunderbird, Kate, Libreoffice

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How, and what, do you do in a command line world? I'm genuinely curious.
All, every single bit of my sys admin (as root) of Slackware boxes. I don't know why. But it came in bits and pieces over time. Lots of aliases over time and lots kept in scripts. Just, after a while I "got it" and I never looked back. It is a "way". I couldn't conceive "why would they do it in this way" until I began doing it in that way in bits and pieces at first. Now it's habit, 2nd nature. Now I wouldn't do it any other way. Even Microsoft conformed as Unix sys admins around the world got Microsoft to produce for them the "power shell" (manage Microsoft Windows as if it were a Unix/Linux cli). I don't know of any more power anywhere than the Unix/Linux cli. It's direct whereas the GUI is a layer which translates clicks into commands to the O.S. and kernel. Why go roundabout (through the GUI) when you can go direct? And, once learned, it is learned (it's not like Microsoft where it keeps changing) [enter the Unix sys admins ie via the power shell they now have something that they know and are familiar with even on MS Windows].

And as a user, I've a weather (C and Perl) script I call up in a terminal. Read text in a terminal. Sometimes even copy / paste from a web browser to a terminal (terminal be easier on my eyes -- glare from silly web pages with glary white background) -- terminal reverses this ie black background with light colored text (no glare)

root@P5Q:~# history > /home/al/hist.txt
root@P5Q:~# chown al.users /home/al/hist.txt
root@P5Q:~#
root@P5Q:~# alias > /home/al/alias.txt
root@P5Q:~# chown al.users /home/al/alias.txt
root@P5Q:~#

alias.txt
Code:
alias addr='kate /mnt/sda_8/fils_doc/address'
alias adf='df --human-readable'
alias ahalt='sudo /sbin/halt'
alias aterm='aterm -ls -fg gray -bg black'
alias aw='ctw --nometric USCA0775'
alias aw2='ctw --nometric USCA0967'
alias aw3='ctw --nometric USNV0102'
alias cdr='sudo /home/al/bin/cdrecordeasy'
alias cmx='chmod u+x'
alias cups='sudo /usr/local/bin/cups.sh'
alias d='dir'
alias d2u='perl -MExtUtils::Command -e dos2unix'
alias dir='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS --format=vertical'
alias diskck='du -s -k -c * | sort -rn'
alias dl1='dir_dwnldr'
alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11'
alias eb='echo_binfil'
alias ethrl='sudo /usr/bin/ethereal'
alias firew='sudo /usr/local/bin/firehol'
alias fm='fetchmail -k'
alias fm2='fetchmail -k -f ~/.fetchmailrc_acforum -l 50275'
alias fmck='tail /var/tmp/fetchmail.log'
alias fmorig='fetchmail -k -l 50275'
alias ftpd='sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd'
alias hi='history'
alias hig='history | grep'
alias htsrv='sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl'
alias jbidwatchr='/usr/lib/java/bin/java -Xmx512m -jar ~/bin/JBidWatcher-1.0.2.jar'
alias kcd='. /usr/bin/kcdscr -p kcd'
alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'
alias lsag='ls -la | grep'
alias lsg='ls | grep'
alias makdvdslackcurr='sh ~/bin/mirror-slackware-current.sh -l /mnt/sda_8/slackware -i -o DVD'
alias mc='. /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh'
alias mirr64slackcurr='sh ~/bin/mirror-slackware-current.sh -l /mnt/sda_8/slackware -a x86_64 -o NONE -m slackware.mirrors.tds.net::slackware/slackware64-current'
alias mirr64slackcurr2='sh ~/bin/mirror-slackware-current.sh -l /mnt/sda_8/slackware -a x86_64 -o NONE -m rsync.osuosl.org::slackware/slackware64-current'
alias mirrslackcurr='sh ~/bin/mirror-slackware-current.sh -l /mnt/sda_8/slackware -o NONE -m slackware.mirrors.tds.net::slackware/slackware-current'
alias mirrslackcurr2='sh ~/bin/mirror-slackware-current.sh -l /mnt/sda_8/slackware -o NONE -m rsync.osuosl.org::slackware/slackware-current'
alias mntbig2ftp='sudo /sbin/mount --bind /mnt/sda_8 /home/ftp/acxfer/sda8'
alias mntcd='mount /mnt/cdrom'
alias mntflp='mount /mnt/floppy'
alias mntyumrepo='sudo mount --bind /mnt/sata/rhel /var/www/htdocs/pub'
alias newsdl='sudo slrnpull -h news.cwnet.com'
alias newsr='slrn --spool -i ~/.slrnrc_spool -f ~/.jnewsrc_pull'
alias prnsrv='sudo /sbin/arp -s -v  192.168.1.102 00C002505653'
alias prnsrvck='ping -c 4 192.168.1.102'
alias qvm='sudo /usr/local/bin/kqemu_do'
alias rcinet='/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart'
alias reb='sudo /sbin/reboot'
alias sl_ck_changlog='slackupdateck_ht'
alias slackup='slackupdate -s ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware'
alias slupd='slackupdater'
alias smb='sudo /usr/local/bin/samba_do'
alias term='xterm -bg AntiqueWhite -fg Black &'
alias termb='xterm -bg AntiqueWhite -fg NavyBlue &'
alias termg='xterm -bg AntiqueWhite -fg OliveDrab &'
alias termr='xterm -bg AntiqueWhite -fg DarkRed &'
alias umntbigftp='sudo /sbin/umount /home/ftp/acxfer/sda8'
alias umntcd='umount /mnt/cdrom'
alias umntflp='umount /mnt/floppy'
alias umntyumrepo='sudo umount -l /var/www/htdocs/pub'
alias v='vdir'
alias vdir='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS --format=long'
alias vm='sudo /usr/local/bin/rc.vmware'
alias wget1fldr='wget -m -l 1 -np'
alias wget_a_dir='echo eb_dir_dwnldr_see_dl1_wgeth_lftp'
alias x4su='xauth merge /home/al/.Xauthority_su && export DISPLAY=:0.0'
alias xs='startx -- -dpi 135'
alias xsu='xterm -fn 7x14 -bg DarkOrange4 -fg white -e su &'
alias xterm1='xterm -font -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* -background black -foreground white -geometry 95x25'
alias xtop='xterm -fn 6x13 -bg LightSlateGray -fg black -e top &'
alias yum='sudo yum'
alias yumckupd='sudo yum check-update'
alias yumupd='sudo yum update'
hist.txt
Code:
    3  modprobe
    4  modprobe -l | grep promise
    5  dmesg | less
    6  dmesg > /home/al/dmesg.txt
    7  chown al.users /home/al/dmesg.txt
    8  exit
    9  dmesg | less
   10  exit
   11  fdisk -l
   12  df
   13  exit
   14  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   15  exit
   16  A:      He got re-possessed!
   17  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   18  exit
   19  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   20  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   21  cd /etc
   22  lsg samb
   23  lsg smb
   24  cd samba
   25  ls -la
   26  cd private
   27  ls -la
   28  cd
   29  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   30  hig mod
   31  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
   32  top
   33  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   34  hig qem
   35  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
   36  cd /tmp/ac
   37  lsg Sla
   38  sh ./flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
   39  cd ..
   40  lsg fla
   41  upgradepkg flash-player-plugin-10.0_r32-i386-1_SBo.tgz
   42  chown al.users flash-player-plugin-10.0_r32-i386-1_SBo.tgz
   43  ps aux
   44  upgradepkg /tmp/slackupdate/*.tgz
   45  exit
   46  route
   47  ifconfig
   48  hig ifcon
   49  ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.0.81
   50  ifconfig
   51  route add default gw 192.168.0.1
   52  route
   53  rcinet
   54  ipconfig
   55  ifconfig
   56  hig ifc
   57  ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.101
   58  ifconfig
   59  hig route
   60  route
   61  route add default gw 192.168.1.254
   62  ifconfig
   63  route
   64  route add default gw 192.168.1.254
   65  route
   66  rcinet
   67  rcinet
   68  hig ifc
   69  ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.251
   70  route
   71  ifconfig
   72  route add default gw 192.168.1.254
   73  route
   74  ifconfig
   75  ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.251
   76  route add default gw 192.168.1.254
   77  ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.251
   78  route add default gw 192.168.1.254
   79  cat /etc/resolv.conf
   80  alias
   81  rcinet
   82  ifconfig
   83  ifconfig
   84  ifconfig
   85  ifconfig eth0 down
   86  ifconfig
   87  route
   88  route
   89  ifconfig
   90  route
   91  ifconfig
   92  route
   93  ./rc.inet1 restart
   94  ./rc.inet1 stop
   95  ./rc.inet1 start
   96  ./rc.inet1 start
   97  ./rc.inet1 stop
   98  ./rc.inet1 start
   99  ps aux
  100  kill 3506
  101  kill 3518
  102  kill 3524
  103  ps aux
  104  cd /tmp/ac
  105  cd temp
  106  ls
  107  sh ./cabextract.SlackBuild
  108  cd ..
  109  cd ..
  110  ls
  111  installpkg cabextract-1.2-i486-1_SBo.tgz
  112  hig kvm
  113  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  114  cd /tmp/ac/temp2
  115  ls
  116  sh ./
  117  sh ./
  118  sh ./terminus-font.SlackBuild
  119  cd /tmp
  120  ls
  121  installpkg
  122  installpkg
  123  ls
  124  installpkg terminus-font-4.28-noarch-1_SBo.tgz
  125  chown al.users terminus-font-4.28-noarch-1_SBo.tgz
  126  ls
  127  exit
  128  hig kvm
  129  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  130  cd /home/al/temp
  131  ls
  132  chown -R al.users PPCPilotPics
  133  ls -la
  134  cd /etc
  135  vim lilo.conf
  136  lilo
  137  route
  138  cd /etc/rc.d
  139  ls -la
  140  ls -la
  141  hig ifco
  142  hig route
  143  cd
  144  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  145  lilo
  146  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  147  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  148  hig kvm
  149  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  150  cd /etc/rc.d
  151  ls -la
  152  ps aux
  153  ps aux | grep dhc
  154  which dhcpd
  155  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  156  lilo
  157  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  158  lilo
  159  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  160  lilo
  161  chown al.users slackupdate-blacklist
  162  pwd
  163  chown al.users slackupdate_blacklist
  164  cd /tmp/sla*
  165  ls
  166  upgradepkg *.tgz
  167  exit
  168  hig kvm
  169  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  170  exit
  171  hig alsa
  172  chown al.users sudoers
  173  cd /etc/cups
  174  ls
  175  cat printers.conf
  176  pwd
  177  hig kvm
  178  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  179  hig kvm
  180  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  181  hig kvm
  182  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  183  fdisk -l
  184  exit
  185  fdisk -l
  186  cat /etc/fstab
  187  chown al.users home
  188  ls -la
  189  exit
  190  cat /etc/groups | grep kvm
  191  cat /etc/group | grep kvm
  192  cd /boot
  193  ls -la
  194  rm vmlinuz
  195  ls -la
  196  vim /etc/lilo.conf
  197  /sbin/lilo
  198  hig qem
  199  set
  200  SET
  201  $SET
  202  ENV
  203  $ENV
  204  printenv
  205  fdisk -l
  206  cd /mnt
  207  ls
  208  mkdir sdb_5
  209  mkdir sdb_6
  210  mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb5 /mnt/sdb_5
  211  chown -R al.users /mnt/sdb_5
  212  mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb6 /mnt/sdb_6
  213  chown -R al.users /dev/sdb6 /mnt/sdb_6
  214  ls -la
  215  exit
  216  umount /mnt/sdb_5
  217  umount /mnt/sdb_6
  218  exit
  219  hig kvm
  220  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  221  cd /etc/samba
  222  pwd
  223  cat smb.conf
  224  cat /etc/group | grep nobody
  225  ps aux | grep nobody
  226  which partimage
  227  which partimaged
  228  lsmod
  229  lsmod | grep snd
  230  chown -R al.users CENTON\ USB
  231  hig mount
  232  cd /tmp/ac
  233  lsg esn
  234  src2pkg
  235  00009
  236  Shipping and handling
  237  Item location: Webster, SD, United States
  238  Shipping to: United States
  239  Change country:
  240  ZIP Code:
  241
  242  Shipping and handling
  243  To
  244  Service
  245  Estimated delivery*
  246  US $19.95
  247  United States
  248  US Postal Service Parcel PostŪ
  249  4-11 business days
  250  after seller receives cleared payment
  251  *The estimated delivery time is based on the seller's handling time, the shipping service selected, and when the seller receives cleared payment. Sellers are not responsible for shipping service transit times. Transit times may vary, particularly during peak periods.
  252  Domestic handling time
  253  Will usually ship within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment.
  254  Return policy
  255  The seller will not accept returns for this item.
  256  Payment details
  257  Payment methodPreferred/AcceptedBuyer protection on eBay
  258  Credit or debit card through PayPal
  259  Accepted
  260  Pay with and your full purchase price is covered | See terms
  261  Seller's payment instructions
  262  No returns or refunds on this item.
  263  Don't let this item slip away! Place bidPlace bidPlace bid | Watch this item
  264  src2pkg esniper-2-20-0.tgz
  265  cd ..
  266  lsg esn
  267  chown al.users
  268  chown al.users esniper-2-20-0-i486-1.tgz
  269  lsag esn
  270  cd ac/temp2
  271  ls
  272  src2pkg esniper-2-20-0.tgz
  273  cd /tmp
  274  upgradepkg esniper-2-20-0-i486-1.tgz
  275  removepkg esniper-2-19-0-i486-1
  276  installpkg esniper-2-20-0-i486-1.tgz
  277  ps aux
  278  kill 4250
  279  ps aux
  280  killall rsync
  281  ps aux
  282  exit
  283  hig src2pkg
  284  cd /tmp/ac/temp2
  285  ls
  286  src2pkg esniper-2-21-0.tgz
  287  removepkg esniper-2-20-0-i486-1
  288  cd ..
  289  cd ..
  290  ls
  291  installpkg esniper-2-21-0-i486-1.tgz
  292  hig kvm
  293  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  294  cd /home/al
  295  lsg sdd
  296  chown al.users sdd.iso
  297  lsag sdd.iso
  298  hig vsftp
  299  hig bind
  300  vsftpd
  301  ps aux
  302  vsftpd
  303  ps aux
  304  hig kvm
  305  /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel
  306  hig kvm
  307  findh
  308  find / -iname '*libnet*'
  309  
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I would be flattered if you found that technique here: 310 http://www.andrews-corner.org/mutt.html#ssl
311 Yes I'd found it there. And also on the curl site there used to be several choices, 1 of which was to make your own certs using a Perl script. 312 o.p. I just recalled some more: can make use of a command line switch when calling curl -- said switch in curl command in this case is the one that tells curl where the certs are. (no need to re build curl). 313 But I wasn't advanced enough at C programming to find where curl is called in the 314 http://esniper.sourceforge.net/ 315 that I was using so I could change in its source code where it calls curl. 316 So, in my case, it was easier for me to rebuild curl with its own pointer to my certs. 317 What's *not* clear to me is if there exists a default within curl as far as a search path and/or a naming convention for the certs <- thus, that if I got the path and naming convention correct for my certs then curl would just find the certs (without rebuilding curl). 318 hig vsf 319 hig cpan 320 which cpan2tgz 321 c 322 lsg cpan 323 iptables -L 324 ls 325 src2pkg esniper-2-22-0.tgz 326 cd .. 327 cd .. 328 lsg esn 329 chown al.users esniper-2-22-0.tgz 330 chown al.users esniper-2-22-0-i486-1.tgz 331 c 332 lsg esn 333 removepkg esniper-2-21-0-i486-1 334 cd /tmp 335 installpkg esniper-2-22-0-i486-1.tgz 336 exit 337 route 338 cat /etc/resolv.conf 339 cat /etc/hosts 340 hig qem 341 hig mod 342 /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel 343 hig intel 344 /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel 345 chown al.users * 346 hig ftp 347 vsftpd 348 ps aux | grep ftp 349 cd /home/ftp 350 ls 351 cd ac* 352 ls 353 chown -R al.users * 354 hig ftp 355 vsftpd 356 ps aux 357 kill 3512 358 kill 3529 359 kill 3530 360 ps aux 361 exit 362 ls 363 cat samba_do 364 which smb 365 which smbd 366 cd /etc/samba 367 ls 368 cat smb.conf | less 369 cp smb.conf /home/al/smb.conf 370 chown al.users /home/al/smb.conf 371 which smnd 372 cd /usr/local/bin 373 cat samba_do | less 374 ps aux 375 killall 5855 376 killall 5867 377 kill 5867 378 ps aux 379 kill 5873 380 ps aux 381 kill 5983 382 ps aux 383 kill 5983 384 kill 5873 385 kill 5873 386 kill 5873 387 ps aux 388 ps aux 389 top 390 ps aux 391 cd /etc/samba 392 pwd 393 ls -la 394 cat smb.conf 395 telinit 3 396 telinit 397 telinit 3 398 reboot 399 cd /etc/X11 400 ls 401 cp xorg.conf /home/al/xorg.conf 402 chown al.users /home/al/xorg.conf 403 cp /home/al/xorg.conf xorg.conf 404 ls -la 405 diff smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf 406 ls 407 cat samba_do 408 cd /tmp 409 hig src2 410 src2pkg esniper-2-23-0.tgz 411 removepkg esniper-2-22-0-i486-1 412 installpkg ./esniper-2-23-0-i486-1.tgz 413 cd /etc/rc.d 414 ls 415 cp rc.local /home/al/rc.local 416 chown al.users /home/al/rc.local 417 cp /home/al/rc.local rc.local 418 ls -la 419 exit 420 hig mount 421 mount -bind /mnt/sda_8/fils_doc/mp3 /home/ftp/acxfer 422 mount --bind /mnt/sda_8/fils_doc/mp3 /home/ftp/acxfer 423 hig vs 424 vsftpd 425 umount /home/ftp/acxfer 426 mount --bind /mnt/sda_8/install/win/xpsp3 /home/ftp/acxfer 427 vsftpd 428 umount /home/ftp/acxfer 429 exit 430 hig umoun 431 umount -f /mnt/sda_8 432 umount -f /mnt/sda_8 433 which lame 434 cd /tmp/ac 435 ls 436 cd temp2/lame 437 ls 438 sh ./lame.SlackBuild 439 cd /tmp 440 lsg lame 441 installpkg lame-3.98.2-i486-1_SBo.tgz 442 hig mod 443 /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel 444 cd /home/al 445 lsg top 446 cd Des* 447 chown -R al.users temp 448 cd /tmp 449 hig src 450 src2pkg ./esniper-2-24-0.tgz 451 removepkg esniper-2-23-0-i486-1 452 installpkg ./esniper-2-24-0-i486-1.tgz 453 ps aux 454 kill 5236 455 hig mod 456 /sbin/modprobe kvm-intel 457 top 458 fdisk -l 459 top 460 hig ssh 461 hig mod 462 lsmod 463 rcinet 464 alias 465 fdisk -lu 466 adf 467 exit 468 cp /etc/sudoers /home/al/sudoers 469 chown al.users /home/al/sudoers 470 cat /etc/sudoers 471 which xterm 472 /usr/bin/xterm 473 exit 474 xterm 475 exit 476 xterm 477 exit 478 lsag .X 479 cat .Xauthority 480 echo $DISPLAY 481 echo $DISPLAY 482 exit 483 echo $DISPLAY 484 xterm 485 exit 486 cat .Xauthority 487 cat /home/al/.Xauthority 488 exit 489 top 490 exit 491 cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /home/al/vsftpd.conf 492 chown al.users /home/al/vsftpd.conf 493 env | fgrep SSH 494 env | fgrep ssh 495 synctime 496 history > /home/al/hist.txt 497 chown al.users /home/al/hist.txt 498 root@P5Q:~# history > /home/al/hist.txt 499 root@P5Q:~# chown al.users /home/al/hist.txt 500 alias > /home/al/alias.txt 501 chown al.users /home/al/alias.txt 502 history
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Old 01-31-2011, 12:08 AM   #17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acummings View Post
Sometimes even copy / paste from a web browser to a terminal (terminal be easier on my eyes -- glare from silly web pages with glary white background) -- terminal reverses this ie black background with light colored text (no glare)
I use Opera as my browser and have a custom css-file to override text/background color, basically:
Code:
* {
  color: #909090 !important;
  background: #000000 !important;
}
a {
  text-decoration: underline !important;
  color: #606080 !important;
}
textarea,td,table,input,button {
  border: 1px solid #202020 !important;
}
Then I have a keyboard shortcut to switch between what is called 'Author mode' and 'User mode' styling of web pages (I believe shift+g is the default binding). It has saved me from lots of headaches over the last few years.

I am sure firefox and others have such capabilities as well, at least with some extension.
 
Old 01-31-2011, 10:56 AM   #18
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Greetz
I, too, came from DOS. My first GUI was OS/2 2.0. My first Slackware install was v7 and I had some severe hardware (and ignorance) issues preventing X from running. I bought two books, O'Reilly's "Running Linux" and "Linux in a Nutshell". It took a month or so of Alt-Fx and lots of Tab key work running vi, mc, mutt, and especially BitchX IRC client to find where I could get some information as to how to setup "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". OS/2 taught me that GUI is a tradeoff. Pictures may be worth 1000 words but CLI is specific and fast.

However as multi-tasking actually became a reality it became clear that having things "just there", or one click away, as opposed to jumping back and forth is fast too. I now use KDE with several plasmoids monitoring hardware and messages as well as events and contacts, weather, network and resource activity. That said, I have my taskbar autohide and what is permanently in it's place is Eterm so I always have a console ready to go. This combination seems the most comfortable and productive to me.
 
Old 01-31-2011, 11:42 AM   #19
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I usually SSH to the Linux box and use CLI tools. But, if need an X application, use X11 forwarding with SSH.
 
Old 01-31-2011, 06:26 PM   #20
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I don't think you're going to find many people who don't use a window manager at all on their personal machines (except for headless servers or situations in which the user doesn't need X). I personally prefer the command line for almost all of the things that I do. I play music from the command line, videos, edit text, manage users, copy files, delete files, etc, etc. The biggest advantage I'd say is speed.
 
Old 01-31-2011, 06:42 PM   #21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frankbell View Post
The worst thing about the command line is that it expects you to spell things write.
This is my biggest issue with using the CLI. I'm what you may call a back-tracker-- I type my sentence first, and if I see a typo, I backspace all the way back to fix it, and then retype the sentence. For some reason it's how I've used a computer since the day I touched a keyboard.

I hate re-typing a whole line of complex commands if I leave a letter out or misspell something.

When I want a light window manager, it's IceWM for this old boy.
 
Old 01-31-2011, 07:39 PM   #22
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This is my biggest issue with using the CLI. I'm what you may call a back-tracker-- I type my sentence first, and if I see a typo, I backspace all the way back to fix it, and then retype the sentence.
You may know this already, but others may not. You can use alt-b and alt-f while in bash (command line) to move back and forward by one word, instead of moving one character at a time. A bit of an effort saver.
 
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You may know this already, but others may not. You can use alt-b and alt-f while in bash (command line) to move back and forward by one word, instead of moving one character at a time. A bit of an effort saver.
I utilized those skills once upon a time, but I regressed back into my backspacing habits and forgot them. Thank you for refreshing my memory.

I think I'll go practice on my CLI-only Ubuntu installation. (It's complete PITA getting a CLI-only Ubuntu up and running, don't do it.)
 
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I find myself in a terminal emulator most of the time and use GNU Screen wrapped with byobu. Sitting in a screen session I usually run a python interpreter, vim, irssi and ncmpc. The nice thing about screen is the ability to attach/detach sessions.
 
  


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