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Archive for the 'CLI Fun' Category

Learn Awesome New Linux Command Line Tips by Following Shell-Fu on Twitter

I was checking up  on my Twitter account yesterday and saw that I was being followed by “Shell Fu.” Clicking through to their profile revealed tons of useful tweets on using the command line in Linux, so I went ahead and checked out the home page, http://shell-fu.org. It’s awesome!
From the home page:
Shell-fu is a place [...]

Video Post: How to Create Symbolic Links

This is short video from Linux Journal provides a great intro to creating symbolic links on Linux system. If you’ve never looked into what you can do with symbolic links, watch now!

Cool, huh? I use symbolic links all the time on my system. For sharing files (put a link to it on my wife’s [...]

Ridiculously Simple, Automated, Incremental Backup With Rdiff-backup

I recently made the investment in 1TB external hard drive, so now I finally have the space to fully backup everying on my internal drive to another disk.  I went on the hunt for a good backup solution, and while there are lots of great options out there in both GUI and command-line form, I [...]

Command Line Alternatives to Desktop Applications on Linux

Mostly CLI, the blog devoted to the Linux command line, has begun compiling what promises to be a comprehensive list of command line alternatives to popular applications on the Linux desktop.
Of course, most of my command line favorites are on the list, such as wget, youtube-dl, and vim.
I also found some new apps to [...]

10 Tips for a More Productive Linux Command Line Session

TechRepublic has a great article highlighting 10 really cool shortcuts for the command line, including

Easily recall previous commands

Use command aliases
Use filename auto-completion
Use key shortcuts to efficiently edit the command line
Get automatic notification of new mail
Run tasks in the background

Quickly jump to frequently-used directories
Perform calculations

Customize the shell prompt
Get context-specific help

One cool tip I was unaware of:
Bash [...]