A modern teenager tries something radically different by doing all the normal internet functions: social networking, music, programming, AIM/MSN/Yahoo, IRC, all through nothing but a Linux command line. And he's doing it for 30 days. No GUIS. At all.
Read more »Goodbye, GUI: Thirty Days of Command Line
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Quick Command Line Tip - Recursively Delete Files of a Certain Type
Applications can create a lot of temporary files sometimes, and these files aren’t always cleaned up automatically. An example of this is when you run Python applications. Particularly if you’re a Python developer, your source code directories stack up with a .pyc version of each file, which is the cached compiled copy of the script.
Read more »Bringing the trashcan to the command line
The trash project allows you to interact with your desktop trashcan from the command line. It lets users "undo" deletions made with the trash command in a similar manner to restoring files from the trashcan in a desktop environment. For experienced Linux users, the trash command comes in handy when you want to put a file into the trashcan from the command line.
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Burn CDs in the Commandline with Bashburn
Sick of all those fancy CD-burning apps not working for you? You need something that just gets the work done? Welcome to BashBurn. An easy to use cd burner for the command line. No cryptic commands to type, just menu selections.
Read more »Quick Command Line Tip - Whois from the Command Line
A very quick command line tip today, for users of pretty much any Unix-based operating system, including Linux distributions. When you're looking up information on a certain web site or domain name, you might be used to using whois functions on websites such as to see who owns a domain.
Read more »Command-Line Alternatives in Ubuntu Linux
Computer working environments are pretty similar to the species on this planet. One can see ancient species, that have survived millions of years, living along some fairly-recent ones like humans.
Read more »Howto check NHL or MLB Baseball and NBA scores from the command line
If you are baseball lover and you want to check the baseball scores for your favourite team score from command line use the following procedure.
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Language translation from the command line or clipboard
Web-based automatic translators such as translate.google.com are great for getting the gist of what a document is saying, but it can be cumbersome to have to open a new tab in your browser, load that URL, and copy and paste the text you want to translate into your browser.
Read more »Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
Adopt 10 good habits that improve your UNIX® command line efficiency -- and break away from bad usage patterns in the process. This article takes you step-by-step through several good, but too often neglected, techniques for command-line operations. Learn about common errors and how to overcome them, so you can learn exactly why these UNIX habits are worth picking up.
Read more »Get Information About Your BIOS / Server Hardware From a Shell Without Opening Chassis ( BIOS Decoder )
biosdecode is a command line utility to parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or entry points) it knows of.
Read more »Flipping the Linux switch: New users guide to the terminal
The command line. It strikes fear in the hearts of many a new Linux user. They open their terminals reluctantly, and there the prompt sits, with the cursor blinking in rhythm with their racing hearts.
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10 Reasons Why the Command Line is More User-Friendly than the Desktop
I aim all of these not just at Linux, BSD, and Unix-alikes, but at every computer system ever. Nor do I say all of this as a power-using geek, but to apply it to every computer user everywhere.
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How to completely ditch GUI internet applications for the command line
Today, terminal-based programs have almost disappeared. GUIs are taking over, whether we like it or not. However, there is still a place for the old command line. Take the internet as an example: everyone’s using Firefox, Thunderbird, and Pidgin for their internet activities. Even though these are great, quality, free software apps, they tend to be bloated. That’s where the terminal comes in.
Read more »Keeping Command History across Multiple Sessions
The bash shell maintains a history of the commands you entered. You can re-execute a command by recalling it from the history, without having to re-type it.
Read more »Fear and loathing at the command line
Long ago, I lost any queasiness about the command line. I’m not one of those who think it’s the only way to interact with their computers, but it’s a rare day that I don’t use it three or four times on my GNU/Linux system.
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