Command line kungfu

[kubicle]

Interesting command line tips for intermediate to advanced command line usage:
http://www.commandlinefu.com/command.../sort-by-votes

(I dare you to go through them and not pick up something useful and new )

[Snowhog]

Re: Command line kungfu

Nice. I found the ctrl-x e command interesting. In fact, running Ubuntu Jaunty, this executes the nano editor. I'm more familiar with vi, so I Googled on howto set default text editor in jaunty gnome and came across Change The Default Editor. Used that to change the default text editor to vim.tiny.

Thanks kubicle. I took your dare and 'picked up something useful and new.'

[GreyGeek]

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Awesome site!

I found an ffmpeg command that records my desktop at 114 fps, even when I run SecondLife and other graphics intensive applications. VERY NICE!

[dibl]

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Wow.

I feel so small and ignorant now ....




Thanks kubicle.

[Qqmike]

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Yep, looks pretty neat (although I'm just a GUI guy in drag).

Added as an advanced reference for my how-to (SECTION 3: REFERENCES):
Commands at Konsole: Beginners
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...0966#msg120966

[GreyGeek]

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For beginners, huh?

Now you are making me feel like Dibl feels!

[Qqmike]

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Ha!

I try to avoid Konsole whenever possible. And, as a math-type, I tend not to memorize details, preferring to focus on concepts, a lesson I learned studying under the acclaimed Paul Halmos at Indiana U/Bloomington in 1973. I wrote that how-to for myself, so I could look things up as needed, dressed it up, and posted it, figuring I'm not the only beginner here who could use such. Whenever I use Konsole, I'm an expert on it--for the few days only that I'm working on THAT specific project and methods; then it's all forgotten in a month or so. And then there's times you gotta use it, so it seems; for example, to get that darned Trash emptied when GUI trips. And there ya go.

[GreyGeek]

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That was my approach on Physics and Calc, too. And on computer languages.

then it's all forgotten in a month or so.

So true, and so sad. The unfortunate thing, at least for me, is that at 68 I find I cannot learn as quickly as I used to because my once legendary photographic memory is now a faint memory. If I leave anything for a month or two I have to almost relearn it from scratch.

[Ole Juul]

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Thanks for the link kubicle. Like others, I too have trouble remembering a lot of commands. The reason I still use CLI DOS is that I've been doing it for a long time and can more easily remember stuff that I use continuously. I hope as time goes by that I can reach a similar "critical mass" with Linux. That is, I use it enough to remember it.

The important thing to me is that the commands stay the same over time. I find it difficult to memorize the icons used in GUIs. There are on-line dictionaries and translators for hieroglyphics, but not for computer icons. I guess that won't be possible until the constantly changing icons settle down a bit.

BTW, looking at that wonderful list of commands, does anyone know what the equivalent GUI clicks would be?

[Telengard]

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http://www.commandlinefu.com/command.../sort-by-votes

Awesome! Thanks kubicle

I keep a Konsole window open at all times. I use the command line for almost everything. I almost never start programs from the K menu, preferring to use the Run command (Alt-F2) dialog.

There are some instances where I use the GUI. For example, arbitrarily selecting files based on size from a folder containing over 200 files. Yeah, it definitely can be done from the command line, but it is just easier to use Konqueror's details view to do the job.