11 AWESOME LINUX TERMINAL TRICKS

Here are some great Linux terminal tips and tricks, each one is awesome.

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY..

Linux is one of the most astoundingly functional and utilitarian Operating System around when it comes to working from the command line. Need to perform a particular task? Odds are there is an application or script you can use to get it done. Right from the terminal. but, as they say in the good book, "all work and play make jack really bored or something. "so here is a collection of my favourite pointless, stupid, annoying or amazing things that you can do right in your Linux Terminal.

GIVE THE  TERMINAL AN ATTITUDE

step 1> Type "sudo visudo".

step 2> At the bottom of the "Defaults" (near the top of the file)add, on a new line, "Defaults insults".

step 3> Save the file.

"What did I just do to my Computer? "you may be asking yourself. Something wonderful. Now whenever you issue a command and miss type your password, your computer will call you name. My favourite: "Listen, burrito brain, I don't have time to listen to this trash."

APT-GET MOO

That screenshot you see? that's What typing "apt-get moo"(on a Debian-based system) does.
That's it. Don't go looking for this to do something fancy. It won't. That, I Kid you not, is it. But it's One of the most commonly known little Easter eggs on the Linux. so I include it here, Right near the beginner, So I won't get 5,000 email telling me I missed it in this list.

APTITUDE MOO

A bit more entertaining is aptitude's take on "moo." Type" aptitude moo" (on Ubuntu and the like) and you'll be corrected about thinking "moo" would do anything, But you Know better. Try the same command again, this time with an Optional "-v" attribute. Don't stop there. Add v's, one at a time, until aptitude you want.

ARCH: PUT PAC-MAN IN PACMAN

This is one just for the Arch-lovers out there. The de facto package manager, pacman, is pretty fantastic already. Let's make it even better.

step 1> Open "/etc/pacman.conf".

step 2> In the "#Misc option", removed the "#" from in front of "color".

step 3> Add "ILoveCandy".

Now the progress for installing new packages, it pacman, will include a little tiny Pac-Man. Which should really just be the default anyway.

COWSAY!

Making aptitude moo is neat, I guess, but you really can't use it for much. Enter "cowsay." It does what you think. you make a cowsay thing. Anything you like. And it's not even limited to cow. Calvin, Beavis, and the Ghostbusters logo are all available in full ASCII art glory-type "cowsay -l" fir a full list of what's available in this, Linux's most powerful tools. Remember that, like most great terminal application, you can pipe the output from other application straight into cowsay (ala"fortune | cowsay").

BECOME AN 3l33t h@xor

Typing "nmap" isn't something one typically need to do on a day-to-day basis. But when one does need to "whip out the nmap," one want to look as l33t as humanly possible. Add a "-os" to any nmap command (such as "nmap-os-google.com"). Bam. You're now in what is officially known as "script kiddie Mode." Angelina jolie and keanu Reeves would be proud.

GETTING ALL DISCORDIAN DDATE

If you're ever been sitting around thinking, "Hey! I want today's date to be written in an essentially useless, but whimisical, way "..try typing "ddate". result like "Today is setting Orange, the 72nd day of Discord in the YOLD 3181," can really spice up your server logs.

Note: Technically, this is a real thing called the Discordian Calendar, used (in theory) by the followers of Discordianism. Which means I probably offended somebody. or maybe not. I'm not really sure. Either way, ddate is a handy tool in any office.

I SEE COLORS EVERYWHERE!

Tired of boring old text? Looking to spruce things up and show the world your true style? lolcat.
install it. use it. Everywhere. It take any text input and turns it into a rainbow of wonder and enchantment. Piping text into lolcat (ala "fortune | lolcat") is sure to liven up any party.

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

Animated ASCII art steam locomotive in your terminal. You want this. you need this. Install and run "sl". use "sl-l" for a tiny version. Or, if you want to really spend some time in this, "sl-h". This is the full train, including passenger cars.

REVERSE ANY TEXT

Pipe the output of any text into "rev" and it will reverse the text. "fortune | rev" gives your a fortune.
In reverse. Which is, as odd as it may seem, not a misfortune.

THE MATRIX IS STILL COOL,RIGHT?

Want your terminal to do that scrolling text, l33t, Matrix-y thing? "cmatrix" is your friend. You can even have it output different colors, which is snazzy. learn how by typing "man cmatrix". Or, better yet, "man cmatrix | lolcat". Which, really, is the most pointless (but wonderfull) thing you can do in the Linux Terminal. SO that's where I leave you.