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- confuciussay, on 10/23/2009, -0/+18Cheers!. very useful. I never remember command lines , have a text file pasted with a bunch of them whenever I log on my dedicated server.
- x713, on 10/23/2009, -0/+15Before everybody starts getting into the OMG CLI!?!??!?!!!!1111 All of that you see in those cheatsheets is pretty much just what a file manager does and a few applications. Most if not all can be done through GUI interface but for many still in the linux community CLI's tend to make things really fast to use and easily made into a script for the advanced user. It wouldn't hurt to learn something anyway. Maybe you will find it much easier as you learn.
- braete, on 10/23/2009, -0/+12we have, but it's faster with cli.
- ZeNiTH456, on 10/23/2009, -1/+11Forgot this one, works great as a wallpaper..
http://zenith.notepadhax.com/phpdev/ImageUploader/ ... - detcade, on 10/23/2009, -1/+11If the user is willing to trade a little time for a lot of control, then yes, it is.
- chadsmith729, on 10/23/2009, -0/+9Nice cheat sheets, but I wonder why the "THE ONE PAGE LINUX MANUAL" is two pages?
- PCBEEF, on 10/23/2009, -0/+9one double sided piece of paper?
- Culyt, on 10/24/2009, -0/+8Depends. Do you consider not having an option because its too hard for someone (ie your grandmother) to understand user-friendly?
Lets see an example:
No the terminal isn't user friendly. But I can also use it to rename files based on regex expressions using the 'rename' command. Have a collection of comics with "Comic - #102.cbr" as the filename, and get 2 dozen that are named like "Comic Issue 0065.cbr". You either rename each one by hand like an idiot or spend a few minutes glancing at regex expressions (unless you have bothered to just learn the damn things in which case you can do it by memory).
First you change the "Issue " to "#" with:
rename -n 's/Issue\ /#/g' *
The -n will display the renames to ensure you didn't ***** up, remove it to actually perform them.
So now you need to remove an extra 0 at the start (but only to the 3 digit ones, not the 2 digit ones):
rename -n 's/0(\d{2})/$1/g' *
Now nothing about that is "user friendly", but after you craft a command to rename your entire ebook, comic, tvshow, whatever collection you can see how powerful that it. Also once you have learned that, its a skill that sticks with you for life. Any time you need to bulk rename a bunch of files, thats the command you goto (not to mention that regex is used in many other ways).
What about the ability to ssh into another computer and run a program on your local desktop with ssh Xorg forwarding? It requires a few likes added to a .ssh/config file or a command line switch. Or patching a kernel to support some hardware. If windows doesn't support it your ***** out of luck, the only solution is to buy a new bit of hardware. My parents are buying a new scanner soon because Windows Vista just doesn't support it, there's nothing wrong with the old one. Maybe you have to install some kernel modules for WiFi on your laptop, but would the next version of Windows will still support it?
So if you are an idiot and absolutely unwilling to learn how things work, then use Windows or OSX (OSX has the same terminal though, its just hidden).
Not to mention the fact that most Ubuntu installs are easier to perform than a Windows install. And now days you don't need to touch the terminal at all unless you hit some specific problem (Once again if you hit such a problem with Windows the only solution is to buy new hardware, reinstall or whatever). - MacBookForMe, on 10/23/2009, -0/+5That will fly str8 to my wall as a print....(I need to admit that I am quite lost sometimes, especially after a pint or two, when regularly switching between Mac OS, Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Linux)
- kevincredible, on 10/23/2009, -0/+5I learned all of these in a week, and now I have a home file/web server that I can access securely from anywhere on the 'net. It was frusturating when I had to switch back to my windows laptop.
- Malarie, on 10/24/2009, -0/+4Another very useful command.. Tar and gzip on the fly: tar cvf - $DIR | gzip -c > file.tar.gz
You can test your archive with: tar -ztvf file.tar.gz - AngelBunny, on 10/23/2009, -0/+4'Linux and Ubuntu Cheat Sheets' sounds like tuna fish to me.
- Jimmysh, on 10/23/2009, -0/+4I suck with Linux most of the times except using internet xD Bookmarked!
- MrRtd, on 10/24/2009, -0/+3The GUI is nice, but honestly you can get a lot done much faster using the CLI, if you know what you're doing. Besides it's mostly an option that most Linux users don't need to use if they don't want to, there are GUI's for damn near everything.
- damm, on 10/26/2009, -0/+2I feel cheated thinking I was going to find something new... :/
- Balla79, on 10/24/2009, -0/+2He, she, it has. We have.
- RaulMuadDib, on 10/24/2009, -0/+1It's all Hiro Nakamura's fault
- leszek, on 10/23/2009, -0/+1recto verso
- TokutakeHokuto, on 10/25/2009, -0/+1very usefull!!
- Leopards, on 10/25/2009, -0/+1You win the prize for most retentive memory!! The wallpaper looks like a direct print of that shirt!
ZeNITH456 posted this link to the wallpaper!! " Forgot this one, works great as a wallpaper."
http://zenith.notepadhax.com/phpdev/ImageUploader/ ... - MacBookForMe, on 10/23/2009, -1/+2Very probably even all those posh Greek Gods in Hades & Olympus couldn't answer that simple Linux question...
- nyxerebos, on 10/24/2009, -0/+1Likewise, suggest choosing the commands you prefer and making them the same on all your machines. Eg, I find 'cls' nicer to type than 'clear', so put this into your ~/.bashrc
alias cls='clear'
And cls now works on Linux (after restart, type it at the prompt for it to work immediately). - ntechnocrat, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1really a very useful collection for LU guys... thanks for sharing
- TennCasey, on 10/24/2009, -1/+2http://store.xkcd.com/
Just scroll down and you'll see why the link is relevant. - bruisky, on 10/24/2009, -0/+1I'll need these until I memorize all of them... which is never. :(
- laser314, on 10/24/2009, -0/+1kinda hard to tape it to a wall then
- Leopards, on 10/25/2009, -0/+1They used a font that was actually readable without a microscope or magnifying glass! 8-) Can be reformatted for one page but then useless except for decoration!
- Balla79, on 10/24/2009, -1/+1net use \\hostname /user:username
shutdown -m \\hostname -r -t 0
Lolz. Windows is user friendly. OMFG!!!!1111 - nodetechblog, on 10/31/2009, -0/+0Excellent Guide for using the Linux command line. very useful indeed!
- Leopards, on 10/25/2009, -1/+1White on black wastes a LOT of ink! It is also hard to read!!
- Stan57, on 10/25/2009, -5/+0Command Lines?? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Freetard loosers!
- milwaukeesbeast, on 10/23/2009, -11/+125 cheat sheets? how ***** hard is it to just google whatever problem you have
- iheartbakon, on 10/23/2009, -14/+3LINUX sure is user friendly.
- goband, on 10/23/2009, -21/+3Command lines? Lol. Welcome to 2009. We has GUIs.
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