There are many useful Linux tips that make the life of a Linux user much easier. One is for the VI or VIM editor. To open a file at a specific line; use this command.
homer@deusexmachina ~/Documents/yadex-1.7.901 $ vim src/x11.h +33 |
This will open the file x11.h at line 33.
How to ssh into a machine and open a specific directory.
homer@deusexmachina ~ $ ssh -t homer@localhost -p 443 'cd /tmp && exec $SHELL' LMDE MATE Edition homer@localhost's password: homer@deusexmachina /tmp $ |
That is one very useful trick.
Copying files from one machine to another using the sftp command: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/how-to-copy-files-from-one-machine-to-another-using-ssh-and-the-sftp-command/.
Remove unnecessary packages using the apt command.
sudo apt autoremove |
Get information about any non-free packages installed on your system. Type sudo apt-get install vrms and then run it.
homer@deusexmachina ~ $ vrms Non-free packages installed on deusexmachina atmel-firmware Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips. bluez-firmware Firmware for Bluetooth devices doom-wad-shareware Shareware game files for the 3D game Doom fglrx-control control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD displa fglrx-driver non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver fglrx-modules-dkms dkms module source for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD d fglrx-source kernel module source for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD firmware-atheros Binary firmware for Atheros wireless cards firmware-bnx2 Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtremeII firmware-bnx2x Binary firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb firmware-brcm80211 Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless cards firmware-intelwimax Binary firmware for Intel WiMAX Connection firmware-ipw2x00 Binary firmware for Intel Pro Wireless 2100, 2200 and firmware-ivtv Binary firmware for iTVC15-family MPEG codecs (ivtv an firmware-iwlwifi Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards firmware-libertas Binary firmware for Marvell Libertas 8xxx wireless car firmware-linux Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kerne firmware-linux-nonfree Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kerne firmware-qlogic Binary firmware for QLogic IBA7220, QLA1xxx, ISP2xxx a firmware-ralink Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards firmware-realtek Binary firmware for Realtek wired and wireless network libfglrx non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver (runtime libr nikto web server security scanner unrar Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version) w64codecs win64 binary codecs zd1211-firmware Firmware images for the zd1211rw wireless driver Contrib packages installed on deusexmachina dosemu DOS Emulator for Linux game-data-packager Installer for game data files glx-alternative-fglrx allows the selection of FGLRX as GLX provider glx-alternative-mesa allows the selection of MESA as GLX provider glx-diversions prepare for using accelerated GLX implementations from nvidia-installer-cleanup cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-inst virtualbox-guest-dkms x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module so virtualbox-guest-utils x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities virtualbox-guest-x11 x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities 26 non-free packages, 1.3% of 2035 installed packages. 9 contrib packages, 0.4% of 2035 installed packages. |
Have a Cow say something in your terminal. Type sudo apt-get install cowsay and then execute it to see something cool.
homer@deusexmachina ~ $ cowsay `/bin/date` ___________________________________ < Tuesday 15 July 23:01:47 EST 2014 > ----------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || |
Even more awesome Linux shell tricks.