Hi Tim, > I'm often discovering nifty utilities that I'm embarrassed not to have > known about years ago. This week it's GNU screen: > > http://www.gnu.org/s/screen/
Yes, very handy. Dates back to the 80s. :) There's also byobu which is an "enhancement" to screen and can display configurable data. Probably more useful if you're logging into machines where you want to observe the performance. https://launchpad.net/byobu Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue