On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:49:33 +0000 Dhruba Bandopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello > > I wanted to get an expert and informed consensus on what command line > interface tools are well suited to each of the following purposes > which may well mean what you use. My current choices have been entered > but please feel free to add your own with a comma in between. Also, > if you feel any categories are missing please add them! > Well here are mine: # Email: mutt # News: inn # Browser: links2 really cool with svgalib and X support! # File manager: cp,rm,mv,etc. sometimes mc # Games: frotz # Chat client: ysm # IRC: bitchx # Sound mixer: aumix # Editor: vim # Diff: diff # Read file: cat,less,more # Transfer file: scp,ncftp # Compression: tar,gzip,bzip2 # PDF creation: ghostscript, latex # txt2html: homebrew txt2html program # Term: xterm # Partitioning: fdisk # System info: lsof, top, cat /proc/*, cat /var/log/* # CD writing: burncenter # Gentoo: portage, gentoo-stats, gentoolkit, epm # Others: [EMAIL PROTECTED] client, iptables, unzip, unrar, unace, mpg123, fbset, bootsplash, and of course cmatrix :-P > > Please note that this is not to compare CLI with GUI but merely to > gain a better perspective on CLI usage. > > Many thanks > -- > The big question is why in the course of evolution the males permitted > themselves to be so totally eclipsed by the females. Why do they > tolerate this total subservience, this wretched existence as outcasts > who are hungry all the time? > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
