Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-19 Thread Stephen 
Great tools usually are the ones that let users do goofy things
without restraint

Its when people start needing the tool to nerf itself I get grumpy

On 5/19/09, James Mcphee  wrote:
> I have an admin that loves to open bunches of screen sessions and leave them
> open forever.  This eventually kills the box, obviously.  Screen is a great
> tool that does not in any way prevent people from doing goofy things.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Stephen  wrote:
>
>> I used to annoy my admins in school because i was the monster of
>> screen abuse on that server.
>>
>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Bryan O'Neal
>>  wrote:
>> > I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a
>> > good
>> > one" but I have never heard of screen until now
>> > http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
>> Matrix
>> > Mole
>> > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM
>> > To: Main PLUG discussion list
>> > Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools
>> >
>> > I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
>> > mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in
>> my
>> > toolbox for command line usage.
>> >
>> > Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:
>> >
>> > rtorrent - Torrents
>> > mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode
>> binary
>> > files from newgroups
>> >
>> > I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for
>> > text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my
>> > opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say
>> off
>> > the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure
>> binaries
>> > though.
>> >
>> > I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email
>> client
>> > that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately
>> > implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does
>> similar
>> > to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it
>> > generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in
>> > my
>> > inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary
>> clutter).
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-19 Thread R P Herrold 
On Tue, 19 May 2009, James Mcphee wrote:

> I have an admin that loves to open bunches of screen sessions and leave them
> open forever.  This eventually kills the box, obviously.  Screen is a great
> tool that does not in any way prevent people from doing goofy things.

Why should the application perform a task which ulimit can be 
configured to address, if there is an abuse?  ... and a 
'sysadmin' who does such needs after being appraised of the 
issue, not to be trusted with admin rights.  Again the 
solution is not in the space of the tool, but in the space of 
the management of the affected system ;)

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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-19 Thread James Mcphee 
I have an admin that loves to open bunches of screen sessions and leave them
open forever.  This eventually kills the box, obviously.  Screen is a great
tool that does not in any way prevent people from doing goofy things.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Stephen  wrote:

> I used to annoy my admins in school because i was the monster of
> screen abuse on that server.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Bryan O'Neal
>  wrote:
> > I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a good
> > one" but I have never heard of screen until now
> > http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> Matrix
> > Mole
> > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list
> > Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools
> >
> > I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
> > mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in
> my
> > toolbox for command line usage.
> >
> > Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:
> >
> > rtorrent - Torrents
> > mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode
> binary
> > files from newgroups
> >
> > I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for
> > text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my
> > opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say
> off
> > the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure
> binaries
> > though.
> >
> > I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email
> client
> > that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately
> > implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does
> similar
> > to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it
> > generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in my
> > inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary
> clutter).
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-19 Thread Stephen 
I used to annoy my admins in school because i was the monster of
screen abuse on that server.

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Bryan O'Neal
 wrote:
> I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a good
> one" but I have never heard of screen until now
> http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/
>
> -Original Message-
> From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Matrix
> Mole
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools
>
> I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
> mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in my
> toolbox for command line usage.
>
> Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:
>
> rtorrent - Torrents
> mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode binary
> files from newgroups
>
> I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for
> text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my
> opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say off
> the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure binaries
> though.
>
> I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email client
> that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately
> implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does similar
> to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it
> generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in my
> inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary clutter).
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-19 Thread Jerry Davis 
On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:07:41 -0700
James Mcphee  wrote:

> Screen is the greatest tool EVER!!!  A CLI window manager!  I mean, DUDE!!!

I work from home 3 days a week. Most of the time, in the morning and in the mid
afternoon, i have re-connect my vpn 10 - 15 times in as many minutes! REALLY
bothersome.

I say this, because I consider screen the essential tool for everything else I
do. When my vpn goes down while I am in the middle of something, all I have to
do is reconnect my vpn, login to the server that I was doing work on, and do a
screen -rd  and I am RIGHT BACK to what I was doing!

The other reason I use screen is for very long running commands. Case in point,
I was converting a large cvs repository over to a clearcase vob, and I did the
effort in a screen. It took a few days to get all the cvs repository down on
the clearcase server, and about a week to do a clearfsimport to get the old cvs
data in the new vob. screen allowed me to detach and let it run for those 2
weeks.

I couldn't live without it.

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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-18 Thread James Mcphee 
Screen is the greatest tool EVER!!!  A CLI window manager!  I mean, DUDE!!!

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Bryan O'Neal
wrote:

> I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a good
> one" but I have never heard of screen until now
> http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/
>
> -Original Message-
> From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Matrix
> Mole
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools
>
> I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
> mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in my
> toolbox for command line usage.
>
> Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:
>
> rtorrent - Torrents
> mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode binary
> files from newgroups
>
> I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for
> text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my
> opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say
> off
> the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure binaries
> though.
>
> I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email client
> that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately
> implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does similar
> to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it
> generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in my
> inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary clutter).
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RE: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-18 Thread Bryan O'Neal 
I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a good
one" but I have never heard of screen until now
http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/ 

-Original Message-
From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Matrix
Mole
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools

I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in my
toolbox for command line usage.

Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:

rtorrent - Torrents
mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode binary
files from newgroups

I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for
text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my
opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say off
the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure binaries
though.

I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email client
that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately
implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does similar
to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it
generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in my
inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary clutter).
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread mike havens 
which is berry bad of that bugger to beckon me to a battle which is barely
ever ended after it has begun except after you bequest and bequest
and bequest until you are blue in the face.

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:11 PM, mike havens  wrote:

> Sorry Alan. I just couldn't resist taking that blatant beckoning for a
> fight.
>
>
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Alan Dayley 
>> wrote:
>> > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, mike havens  wrote:
>> >> wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting.
>> why> it
>> >> is the better way to post afterall!
>> >
>> > Don't go there, please.  There is another thread this week re-hashing
>> > it all again.  That uses up the "top vs. bottom posting discussion"
>> > token for this 6 month period.  I'll come up again in November or so.
>> > You can chime in at that time.
>> >
>> > Alan
>>
>>   can we purchase extra tokens if we want to pursue aimless circular
>> discussions on email list decorum?
>>
>>  a cool command line utility:
>> http://lifehacker.com/275460/yubnub-web-search-command-line
>>
>>  -jmz
>>
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread mike havens 
Sorry Alan. I just couldn't resist taking that blatant beckoning for a
fight.

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joshua Zeidner  wrote:

> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Alan Dayley 
> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, mike havens  wrote:
> >> wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting. why>
> it
> >> is the better way to post afterall!
> >
> > Don't go there, please.  There is another thread this week re-hashing
> > it all again.  That uses up the "top vs. bottom posting discussion"
> > token for this 6 month period.  I'll come up again in November or so.
> > You can chime in at that time.
> >
> > Alan
>
>   can we purchase extra tokens if we want to pursue aimless circular
> discussions on email list decorum?
>
>  a cool command line utility:
> http://lifehacker.com/275460/yubnub-web-search-command-line
>
>  -jmz
>
>
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Joshua Zeidner 
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Alan Dayley  wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, mike havens  wrote:
>> wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting. why> it
>> is the better way to post afterall!
>
> Don't go there, please.  There is another thread this week re-hashing
> it all again.  That uses up the "top vs. bottom posting discussion"
> token for this 6 month period.  I'll come up again in November or so.
> You can chime in at that time.
>
> Alan

  can we purchase extra tokens if we want to pursue aimless circular
discussions on email list decorum?

  a cool command line utility:
http://lifehacker.com/275460/yubnub-web-search-command-line

  -jmz


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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Alan Dayley 
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, mike havens  wrote:
> wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting. why> it
> is the better way to post afterall!

Don't go there, please.  There is another thread this week re-hashing
it all again.  That uses up the "top vs. bottom posting discussion"
token for this 6 month period.  I'll come up again in November or so.
You can chime in at that time.

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RE: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Bob Elzer 
plunk

  _  

From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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havens
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Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools


wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting. why> it
is the better way to post afterall!

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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread mike havens 
wait a second.. someone was just complaining about top posting. why> it
is the better way to post afterall!
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Ryan Rix 
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Tuna  wrote:

>
>
> Always ME and MY threads that turn into these...
>
> I shall never start a PGP test thread again.


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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Matrix Mole 
I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been
mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component
in my toolbox for command line usage.

Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned:

rtorrent - Torrents
mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat)
uudeview - used to decode binary files from newgroups

I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great
for text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in
my opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so
couldn't say off the top of my head why now). I've found nget works
great for pure binaries though.

I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email
client that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to
accurately implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something
that does similar to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've
tried mutt, but it generated extra emails whenever I send for some
reason (they appear in my inbox as replies of my email for some
reason, causing unnecessary clutter).
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Lisa Kachold 
On 5/17/09, Tuna  wrote:
> Excerpts from Craig White's message of Sat May 16 20:21:37 -0700 2009:
>> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 19:51 -0700, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line
>> > for that", where "that" means almost "anything".  Example: someone just
>> > mentioned that they use the command line for email.  I was wondering if
>> > people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs
>> > they use and what they are used for.  Example: Irssi: instant messenger
>> > for irc channels.  Thanks.
>> 
>> I recognize that you are a top-post guy but that doesn't mean that it's
>> reasonable to ignore all mail list protocols...
>>
>> You clicked Reply (to the Yet another PGP thread) instead of just
>> starting a new thread which means that this topic will be threaded
>> within that one.
>>
>> There will be some who don't care but those of us who do use threads in
>> their mail client find this objectionable as it tends to disintegrate
>> the whole purpose of using threaded mail clients.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Craig
>>
>
> Always ME and MY threads that turn into these...
>
> I shall never start a PGP test thread again.
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I use:

vi/vim [with systems shell escapes {whoYa}
C/bash
sed/awk
perl
php
python
nmap
sendmail
tcpdump
lynx, curl (for twitter, setup nice in a bash script)
ssh -L
netcat
lsof
pstree
du/df
pmap/vmstat/sar
tar/rar/zip/etc
dd
rmnl/mmv
find/locate
growisofs
sestatus/getsebool/setsebool/seinfo/sesearch/avcstat/seaudit/apol/relabel/enableaudit/audit2allow
iptables
dig/nslookup/ping/traceroute
mplayer/dvdrecord/cdrecord

packaging tools (yum, git)
svn/cvs

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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-17 Thread Tuna 
Excerpts from Craig White's message of Sat May 16 20:21:37 -0700 2009:
> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 19:51 -0700, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line
> > for that", where "that" means almost "anything".  Example: someone just
> > mentioned that they use the command line for email.  I was wondering if
> > people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs
> > they use and what they are used for.  Example: Irssi: instant messenger
> > for irc channels.  Thanks.
> 
> I recognize that you are a top-post guy but that doesn't mean that it's
> reasonable to ignore all mail list protocols...
> 
> You clicked Reply (to the Yet another PGP thread) instead of just
> starting a new thread which means that this topic will be threaded
> within that one.
> 
> There will be some who don't care but those of us who do use threads in
> their mail client find this objectionable as it tends to disintegrate
> the whole purpose of using threaded mail clients.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Craig
>

Always ME and MY threads that turn into these...

I shall never start a PGP test thread again.
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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-16 Thread Mark Jarvis 





Try this for a very basic list of commands. Sorry, it doesn't
include
such things as writing
CDs or DVDs or downloading/upgrading programs or
lots of things that can be done with
the utilities that come with the
standard desktop. Check out "Linux Cookbook" by Carla
Schroder. Great
book!

-mj-


Matthew A Coulliette wrote:

  Hi all,

Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line
for that", where "that" means almost "anything".  Example: someone just
mentioned that they use the command line for email.  I was wondering if
people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs
they use and what they are used for.  Example: Irssi: instant messenger
for irc channels.  Thanks.

MatthewMPP
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unix_commands.odt
Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
UNIX Commands 
(Remember: RTFMP)

Command Purpose 

alias   Creates an alias for a command  
awk Start the awk program to select and format output   
cal Show the system calendar

cat Create or display or concatenate files  

cd  Change directories  
chmod   Set file or directory permissions   
clear   Clear the screen (terminal window)  

commCompare two files, output common lines  
cp  Copy a file 
cut Extract specified columns or fields from a file 
dateDisplay the system date and time
df  Report information about file systems   
diffCompare two files, output lines that differ 
du  Report disk usage of current/subdirectories 
echoCopy to stdout  
exitExit UNIX (also CTRL-D) 
export  Makes a local variable an environment variable  
findSearch in a directory and all its subdirectories
gawkGnu awk—see awk
grepSearch for a string of characters in a text file
headDisplay the first few lines of a file   
killterminate one or more process ids   
lessDisplay a long file one screen at a time, scroll up & down  
logout  Exit UNIX (also CTRL-D) 
lpr Print files 
ls  Display directory contents  
mailSend email from the command line or read mail
man Display the online manual for a command 
mkdir   Make a new directory
moreDisplay a long file one screen at a time, scroll down   
mount   Connect filesystems to a directory tree mount point 
mv  Move/rename files   
nawkNew awk—see awk
passwd  Change password 
paste   Combine fields from two or more files   
pr  Format a file for printing to stdout
printenv Prints a list of environment variables to stdout (see set) 
pwd Print working (current) directory   
rm  Remove (delete) file
rmdir   Remove an empty directory   
sed Apply editor commands to a (usually large) file 
set Set environment variables or print to stdout (see printenv) 
set -o noclobberPrevents files from being overwritten by ">"
sh  Execute a shell script  
sleep   Wait for a specified number of seconds
sortSort a file 
tailDisplay the last few lines of a file
tee Accept stdin and send it to both stdout and a file
touch   Update an existing file’s date/time stamp or create empty file  
tr  Translate characters
trapExecutes a command on receipt of a signal from UNIX  
umount  Disconnect filesystems from a directory tree mount point
unique  Remove adjacent duplicate lines

Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-16 Thread Matt Graham 
After a long battle with technology, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
> Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line
> for that", where "that" means almost "anything".  Example: someone just
> mentioned that they use the command line for email.  I was wondering if
> people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs
> they use and what they are used for.  Example: Irssi: instant messenger
> for irc channels.

vim : file-based text editing
sed and tr: stream-based text editing
pine : POP/IMAP mail
slrn : Usenet
yum/aptitude/emerge : package management
bc : math
links/lynx : web browsing
find : finding files based on @CRITERIA
xargs : dealing with command lines that don't fit in 32768 chars
cdrecord/growisofs : recording CDs and DVDs
perl/php/ruby : complicated programming tasks that can't be done in bash
gcc/g++ : even more complex programming tasks that can't be done in Perl/PHP
make : managing builds of things that require compilation
cvs/svn : source code control
imagemagick : doing things with graphics (has C/C++/Perl/$FOO bindings)

...the main things that I'd want that don't exist right now on the command 
line are a full-featured web browser (JavaScript, Flash, JPEGs), a PDF 
viewer, and a personal finance program.  (Serious image editing requires a 
pixmapped Display and will always require a pixmapped Display, for reasons 
which should be obvious.)  Flash and the full functionality of PDF are 
impossible to implement fully on the command line.

I do a ton of things on the command line, and always have a konsole or xterm 
open.  I also do a ton of things in various X11 apps, so I'm not the world's 
best reference for command-line stuff.  Caveat user.

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Re: List of Command Line Tools

2009-05-16 Thread Craig White 
On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 19:51 -0700, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Every once in a while someone mentions that: "they use the command line
> for that", where "that" means almost "anything".  Example: someone just
> mentioned that they use the command line for email.  I was wondering if
> people that use the command line a lot could list a few of the programs
> they use and what they are used for.  Example: Irssi: instant messenger
> for irc channels.  Thanks.

I recognize that you are a top-post guy but that doesn't mean that it's
reasonable to ignore all mail list protocols...

You clicked Reply (to the Yet another PGP thread) instead of just
starting a new thread which means that this topic will be threaded
within that one.

There will be some who don't care but those of us who do use threads in
their mail client find this objectionable as it tends to disintegrate
the whole purpose of using threaded mail clients.

Thanks

Craig


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