Are You Scared Of The Terminal ?

[bob466]

It seems many beginners are and there's no need to be, it's just a tool that comes in very handy sometimes.

So I thought let's have some fun to give beginners some confidence.

Want to see a train...install this command...

sudo apt install sl

Once installed type this in the Terminal and hit Enter...

sl

Want to know your fortune...

sudo apt install fortune

Once installed type this in the Terminal and hit Enter...

fortune

What does a Cow say...

sudo apt install cowsay

Once installed type this in the Terminal and hit Enter...

cowsay "your text"

Eyes watching you...

sudo apt install x11-apps

Once installed type this in the Terminal and hit Enter...

xeyes

Move the mouse around and the eyes follow.

Have fun or don't the choice is always yours.

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[blunix]

I really wanted to post star wars on the command line, but it seems down, which is very sad ((((

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

used to work like this

Here are some pics of how it used to look like: https://itsfoss.com/star-wars-linux/

 

[blunix]

sudo apt install cmatrix
cmatrix

instant neo. if you like this, please like this post with the neo like emoticon thingy xD

 

[KGIII]

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl is still working at my house.

 

[Terminal Velocity]

I'm starting to afraid the terminal and any electronic device when I get errors, when I can't do what I intended with the first try. In the terminal the most common reason for me is spelling errors from my part, when I get that right the terminal usually does not disappoints. So I afraid it just a little

 

[f33dm3bits]

The terminal scared the Tux out of me, I try to avoid it at all costs.

 

[JasKinasis]

I virtually live in the terminal. So I'm not afraid of the terminal, the terminal is afraid of me. Ha ha!
Give me a terminal, tmux, vim, and a bunch of compilers/interpreters/debuggers and I can keep myself busy forever.

 

[blunix]

I'm starting to afraid the terminal and any electronic device when I get errors, when I can't do what I intended with the first try. In the terminal the most common reason for me is spelling errors from my part, when I get that right the terminal usually does not disappoints. So I afraid it just a little

use the tab key more (auto complete). then you only have to spell the first few letters right.

also start using CRTL + r (reverse search history). this will let you cycle through your past commands.

and for scrolling through the history dont use arrow up and down, use CRTL + p (previous) and CRTL + n (next). much faster.

 

[blunix]

vim

emacs!!!11!1!!!!ELEVEN11!!!!

 

[Vimmer]

No need to be afraid without "rm". I guess sudo is even more evil.

 

[dos2unix]

The terminal scared the Tux out of me, I try to avoid it at all costs.

Yeah, be careful, using the terminal can be.... uhhh... terminal.

 

[bob466]

I use the Terminal more now than I ever did in windoze.

If I want to know how many cores my CPU has...I do this...

It's as simple as that.

 

[MikeWalsh]

sudo apt install cmatrix
cmatrix

instant neo. if you like this, please like this post with the neo like emoticon thingy xD

Here's the portable version I built for Puppy. Even has a Menu entry.....

As blunix says.....instant Neo!!

Just a bit of fun, really. When it comes to desktop silliness, though, I like Oneko:-

The mouse cursor gets replaced by......a mouse! And that mouse is endlessly chased around the screen by a wee cat, called 'Oneko' (it's a Japanese pussy, apparently).

Try as he might, our intrepid rodent cannot find sanctuary. There's just NO escaping that darned feline.....


Mike.

 

[ML_113]

No need to be afraid without "rm". I guess sudo is even more evil.

When deleting one or two files, I don't bother with terminal but when doing several ones I do a
find ... first
then tacking on the rm later

find ... -exec rm -rf {} \;

I am a chicken when coming to Linux.

 

[MikeRocor]

The terminal is scared of me! Mwahahaha!

(Or at least we have an uneasy truce)