Linux Terminal Commands

[Bodaciously_Moronic]

I'm suffering from excessive boredom and wanted to do something engaging while learning something in the process, does anybody here have any fun/interesting commands to run in LxTerminal? Just wanna experiment and tinker with the Terminal while I'm bored. Thanks!

 

[dos2unix]

cowsay is always fun, if you have it installed.

glxgears is cool if you have the right video card installed ( usually nVidia )

ls -R /* will give you several minutes of entertainment.

top or glances is more exciting than watching Jimmy Kimmel re-runs.

 

[osprey]

If it's just linux terminal commands you are interested in there are numerous websites online from beginners to advanced. If you want something a little more advanced but assumes no previous scripting knowledge but which gets into the command line world deeply you could try: https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf.

If it's fun in the terminal, perhaps have a look at the package: bsdgames:

Package: bsdgames
Version: 2.17-29+b1
Priority: optional
Section: games

Description: collection of classic textual unix games
This is a collection of some of the text-based games and amusements that
have been enjoyed for decades on unix systems.
.
It includes these programs: adventure, arithmetic, atc, backgammon,
battlestar, bcd, boggle, caesar, canfield, countmail, cribbage, dab,
go-fish, gomoku, hack, hangman, hunt, mille, monop, morse, number,
pig, phantasia, pom, ppt, primes, quiz, random, rain, robots, rot13,
sail, snake, tetris, trek, wargames, worm, worms, wump, wtf

In other words, the terminal has plenty to offer to dispel that mention of "excessive boredom".

 

[KGIII]

Poke around my site - it's full of things to do in the terminal.

Linux Tips

Linux Tips helps you get your Linux skills up to speed, by making Linux approachable.

linux-tips.us

The overwhelming majority of the articles are activities in the terminal.

 

[Deleted member 137406]

Copy and paste this into the terminal it should display FPS.

glxgears

 

[craigevil]

nbsdgames, pacman4console, ninvaders, btop, mc, vi/vim tutorial