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Friday, 9 July 2010

FUN UNIX Commands


These are ten commands that you might find interesting or amusing. They are actually quite helpful at times, and should not be considered idle entertainment.

Command

Example

Description

1. who

who

Lists who is logged on your machine

2. finger

finger

Lists who is on computers in the lab

3. ytalk

ytalk dhyatt@threat

Talk online with dhyatt who is on threat

4. history

history

Lists commands you've done recently

5. fortune

fortune

Print random humerous message

6. date

date

Print out current date

7. cal

cal 9 2000

Print calendar for September 2000

8. xeyes

xeyes &

Keep track of cursor (in "background")

9. xcalc

xcalc &

Calculator ("background" process)

10. mpage

mpage -8 file1 | lpr

Print 8 pages on a single sheet and send to printer (the font will be small!)

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