Tag: COMMAND-LINE

Regardless of what operating system you happen to be running, it's always a good idea to be conversant with the command line. For new (or should that be Gnu?) Linux and Unix users, Command-line Fu is a site that deserves a spot in your bookmarks. It's designed to be a social resource for terminal commands. Submit a command, describe it, and the community votes it up or down. Sign up for an ...

Search engines don't get much easier to use than Google. You type what you're looking for into a text box, and the web site will spit results back at you. But if you're looking for a slightly geekier experience, you owe it to yourself to check out goosh. Goosh has the look and feel of a Unix or Linux shell, but the site is powered by Google. If you want to conduct a web search, just enter a ...

File this one squarely in the "because we can," category, but the Digital Streets blog has a tip for command line junkies who want to update Twitter without opening a web browser or a 3rd party application. All you need to do is install cURL, a command line utility for Linux, Windows or OS X and then send a message to Twitter with your status updates. In Ubuntu, here's how to install cURL: ...