Basic Linux Terminal Tips and Tricks: Learn to Work Quickly on the Command Line

Index

A

Alpine Linux

Arch Linux

arp-scan method

Artist mode

adding labels

built-in package manager MELPA

canvas creation

chart made

nongraphical READMEs or manuals

pop machine text art

replacing + with v

text-based art or diagrams

two rectangles creation

Vim bindings

ASCII garble glitch

atop

B

bash keyboard shortcuts

.bash_logout script

bash prompt text

.bashrc file

alias

ANSI color codes

color codes

configs

custom functions

global version

import file

live clock

$PATH

PS1 prompt

PS2/PS3/PS4

run programs

themes

.bashrc_profile configuration script

C

cal command

Chain commands with && and ||

cowsay program

exit codes

Conditional expressions

arithmetic operators

-d flag

double equal sign ==

-e flag

-eq flag

-f flag

-ge flag

-gt flag

-le flag

-lt flag

-ne flag

non-empty strings

options

sorting

string comparison ...