HakTip - Linux Terminal 101: Viewer Tips Part 2!

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This week we are checking out your viewer feedback tips- editing bash history, Learn Linux the Hard Way, and shortcuts!
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[oldwhizz]

Ctrl+s and Ctrl+q are usually flow control keys (s stops output coming to the screen, q resumes). Ctrl+q is probably a terminal shortcut in his case, but it might be CSH/zsh related as I haven't used those - only sh/ksh/bash.

[draoi]

Some suggestions. Install ttytter, it's a console Twitter client. Use command "calendar" to see what happened in history today. Install lolcat from Github and get a krazy kaleidoscope of kolours. I use it with fortune and cowsay, with this line in my .bashrc "fortune wisdom | cowsay -W 80 -t | lolcat -F 0.2" without the "".

[lekremyelsew]

In reply to the first tip, I think aliases would be a better solution to the behaviour you are after. Editing .bash_history takes time, and sort of defeats the purpose of having a history file. I like to alias frequently used commands to one or two-letter commands, like 'u' to update or 'h' for htop.
I'd recommend:
alias l='lynx -accept_all_cookies lynx_bookmarks.html'
alias ircf='irssi -c chat.freenode.net -p 6667 -n babysprite'
alias ircs='irssi -c irc.sdf...
alias irct... you get the idea

[roosburch]

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[RomaineRC]

Anyone know where i can get this song? It's an obvious Dale Chase production but i cant find it anywhere :(

[DaeOh]

I run LTS too so it's okay. It's okay Shannon

[KrK-EST]

Control + Q is not working on Fedora 18 too (not any part of it)

[lekremyelsew]

I was not aware that irssi could do such things (I'm not really familiar with the software), I just thought of an easy solution that could be implemented in bash.

[lekremyelsew]

Just fyi, zsh is pronounced 'z-shell'. The Ctrl-q command doesn't work in bash because it is zsh specific. For those zsh people out there, Ctrl-q runs the 'push-input' command in the zle (zsh line editor). You can remap it to whatever you like with the bindkey commad ('man zshzle' for more info). You can get similar functionallity in bash with Esc-# (thats Esc, then #), then all you have to go back up to the line and uncomment it.

[ShannonMorse]

These are the shownotes that you are looking for... hak5 DOT org SLASH episodes SLASH haktip-80

[Borian]

I just recently installed "Oh my zsh", never going back now ..

[Firefly]

What are the "shownotes" she speaks of?

[lekremyelsew]

I have never tried out "Oh my zsh", but for those of you who are interested in, but scared of zsh (I was), give zsh-grml a try (grml dot org). It's a wonderful default configuration with crazy-awesome tab completion features. I have been using it for a few months, and I haven't really changed anything but a few options and some added aliases. It truly is a great setup. For beginners, I think that this is the best place to start because configuring zsh from the ground up is a daunting task.

[lordgarth]

Why "tack" but not "splat"?

[MarkHenry]

@MrSupful -- Yes I switched to Debiam for now. It was rougghhh dealing with every 30 minutes

[MrSupful]

Don't update your Ubuntu, 12.10 has been one heap of bugs for me.