Top 5 Linux Tricks

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From http://www.opensource-news.net/?p=4 :

5. X11 Forwarding:

Did you know that you can run graphical X11 programs remotely, without
using a program like remote desktop? This is really useful if you are
a university student, and you need to run MatLAB, or any other X11
program, but you don’t have time to run to the Uni.

Here’s the quick coles notes way to run graphical programs from other
computers:

ssh into the remote computer with the -X option, then, simply run your
graphical app from the command line, and it will popup, provided that
the server has X11 fowarding enabled.

4. The power of the TAB button:

Did you know that while you are typing at the terminal you can press
the tab button, and it will auto-complete what you are typing? It’s
pretty fantastic. It’s not wonder why many Linux Gurus prefer to use
the terminal over a graphical user interface. For example, if you want
to copy the file, myFile from /users/dug/desktop/ to /usr/local/bin
all you have to do is start typing:

cp /u now hit tab, and it should complete /users. Hit the d key next
and then hit tab again, this will complete: /users/dug now hit the d
key again, and then tab, this will complete /users/dug/desktop If
there are more options that start with the letter you are currently
typing, it will display them if you hit the tab button twice.

3. The Mystery of the Arrow Up button:

Did you know that at any time while you are in the terminal, you can
hit the up button, and use a command that you have previously used?
The shell keeps track of everything you type (so be careful). This can
be extremely useful. Often times, we end up using the very same
commands, on the very same files. Why type it out twice? Use this
trick, and make your terminal life more effective.

2. Colour your text in the terminal:

Stop using just a black and white terminal! Use colours for your
directories, and executable files. This will make it much easier to
distinguish your files, without using a slow GUI file manager. Get
creative, and style out your own colours for your file system.

1. wget:

This utility has saved me, perhaps a hundred times in my career with
Linux. Often times, we get stuck in a terminal shell, without a
terminal web browser like lynx. How can we download a specific file
that will save or patch our system without a web browser?

Well wget lets you do just that. simply type wget into the terminal,
and then the website address. This will retrieve any file on the world
wide web, and place it on your system.