Hello I wanted to get an expert and informed consensus on what command line interface tools are well suited to each of the following purposes which may well mean what you use. My current choices have been entered but please feel free to add your own with a comma in between. Also, if you feel any categories are missing please add them!
# Email: mutt, # News: slrn, # Browser: lynx, # File manager: mc, # Games: # Chat client: micq, # IRC: bitchx, # Sound mixer: alsamixer, # Editor: vim, # Diff: colordiff, # Read file: less, # Transfer file: scp, # Compression: tar, # PDF creation: # txt2html: # Term: eterm # Partitioning: cfdisk # System info: lhinv, procinfo, lsof, # CD writing: cdrtools, # Gentoo: ufed, mirrorselect, portage, gentoo-stats, gentoolkit # Others: screen Please note that this is not to compare CLI with GUI but merely to gain a better perspective on CLI usage. Many thanks -- The big question is why in the course of evolution the males permitted themselves to be so totally eclipsed by the females. Why do they tolerate this total subservience, this wretched existence as outcasts who are hungry all the time? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
