We all have our CLI amor. That two- or three-letter command that fiddles our heartstrings. 'mv' is pedestrian, but 'mmv' is *so* cool. 'cp' can lug bits around all day to no applause, but 'cpio' will excite even the most jaded of command line linguists. "How perfect!" you exclaim. So what's your poison? What turns you on? What little known command performs just the right function?
In this regard, I want to know these things: 1) What's the best way to alias ls? I currently have "alias ll="ls -l"" in my .bash_aliases, but it displays more information than I'd like. Actually, just the "number of links to the file" could go. I never use that info. What "ls" symlinks or aliases do you use? 2) What are those commands that do nifty things with processes? I discovered a process manipulation command a while back, but I forgot what it was and I'm bummed. I could kill commands based on what spawned them or what conceptual category they belong to and many other things. What was that? 3) I like 'rename', but I like 'rename.pl' more, because learning Perl is an ongoing project for me. rename.pl: http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~burkardt/pl_src/rename/rename.html 4) What the heck is 'lesspipe' for? 5) Does 'tee' have a use? -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
