Comments on: 10 More Great Tools for the Terminal http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/ Ubuntu/Debian/Mint news and tutorials | Linux stuff Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tom http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/#comment-6611 Tom Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:57:41 +0000 http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1299#comment-6611 telnet is bad for login use
Great for testing if SSH is running:
telnet host 22

]]> By: db http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/#comment-5935 db Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:50:03 +0000 http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1299#comment-5935 I heartily recommend that people NOT use telnet, as it is unencrypted and insecure.

Instead use ssh, which also has the ability to allow encrypted X connections.

]]> By: sanchizu http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/#comment-5866 sanchizu Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:24:49 +0000 http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1299#comment-5866 mc ;-)

]]> By: Rabi http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/#comment-5855 Rabi Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:43:39 +0000 http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1299#comment-5855 Hey, a nice list of commands . you can also go through http://www.fortystones.com/wonders-of-linux-shell-commands/ this article ..

]]> By: Red Five http://www.tuxarena.com/2011/06/10-more-great-tools-for-the-terminal/#comment-5784 Red Five Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:58 +0000 http://www.tuxarena.com/?p=1299#comment-5784 tail -f /path/to/file will display the last 10 lines of the file, but then it’ll stay running to display new lines that are added to the file. Perfect for viewing active log files.

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