Open Source Insights: Notes from a lecture I gave "From windows to terminal"

Here are notes from my lecture "From windows to terminal" about using the linux command line.

presentation : From windoes to terminal by dov amir on Prezi

Run windows programs in Linux\Mac

WineBottler | Run Windows-based Programs on a Mac

notepad++

beyond compare

total commander

Fiddler for mac - Mono - Fiddler

Charles proxy

TERMINAL

brew

to install/update a program that you dont have localy type:

brew install {program name}

cmatrix

cmatrix -sb

basic commands

ll, cat , grep , | - pipe

find . -name "*Fiddler*"

sudo

locate (find files)

to update the locate db run

sudo -S /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb &

the Z script (jump to any directory)

hg (shortcut to find any previously run command)

put in your .profile file

alias hg='history|grep'

ADVANCED

~ // alias ~='cd /Users/dovamir'

say -f poem.txt &

kill {jobid}

killall say

iterm2

http://www.iterm2.com/#/section/home

show jobs ids

go back in time

split screen

tabs

cmd click a file to open it in a custom editor

background image!

NETWORK

node node.js // run a node server with the following file

➜ tmp cat node.js

var http = require("http");

http.createServer(function(request, response) {

response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});

response.write("Hello World!");

response.end();

}).listen(8888);

htop - htop - an interactive process-viewer for Linux

python file server

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

// makes current directory files available in localhost:8000

sshpass - login to ssh without typing password

sshpass -p "yourpassword" ssh root@il-604release.eng.jiveland.com

ncat

ncat -l 4444 < in.log // expose the file in.log in port 4444

ncat soa-test-svc1-1.phx1.jivehosted.com 4444 > out.log // put the file in.log from the remote server in out.log

GIT

git prompt