Terminal Word game :) A great intro to the terminal

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Let us play a game!

  • In this game should have contain a terminal command which exist in the terminal.
  • the next command should start with the last letter of command in previous post.
  • Together with the command you should give information the meaning of the comman.
  • Feel free to post but keep topic incheck :slight_smile:

First command :

Pacman - Package manager to install packages

( next is N :slight_smile:

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netstat – shows network connections and other similar goodies.

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top - display Linux processes

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pikaur - AUR & pacman helper

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rsync - file syncronization across systems

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cmake - CMake Command-Line Reference (project, build, etc. management)

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env - lists environment variables

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vdir - Same as ls -l -b . Verbosely list directory contents.

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rm - removes specified files

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make - a build automation tool

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ex - text editor

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xkill - kill a client by its X resource

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ls - list directory contents

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stat - displays status of file

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tail - show last 10 lines of a file

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sudo dmesg … allow check for possible error messages during boot process
Sorry… didn’t match the last letter of the previous post…

loadkeys to loar new keyboard layout from terminal e.g. “loadkeys de_CH-latin1” for Swiss German keyboard layout

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slabtop - display kernel slab cache information in real time

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pacman - the ultimate package manager in EndeavourOS

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nano - a text editor that I consider to be more user friendly than vim

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