CLI tricks

[Xyzzy]

There are lots of cool command-line tricks.

Maybe post one in this thread.

Here is an interesting use for curl:

$ curl wttr.in/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Weather report: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

    \  /       Partly cloudy
  _ /"".-.     30..+41 °F
    \_(   ).   → 27 mph
    /(___(__)  6 mi
               0.0 in
                                                       ┌─────────────┐
┌──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┤  Tue 11 Feb ├───────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│            Morning           │             Noon      └──────┬──────┘     Evening           │             Night            │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│  _`/"".-.     Moderate or he…│  _`/"".-.     Light sleet sh…│  _`/"".-.     Light sleet sh…│      .-.      Patchy sleet p…│
│   ,\_(   ).   26..+39 °F     │   ,\_(   ).   28..+41 °F     │   ,\_(   ).   26..+39 °F     │     (   ).    26..+39 °F     │
│    /(___(__)  → 27-41 mph    │    /(___(__)  → 31-44 mph    │    /(___(__)  → 26-42 mph    │    (___(__)   → 24-38 mph    │
│     * * * *   4 mi           │      ‘ * ‘ *  6 mi           │      ‘ * ‘ *  6 mi           │     ‘ * ‘ *   5 mi           │
│    * * * *    0.0 in | 99%   │     * ‘ * ‘   0.1 in | 72%   │     * ‘ * ‘   0.0 in | 88%   │    * ‘ * ‘    0.0 in | 69%   │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
                                                       ┌─────────────┐
┌──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┤  Wed 12 Feb ├───────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│            Morning           │             Noon      └──────┬──────┘     Evening           │             Night            │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│  _`/"".-.     Moderate or he…│      .-.      Patchy sleet p…│    \  /       Partly cloudy  │    \  /       Partly cloudy  │
│   ,\_(   ).   28..+37 °F     │     (   ).    32..41 °F      │  _ /"".-.     30..+37 °F     │  _ /"".-.     28..+35 °F     │
│    /(___(__)  → 16-26 mph    │    (___(__)   → 18-24 mph    │    \_(   ).   ↑ 8-16 mph     │    \_(   ).   ↖ 9-16 mph     │
│     * * * *   4 mi           │     ‘ * ‘ *   5 mi           │    /(___(__)  6 mi           │    /(___(__)  6 mi           │
│    * * * *    0.0 in | 63%   │    * ‘ * ‘    0.0 in | 88%   │               0.0 in | 0%    │               0.0 in | 0%    │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
                                                       ┌─────────────┐
┌──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┤  Thu 13 Feb ├───────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│            Morning           │             Noon      └──────┬──────┘     Evening           │             Night            │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│  _`/"".-.     Light rain sho…│  _`/"".-.     Light rain sho…│  _`/"".-.     Light rain sho…│  _`/"".-.     Patchy rain po…│
│   ,\_(   ).   35..41 °F      │   ,\_(   ).   41..44 °F      │   ,\_(   ).   35..41 °F      │   ,\_(   ).   33..37 °F      │
│    /(___(__)  ↑ 6-10 mph     │    /(___(__)  ↓ 6-9 mph      │    /(___(__)  ↓ 8-13 mph     │    /(___(__)  ↓ 4-9 mph      │
│      ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘  6 mi           │      ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘  6 mi           │      ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘  6 mi           │      ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘  6 mi           │
│     ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘   0.0 in | 76%   │     ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘   0.1 in | 89%   │     ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘   0.0 in | 83%   │     ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘   0.0 in | 87%   │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
Location: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, LL61, UK [53.2213252,-4.208335]

Check out the attached image for the color version.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

There are lots of cool command-line tricks.

Maybe post one in this thread.

Here is an interesting use for curl

That is really cute!



It relies on an external source of information --- nothing wrong with that --- but entirely self-hosted examples have a certain cachet. I will try to dig up a few.

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl still works, some thirty years after I first discovered it.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by xilman

That is really cute!



It relies on an external source of information --- nothing wrong with that --- but entirely self-hosted examples have a certain cachet. I will try to dig up a few.

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl still works, some thirty years after I first discovered it.

OK, I did a little research. Finding the source of the material below is left as an exercise for the reader.

If you have a Ubuntu or Debian system, try apt-get moo. No guarantee it works but it does on the machine on which I am typing.

If at first you don't succeed, try successively aptitude -v moo, aptitude -vv moo , aptitude -vvv moo , aptitude -vvvv moo aptitude -vvvvv moo through to aptitude -vvvvvv moo

This one I saw some years ago but had long forgot the details.

I occasionally type sl when I meant ls. Try running "sudo apt-get install sl" (use yum on RedHat-derived distros) to ensure that sl works properly.

This last is completely new to me.

[retina]

There are a bunch of sites that have lists of these.

Here is one.
https://www.tecmint.com/20-funny-com...n-in-terminal/

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by retina

https://www.tecmint.com/20-funny-com...n-in-terminal/

Is that site compatible with Lynx?

[retina]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Is that site compatible with Lynx?

Dunno. Just use wget and curl instead.