Command-line tools

Some of these tools have GUI alternatives that are not always mentioned. In my opinion, it is a good idea to learn about using command-line tools even if you decide afterwards that you prefer the GUI options. Linux is one of the many popular operating systems that support CLI. You can find good documentation about Linux tools at http://tldp.org/ (retrieved January 2016). Most information on the website is generic and useful on other operating systems as well, such as OS X.

Navigation is often cumbersome in the CLI world. I find bashmarks a good tool to help you with that. You can find bashmarks at https://github.com/huyng/bashmarks (retrieved January 2016). The steps to install bashmarks are as follows:

  1. Type the following in a terminal:
    $ git clone git://github.com/huyng/bashmarks.git
    
  2. Now, type this in the terminal:
    $ cd bashmarks
    
  3. Next, type the following:
    $ make install
    
  4. Source either in a configuration file or just the current session:
    $ source ~/.local/bin/bashmarks.sh
    

The following table lists the bashmarks commands:

Command

Description

s <bookmark_name>

This saves the current directory as bookmark_name

g <bookmark_name>

This goes to the directory associated with bookmark_name

p <bookmark_name>

This prints the directory associated with bookmark_name

d <bookmark_name>

This deletes the bookmark

l

This lists all available bookmarks

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