you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-GUI

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You Don't Need GUI

Details It's for noobs :)

Graphical user interfaces are super friendly to computer users. They were introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of command-line interfaces (CLIs).

However, they often require more resources, are less powerful and hard to automate via scripting.

As a computer expert, we want to be more efficient and do our jobs better. We know that command words may not be easily discoverable or mnemonic, so we try to list some common tasks that you might be tempted to do in GUI.

Quick links

copy a file
duplicate a file
copy a directory
duplicate a directory
move a file
rename a file
move a directory
rename a directory
merge directories
create a new file
create a new directory
show file/directory size
show file/directory info
open a file with the default program
open a file in any application
zip a directory
unzip a directory
peek files in a zip file
remove a file
remove a directory
remove all files of certain criteria
list directory contents
tree view a directory and its subdirectories
find a stale file
show a calendar
find a future date
use a calculator
force quit a program
check server response
view content of a file
search for a text in a file
search in all files in current working directory, quickly (entire disk in less than 15 minutes)
view an image
show disk size
check cpu usage, processes and RAM
know whether your computer is under load, and whether it's due to memory or CPU
poweroff or reboot your computer
locate USB drives
unmount USB drives
format USB drives
check USB format
run command on all files of a directory
check network connectivity to a remote address and port
check DNS config of a domain
check the ownership and registration of a domain
Quick tips
Hotkeys
I can't remember these cryptic commands

copy a file

STOP DRAG AND DROPPING A FILE, OR CMD/CTRL + C, CMD/CTRL + V A FILE 👎

Copy readme.txt to the documents directory

$ cp readme.txt documents/

Hotkey	Description
`Ctrl`+`A`	Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
`Ctrl`+`E`	Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
`Ctrl`+`L`	Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
`Ctrl`+`U`	Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
`Ctrl`+`H`	Same as backspace
`Ctrl`+`R`	Lets you search through previously used commands
`Ctrl`+`C`	Kill whatever you are running
`Ctrl`+`D`	Exit the current shell
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
`Ctrl`+`W`	Delete the word before the cursor
`Ctrl`+`K`	Clear the line after the cursor
`Ctrl`+`T`	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
`Ctrl`+`F`	Move cursor forward one character
`Ctrl`+`B`	Move cursor backward one character
`Esc`+`T`	Swap the last two words before the cursor
`Alt`+`T`	Same as `Esc` + `T`
`Alt`+`F`	Move cursor forward one word on the current line
`Alt`+`B`	Move cursor backward one word on the current line
`Esc`+`F`	Same as `Alt` + `F`
`Esc`+`B`	Same as `Alt` + `B`
`Alt`+`.`	Paste the last word of the most recently command
`Tab`	Auto-complete files and directory names
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