What are some useful commands that you discovered or learnt on the terminal?

CamoYoshi

On a tmux session, open multiple panes, then do this:

Ctrl+B, Shift+;

Then type:

setw sync on

All panes will now type the same thing - Makes it easy to set up many systems at once in a ad-hoc fashion. Press the command sequence again and type setw sync off to turn it off again.

ralf

figlet

xleet

Whether or not you watch anime, paste this command in your terminal window.

telnet 2001:7b8:666:ffff::1:42

This command is fun and safe. Nothing offensive or harmful. No special account privileges needed. Trust me and try it.

Note:
It works with IPv6. The original IPv4 version still works but blocks many (most?) locations. It started years ago without explanation.

typicalGta

I'm surprised how no one has mentioned nload yet.

nload - shows per interface network usage live on a graph on your terminal. very handy at times. (eg. uploading something via curl)

apt install nload

nload

jperkins

zfs send -w tank/dana@snap1 | ssh host2 zfs recv newtank/dana
iftop
iostat -m 10
ss -tupan
scp file user@remote:

CamoYoshi

@xleet said:
Whether or not you watch anime, paste this command in your terminal window.

telnet 2001:7b8:666:ffff::1:42

This command is fun and safe. Nothing offensive or harmful. No special account privileges needed. Trust me and try it.

Note:
It works with IPv6. The original IPv4 version still works but blocks many (most?) locations. It started years ago without explanation.

Oh, this is a classic. Good old towel.blinkenlights.nl