Some cool commands on Linux that you may have not heard before⌗

Apt⌗

When I was using Termux, I typed apt to check how to use it. This is its output:

apt 2.8.1 (aarch64)
Usage: apt [options] command

apt is a commandline package manager and provides commands for
searching and managing as well as querying information about packages.
It provides the same functionality as the specialized APT tools,
like apt-get and apt-cache, but enables options more suitable for
interactive use by default.

Most used commands:
  list - list packages based on package names
  search - search in package descriptions
  show - show package details
  install - install packages
  reinstall - reinstall packages
  remove - remove packages
  autoremove - automatically remove all unused packages
  update - update list of available packages
  upgrade - upgrade the system by installing/upgrading packages
  full-upgrade - upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
  edit-sources - edit the source information file
  satisfy - satisfy dependency strings

See apt(8) for more information about the available commands.
Configuration options and syntax is detailed in apt.conf(5).
Information about how to configure sources can be found in sources.list(5).
Package and version choices can be expressed via apt_preferences(5).
Security details are available in apt-secure(8).
                                        This APT has Super Cow Powers.

Look at the last line:

This APT has Super Cow Powers.

It says it has Super Cow Powers! So I duckduckgo’d it. I found the cool command apt moo! Now let’s try it:

~ $ apt moo
                 (__)
                 (oo)
           /------\/
          / |    ||
         *  /\---/\
            ~~   ~~
..."Have you mooed today?"...

Isn’t it cool?

Typo⌗

Have you ever typed sl accidentally when you wanted ls to list directory contents? If you ever have, you must try this!

Installation
apt:

sudo apt install sl

dnf:

sudo dnf install sl

yum:

sudo yum install epel-release -y # You may need to run this first
sudo yum install sl -y

pacman:

sudo pacman -S sl

pkg:

pkg install sl

Then the next time you accidentally type sl, you’ll have to smile!

                          (  ) (@@) ( )  (@)  ()    @@    O     @     O     @
                     (@@@)
                 (    )
              (@@@@)

            (   )
        ====        ________                ___________
    _D _|  |_______/        \__I_I_____===__|_________|
     |(_)---  |   H\________/ |   |        =|___ ___|      _________________
     /     |  |   H  |  |     |   |         ||_| |_||     _|                \___
    |      |  |   H  |__--------------------| [___] |   =|
    | ________|___H__/__|_____/[][]~\_______|       |   -|
    |/ |   |-----------I_____I [][] []  D   |=======|____|______________________
  __/ =| o |=-~~\  /~~\  /~~\  /~~\ ____Y___________|__|________________________
   |/-=|___|=O=====O=====O=====O   |_____/~\___/          |_D__D__D_|  |_D__D__D
    \_/      \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/      \_/               \_/   \_/    \_/   \

Command combo⌗

apt:

sudo apt install fortune cowsay

dnf:

sudo dnf install fortune-mod cowsay

yum:

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install fortune-mod cowsay

pacman:

sudo pacman -S fortune cowsay

pkg:

pkg install fortune cowsay

Then type

fortune | cowsay

You will get something like this

 _______________________________________
/ The mirror sees the man as beautiful, \
| the mirror loves the man; another     |
| mirror sees the man as frightful and  |
| hates him; and it is always the same  |
| being who produces the impressions.   |
|                                       |
\ -- Marquis D.A.F. de Sade             /
 ---------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

You can try others like Tux:

~/blog $ fortune | cowsay -f tux

 ________________________________________
/ Rincewind formed a mental picture of   \
| some strange entity living in a castle |
| made of teeth. It was the kind of      |
| mental picture you tried to forget.    |
| Unsuccessfully.                        |
|                                        |
| -- Terry Pratchett, "The Light         |
\ Fantastic"                             /
 ----------------------------------------
   \
    \
        .--.
       |o_o |
       |:_/ |
      //   \ \
     (|     | )
    /'\_   _/`\
    \___)=(___/

You can get a full list of the available characters by this command:

cowsay -l

These are what I found. Try them in your terminal now! If you have other cool things you want to tell me, you can send an e-mail to leo3391@proton.me

Cool Things on Linux

Some cool commands on Linux that you may have not heard before⌗

Apt⌗

Typo⌗

Command combo⌗