Screen is the greatest tool EVER!!! A CLI window manager! I mean, DUDE!!! On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I'll be honest I have been reading this and going "oh yha, that is a good > one" but I have never heard of screen until now > http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/screen/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Matrix > Mole > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: List of Command Line Tools > > I am surprised, with all these great command line tools that have been > mentioned no one has yet to mention screen, an almost vital component in my > toolbox for command line usage. > > Other programs I use that I don't believe I've seen mentioned: > > rtorrent - Torrents > mcabber - Jabber tool (connected to gchat) uudeview - used to decode binary > files from newgroups > > I've tried both tin and slrn for newsgroup reading, both work great for > text, but for some reason seem to fail at binary newgroup usage in my > opinion (been over a year since I used newsgroups though so couldn't say > off > the top of my head why now). I've found nget works great for pure binaries > though. > > I've been trying to find a really good imap based command line email client > that blends almost perfectly with gmail and it's inability to accurately > implement imap according to the RFCs (basically something that does similar > to thunderbird but via command line instead). I've tried mutt, but it > generated extra emails whenever I send for some reason (they appear in my > inbox as replies of my email for some reason, causing unnecessary clutter). > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com