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Treavize 03-19-2004 03:33 AM

Here are a few cli apps I have installed w/ Fink.

links-ssl - is a text based internet browser. works well w/ Mac OSX Hints and Low End Mac websites.

fortune-mod - Database of witticisms. I use this to feed fortunes to Terminal. See below ( notice I still use tcsh )....

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dict - this is a dictionary that fetches definitions from the internet.

wtf - same as above but for acronyms.

joe - is a text editor like pico but with a fun name.

the above programs will get you started with fink installed cli fun.

gldfshkpr 03-19-2004 04:08 PM

well, i need a bit more instruction on the basics at this point. I found some decent info at the linux.org site. It doesn't seem to want to hyperlink here. I found it doing a google for "bash shell tutorial". Thanks for everyone suggestions!

gldfshkpr 03-21-2004 03:49 PM

Here is an excellent source of tutorials I found...

Tutorials


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