"Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the N900 and anything "Linux".

I read in the battery analysis forum of someone who checked their battery charge % through X Terminal. Although there maybe an app for that, I want to know how I can take advantage of X Terminal for other quick instant-gratification fun :)

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

There's things like df -h to see what % 'disk' space you have left, for example. Here's a link to a pretty comprehensive list of busybox commands. (Be careful! Some may bite!) Here's another to some basic commands.

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

Recommended: rm -rf /

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

Man..... Harsh.

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

LOL...would that even work? Even after you did sudo gainroot i dont think it can delete everything because many files would be in use

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

it does.. it doesn't remove everything but it does remove critical files. Eventually at a random point (depending when the OS tries to access something that's been removed) you'll kernel panic.. and never get back.

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It might not, in fact. Not that I'd like to risk it...

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you can make playlists quickly with xterm...

with xterm navigate to a directory containing mp3's, then type:

ls *.mp3 > my_playlist.m3u

:o)

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

I tried it once and it did.. this was quite some time ago. Maybe it's changed.. and I'm just the sort of idiot to setup a Vbox to try this too...

Re: "Cool" X Terminal commands for a noob?
 

In case you have files in a bunch of subdirs, you may want to use the "find" command to generate a playlist. Haven't tested it out but something like this might work...

find . -iname *.mp3 > my_playlist.m3u

BTW, that "rm -rf" post was horrible. You should be ashamed.