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Linux shell equivalent on IIS

As a LAMP developer considering moving to a .Net IIS platform, one of my concerns is the loss of productivity due to lack of shell... Has anyone else had this experience? Is there possibly a Linux shell equivalent for Windows? ...

better command for Windows?

While I grew up using Windows, I transitioned to my much-loved Mac years ago. I don't want to start a flame war here on operating systems. I do, however, want a terminal a little closer to what I'm used to. I'm not asking for full POSIX support - I don't have the patience to install CygWing - but I miss tabbed terminals, being able to...

Python Sound ("Bell")

I'd like to have a python program alert me when it has completed its task by making a beep noise. Currently, I use import os and then use a command line speech program to say "Process complete." I much rather it be a simple "bell." I know that there's a function that can be used in Cocoa apps, NSBeep, but I don't think that has much ...

CMD.exe replacement

Does anyone know of a good Command Prompt replacement? I've tried bash/Cygwin, but that does not really meet my needs at work because it's too heavy. I'd like a function-for-function identical wrapper on cmd.exe, but with highlighting, intellisense, and (critically) a tabbed interface. Powershell is okay, but the interface is still la...

Where can I find a graphical command shell?

Terminals and shells are very powerful but can be complicated to learn, especially to get the best out of them. Does anyone know of a more GUI based command shell that helps a user or displays answers in a more friendly way? I'm aware of IPython, but even the syntax of that is somewhat convoluted, although it's a step in the right direct...

Is there a better Windows "Terminal" application?

I loath working on the command line in Windows, primarily because the terminal application is wretched to use compared to terminal applications on linux and OS X. Major complaints No standard copy/paste. You have to turn on "mark" mode and it's only available from a multi-level popup triggered by the (small) left hand corner button. ...

Debugger for unix pipe commands

As I build *nix piped commands I find that I want to see the output of one stage to verify correctness before building the next stage but I don't want to re-run each stage. Does anyone know of a program that will help with that? It would keep the output of the last stage automatically to use for any new stages. I usually do this by sendi...

Is there a terminal program that differentiates between input, output, and commands?

Is there a terminal program that shows the difference between input, standard output, error output, the prompt, and user-entered commands? It should also show when standard input is needed vs. running a command. One way would be to highlight each differently. The cursor could change color depending on if it was waiting for a command, ...

How to run a script as root on Mac OS X?

What should I type on the Mac OS X terminal to run a script as root? ...

Better terminal in Mac OS X -- reversing the control and command key-mappings

I'm trying to have the same KDE Konsole experience within Mac OS X. Here's my (overly complicated?) setup: I have Control and Command swapped at the System Preferences level. (Can't live without this) Parallels lets you, at the Parallels application level, also reverse Control and Command. So I can undo the System Preferences settin...

Redraw screen in terminal

How do some programs edit whats being displayed on the terminal (to pick a random example, the program 'sl')? I'm thinking of the Linux terminal here, it may happen in other OS's too, I don't know. I've always thought once some text was displayed, it stayed there. How do you change it without redrawing the entire screen? ...

Mac OS X Terminal: Move cursor word by word

Is there any way in the OS X Terminal to move the cursor word by word? I knwo the combination CTRL+A to jump to the beginning of the current command, and CTRL+E to jump to the end. But is there any way to jump word by word, like ALT+Left/Right in Cocoa applications does? Thanks in advance, Arne ...

What are the Mac OS X terminal choices?

I am reasonably happy with Terminal.app and very unhappy with iTerm (the damn thing keeps crashing), but am I missing out on a better, more feature rich OS X terminal? ...

What's a good alternative to the included Terminal program on OS X?

My keyboard acts flaky when I use a terminal session on OS X (another question?), so using the command line is often frustrating. Other native applications seem fine and don't suffer the same problem. Is there another terminal application that might work better for me? ...

Simultaneously monitoring multiple log files (over ssh) on Windows ?

hi there, I've used poderosa(a .NET terminal app) to monitor logs on multiple linux/solaris servers. This application is NOT getting currently maintained and I've had several problems with it. I'm wondering what other users do to simultaneously monitor several logs in real-time(as in tail -f logfile). I would like to be able to tab/cas...

best ways to use cygwin

when i have to use MSwindows i always open a cygwin window so would like to know whats your favourite commands when using cygwin ? some of mine are : tail -c anylog //to wathc logs file continuously locate somefile //find file alias longCommand ='tail -c anylog |grep --color "term1\|term2\|term3"' cat *.txt //print all conte...

Determine if a directory is a bundle or package in the Mac OS X terminal?

I'd like to be able to determine if a directory such as a '.app' is considered to be a package or bundle from Finder's point of view on the command line. I don't think this would be difficult to do with a small shell program, but I'd rather not re-invent the wheel if I don't have to. ...

Why do my keystrokes turn into crazy characters after I dump a bunch of binary data into my terminal?

If I do something like: $ cat /bin/ls into my terminal, I understand why I see a bunch of binary data, representing the ls executable. But afterwards, when I get my prompt back, my own keystrokes look crazy. I type "a" and I get a weird diagonal line. I type "b" and I get a degree symbol. Why does this happen? ...

How to set OS X Terminal's default home?

For some reason after I installed Boot Camp, my os x terminal started to point to the Boot Camp drive instead of my os x home directory by default! Once in the terminal I know how to switch back an forth and am able to do that, but I was wondering how to make my terminal default back to my os x home folder? I've checked my Home Director...

How do I brighten the colors in the rxvt family of terminals?

I know how to lighten the colors for certain commands, however I'd like to lighten the standard ansi colors across all commands. ...