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Daily Trick 42. Quick Terminal Command
If you're fans of single-liner for UNIX command, you can always use this quick Terminal command line execution trick to save the steps for executing Terminal command.
Here are the steps:
- Ctrl-Click on Terminal icon sitting on your Dock
- From the pop-up menu, choose New Command…
- Type the command line you want to execute on the appearing window pane
- And click on Run button for command line execution
With this trick, I am sure you can start to tweak around with simple command line, e.g. command line for New List View.
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Fun with Terminal
Indeed, there are many easter eggs inside your Terminal, but I believe these Terminal command lines will make you smile as it's really fun to play around with. And for some, I am sure you've never seen them before.
Birth Token
cat /usr/share/misc/birthtoken | grep [month]
This Terminal command line will show you what is the birth flower and birth stone for the given birth month, instantly.
$cat /usr/share/misc/birthtoken | grep Jan January:Garnet:Carnation
Meaning of Flowers
cat /usr/share/misc/flowers | grep -i [flower-name]
Do you know that Camelia means reflected loveliness? Terminal knows it.
$cat /usr/share/misc/flowers | grep -i Clover Clover:Be mine.