Add colors to the text in terminal application in Mac OS X
Just add the following 2 lines to your /etc/profile, ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile: export CLICOLOR=1 export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced Then to make it work you have to close and open again the...
View ArticleChange your shell prompt
The same way we added colors to the text in terminal application in Mac OS X, you can change the default shell prompt to something more meaning full to your needs. By default it looks something like...
View ArticleSee CPU and harddrive temperature from the command line in Ubuntu
Install lm-sensors and then configure it. You’ll be asked to try different ways to interface with the hardware that interfaces with the temperature sensors. sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sudo...
View ArticleDisable automatic locale variables setting in terminal emulator for Mac OS X
Terminal emulators usually send your current locale when conecting to an SSH server. I use Mac OS X in spanish and when I connected to a CentOS server my locale was automatically configured to...
View ArticleByobu: the text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
Byobu is a text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer. This video is a great overview and tutorial on what it can do:Install in Ubuntu:$ sudo apt-get install byobuInstall in Mac OS X with...
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