Taming the Terminal

Taming the Terminal episodes:

• 08.16.2020

  TTT 40 of n – Automating TMUX

  In this episode of Taming the Terminal, Bart winds up our series within a series all about the Terminal command TMUX. In this final piece he teaches us first how to string commands together to create the TMUX sessions...

  
• 07.26.2020

  TTT 39 of n – Advanced TMUX

  This week's episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond was another installment of Taming the Terminal. Two weeks ago Bart taught us the basics of a technology called `tmux`, or terminal multiplexer that allows you to access the same...

  
• 07.12.2020

  TTT 38 of n – TMUX (a Screen Alternative)

  When Bart first started the Taming the Terminal series in October of 2015, he purposely declared every installment to be "of n" where n was not defined. It's been 3 years since there was an episode of Taming the...

  
• 05.27.2017

  TTT 37A of n – SSH Agents

  In 2017 on Taming the Terminal installment 37 of n, Bart taught us about SSH agents and the advantages of using a passphrase to further protect your SSH keys. In the intervening four years, things have changed a bit in...

  
• 05.27.2017

  TTT 37 of n – SSH Agents

  As promised, Taming the Terminal isn't over yet! Bart Busschots joins us to talk about SSH Agents. We'll talk about how Apple changed things in El Capitan so that you'll have to log into your server with your...

  
• 11.19.2016

  TTT 36 of n - screen and cron

  It’s been a long time since we did a Taming the Terminal episode but we’re back with episode 36 of n, screen and cron. You’ll hear me say this is episode 35, but with all these numbers flying around we...

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 35 of n - HTTP Commands

  In this installment we look at three terminal commands for interacting with the world wide web from the terminal. We'll look at a command-line based browser, and commands for downloading files and viewing HTTP headers.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 33 of n - SSH Bookmarks

  In this installment we learn how to use SSH config files to automate some aspects of SSH, creating what amount to bookmarks to servers we connect to often. We'll also look at some GUIs for storing SSH connection details.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 34 of n - Introducing HTTP

  In this installment we look at how the HTTP protocol works, this is the protocol that powers the world-wide-web.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 32 of n - SSH Tunneling

  In this installment we'll look at how SSH tunnels can be used to secure all kinds of network traffic, not just remote commands and file transfers. Most people won't need the power of SSH tunnels very often, if at all,...

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 31 of n - SSH File Transfers

  SSH can do a lot more than just run commands, and in this installment we'll discover how to use SSH to securely transfer files from one computer to another.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 30 of n - SSHing More Securely

  By default SSH uses usernames and passwords to authenticate users, but in this installment we'll discover how to use SSH keys to make SSH both more secure and more convenient.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 29 of n - Intro to SSH

  In this installment we introduce the Secure Shell, or SSH. SSH can do many things, but first and foremost it lets us run command, or entire command shells on remote computers securely

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 28 of n - Network Troubleshooting

  In this installment we put everything we have learned so far about networking together, and describe a workflow for diagnosing home networking problems.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 27b of n - DNS

  This is the second part of a two-part installment looking at the Domain Name System, or DNS. DNS is a critical cog in the internet's wheel because it translates between human-friendly domain names, and computer-friendly IP addresses.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 27a of n - DNS

  This is the first part of a two-part installment looking at the Domain Name System, or DNS. DNS is a critical cog in the internet's wheel because it translates between human-friendly domain names, and computer-friendly IP addresses.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 26 of n - DHCP

  In this installment we learn about the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP. This is the protocol that allows our computers to automatically discover their network settings, and without it portable computing devices simply wouldn't work.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 25b of n - IP Subnets

  This is the second part of a two-part installment exploring the second layer in the TCP/IP stack, the Internet Layer, and most importantly, the IP protocol. In particular we focus on the vitally important, but often confusing, concept of IP...

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 25a of n - IP Subnets

  This is the first part of a two-part installment exploring the second layer in the TCP/IP stack, the Internet Layer, and most importantly, the IP protocol. In particular we focus on the vitally important, but often confusing, concept of IP...

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 24 of n - Ethernet & ARP

  In this installment we start at the bottom of the TCP/IP stack, looking at the so-called link-layer, and in particular at Ethernet and the ARP protocol.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 23b of n - Networking Intro

  This is the second part of a two-part installment describing the TCP/IP networking stack that allows our computers to talk to each other within our homes and offices, and to other computers and server around the world through the internet.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 23a of n - Networking Intro

  This is the first part of a two-part installment describing the TCP/IP networking stack that allows our computers to talk to each other within our homes and offices, and to other computers and server around the world through the internet.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 22 of n - Tips & Tricks

  In this installment we take a bit of a breather, and look at some simple tips and tricks for making like on the command line that little bit easier.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 20 of n - File Searches

  In this installment we learn how to search for files based on all sorts of criteria, including file name, file size, modified date, and more.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 21 of n - More Searching

  In this installment we learn how to use the results of a file search as the input to another command. This allows us to do things like set the file permissions on every file that ends in .php.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 19 of n - Text Searches

  In this installment we look at how to use terminal commands and regular expressions to filter text, such as the output of terminal commands, and to search for files that contain a particular text pattern.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 18b of n - More REs

  This is the second of a two-part installment where we dive deeper into Regular Expressions. This two-part installment is laying vital foundations for the up-coming installments on searching.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 18a of n - More REs

  This is the first of a two-part installment where we dive deeper into Regular Expressions. This two-part installment is laying vital foundations for the up-coming installments on searching.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 17 of n - Regular Expressions

  In this installment we introduce the concept of 'regular expressions' - a means of accurately describing arbitrary patterns. Regular expressions allow us to express complex search pattens in a way the computer can understand.

  
• 10.23.2015

  TTT 16 of n - Crossing the Streams

  In this installment we continue our exploration of streams, looking at how we can use files as the source and destination for streams, and how we can combine two streams into one.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 15 of n - Plumbing

  In this installment we introduce the concept of data streams, looking at the three system streams STDIN, STDOUT $ STDERR, and then look at how we can use the pipe operator connect the output of one command to the input...

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 14 of n - Aliases & Prompts

  In this installment we wrap up our look at the environment by describing command line aliases, and looking at how we can customize the prompt we see when working at the command line.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 13 of n - PATH

  In this installment we continue to explore the environment, focusing on the very important environment variable PATH.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 12 of n - The Environment

  In this installment we introduce the rather nebulous concept of the Unix/Linux environment, and we look at environment variables and shell variables.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 11 of n - Text Files

  In this installment we look at how to read and edit text files from the command line.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 10 of n - man

  Unix, Linux and OS X have a built-in manual describing how the various terminal commands work. In this installment we look at how to access this manual, and explain the special language used within.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 9 of n - Controlling Processes

  In this installment we learn how to control processes - creating them, and ending them.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 8 of n - Processes

  In this installment we explore the concept of Linux/Unix processes, and we introdue the ps command for viewing the running processes.

  
• 10.22.2015

  TTT 7 of n - Managing Files

  In this installment we look at file management from the commandline - creating, copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files and folders.

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 6 of n - More File Permissions

  In this installment we’ll start by biting the bullet and dive into how to alter standard Unix File permissions. This could well turn out to be the most difficult segment in this entire series, regardless of how big n gets,...

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 5 of n - File Permissions

  We take a look at how standard Unix File Permissions work, and look at how to understand the permissions on existing files and folders, but not at how to change them. We also cover the fact that the standard unix...

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 4 of n - Navigation

  In this installment we’ll look at how to navigate around the Unix/Linux/OS X filesystem in a Bash command shell.

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 3 of n - File Systems

  We discuss the concept of a file system in detail. We described how filesystems contain folders which contain files or folders, and we described the different ways in which Windows and Linux/Unix/OS X combine all the filesystems on our computers...

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 2 of n - Commands

  In this installment, we look at OS X’s Terminal.app, the anatomy of the Bash command prompt, and the anatomy of a Unix/Linux command.

  
• 10.15.2015

  TTT 1 of n - Command Shells

  In this first segment we'll lay a very basic foundation. We plan to take things very slowly with this series, so Bart gives us a sort of 40,000ft view of command shells – some context, some history, a very general...

  
• 10.13.2015

  TTT 0 OF n - Introducing TTT

  Taming the Terminal is a collaboration between Bart Busschots and Allison Sheridan. The tutorials were written by Bart, and hosted on this site, and there are matching conversations with Allison Sheridan on the NosillaCast Podcast. In Taming the Terminal, Bart...