Introducing TermBuilder – a Linux command line generator

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2010

“This is TermBuilder, an easy-to-use script that helps newbies
form Linux terminal commands by selecting from options in their web
browser. To get started, all you have to do is select one of the
command options from the selection box below, and click Add. If you
add more than one command, the output will be chained from the
first program to the second.

“There are some things you need to know before you get
started:

* Some of the command types must come first in your command
because they don’t make sense anywhere else. For example, while you
can list the files in a directory with one command and pipe the
results to another command to count the number of lines that were
returned, it make no sense the other way around. In the list of
commands, any command with a * next to it is one that must appear
at the front of your command.

* The commands generated are designed to run using the GNU tools
shipped with Linux distros. They may work with other Linux-like
OSes; they may not. Try your luck! Similarly, this has been tested
to work on various Linux web browsers; if you find a bug with
Firefox, Konqueror or some other Linux browser do let us know
below.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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