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Install Googler in Ubuntu to google on terminal

At first make sure you have  python  version 3.3 or later using this command- python3 --version If not, upgrade it. All we have to do is run the following commands- cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/jarun/googler.git cd googler sudo make install cd auto-completion/bash/ sudo cp googler-completion.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/ Googler is installed. Type this command in terminal to search - googler <search topic> News Search: If you want to search News, start googler with the N optional argument: googler -N The subsequent omniprompt will fetch results from Google News. Site Search: If you want to search pages from a specific site, run googler with w {domain} argument: googler -w itsfoss.com The subsequent omniprompt with fetch results only from It’s FOSS blog! Manual Page: Run the following command for Googler manual page equipped with various examples: man googler Google country/domain specific sear...

Basic but lesser known Linux Commands

For Debian/Ubuntu- 1.  sudo!!   : Forgot to run a command with sudo? You need not re-write the whole command, just type “sudo!!” and the last command will run with sudo. 2.  Python -m SimpleHTTPServer  : Creates a simple web page for the current working directory over port 8000. 3.  mtr : A  command which is a combination of ‘ping’ and ‘traceroute’ command. 4.  Ctrl+x+e  : This key combination fires up, an editor in the terminal, instantaneously. 5.  nl  : Outputs the content of text file with lines Numbered. 6.  shuf  : Randomly selects line/file/folder from a file/folder. 7.  ss  : Outputs Socket Statistics. 8.  Last : Want to know history of last logged in users? This command comes to rescue here. 9.  curl ifconfig.me  : Shows machine’s external IP Address. 10.  tree  : Prints files and folders in tree like fashion, recursively. 11.  Pstree  : Prints running proces...