xclip is a nifty little utlity to make working in the terminal just a little more comfortable. It allows you to copy the contents of files or the output of other programs to the clipboard. Here are some use cases: xclip myfile.txt # Copy file to clipboard ls -l | xclip # Copy program output
I was looking for a way to set up a private git server that I could access from anywhere, to synchronize my work across several computers. I remembered I had a Raspberry Pi lying around that wasn’t getting any real use, so I figured this would be a perfect use case! My first idea was
SSH stands for Secure Shell Host. It effectively allows you to access the terminal (shell) on a remote machine – securely. There are two ways to validate your identity when attempting to access a server via SSH: password, or SSH key pair. Password authentication is the default method: you run a command similar to ssh