Comments on: Getting Started With Cygwin

By: derekgreer

derekgreer — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:22:53 +0000

How embarrassing … it figures the one place I would misspell Cygwin was in the title.

By: @ThorsonB

@ThorsonB — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:41:54 +0000

Huh? I dont understand what is this “CGYWIN” thing and what does it do?

By: derekgreer

derekgreer — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:14:54 +0000

@Kris Yep, just grab the ncurses package.

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:37:29 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. Even though I am a cygwin user, I found some information in this post very useful. Is there a way you can clear the terminal (like cls in dos). I have gotten around it by using cmd /c …. but am wondering if there is a special package I should download to get the unix “clear” command.

By: mendicant

mendicant — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:26:16 +0000

Other great apps you might want:

Install Screen: Great for using multiple consoles within a single window. Also, keeps your session alive if you decide you want to use:

SSH: Install this as a service, and be able to remotely log in to your command line. Plus side, ssh has port tunneling, so by having a single ssh box inside your home network, you can access any app (forward any port on the computer you’re using to port 3389 on any ip within your home network… instant remote desktop without opening a port on your firewall)

tail: use tail -F to watch your log scroll before your eyes

rm -rf `find ./ -iname “.svn” -type d`: remove all .svn folders

Add the following lines to .inputrc:
“\e[A”:history-search-backward
“\e[B”:history-search-forward

Followed by “source ~/.inputrc”
Now when you’re typing a command in your bash shell up/down arrow keys will search back/forward in your history for matching commands

Might be able to come up with some links for those first two ones.