# Using the terminal for everything

**URL:** <https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/using-the-terminal-for-everything/1005>\
**Category:** Operating Systems, Editors, and Tools\
**Tags:** command-line\
**Created:** [September 1, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/using-the-terminal-for-everything/1005 "2018-09-01T16:49:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/user_avatar/forum.codeselfstudy.com/josh/32/4_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/using-the-terminal-for-everything/1005/1 "2018-09-01T16:49:20Z")

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“Can you use the terminal for everything?”

Here’s a summary, with some additions in brackets:

- [WordGrinder](http://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/) for word processing. [Alternatively, you can use Vim or any text editor and then run it through pandoc directly from the editor.]
- [SC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sc_(spreadsheet_calculator)) - for spreadsheets [Org Mode in Emacs can also do this]
- [Mutt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_(email_client)) for email [Also search this forum for Emacs mail clients and notmuch.]
- [Lynx](https://lynx.browser.org/) and [Elinks](http://elinks.or.cz/) for web browsing.
- [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) for watching videos (`vlc -V caca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Os6vJxpu0` for color or `vlc -V aa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Os6vJxpu0` without color)
- [Twidge](https://github.com/jgoerzen/twidge) for Twitter

Other ideas:

- [Interesting Command Line Tools](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/interesting-command-line-tools/112) (file browsing, git viewing, IRC)
- [Text-based RSS/Atom feed readers?](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/text-based-rss-atom-feed-readers/992)

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**Author:** ![vietkieutie](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/user_avatar/forum.codeselfstudy.com/vietkieutie/32/178_2.png) [@vietkieutie](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/vietkieutie)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/using-the-terminal-for-everything/1005/2 "2019-12-22T22:25:51Z")

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I had an annoying bug this morning, unable to see an .md file in my GUI finder window that I used to test out my blog (connected to my Dropbox). Terminal to save the day! Happy this post from @Josh exists.