I learnt about termux from a friend on IRC recently.
It looked super gimmicky to me at first, but it eventually
proved to be useful. Here's what I use it for:
rsync
Ever since I degoogled my android device, syncing files
between my phone and my PC has always been a pain. I’m
looking at you MTP. But, with termux and sshd all set up,
it's as simple as:
$ arp
Address HWtype HWad ...
192.168.43.187 ether d0:0 ...
$ rsync -avz 192.168.43.187:~/frogs ~/pics/frogs
ssh & tmux
My phone doubles as a secondary view into my main machine
with ssh and tmux. When I am away from my PC (read:
sitting across the room), I check build status and IRC
messages by sshing into a tmux session running the said
build or weechat.
file uploads
Not being able to access my (ssh-only) file host was
crippling. With a bash instance on my phone, I just copied
over my ssh keys, and popped in a file upload script (a
glorified scp). Now I just have to figure out a way to
clean up these file names …
~/storage/pictures/ $ ls
02muf5g7b2i41.jpg 7alt3cwg77841.jpg cl4bsrge7id11.png
mtZabXG.jpg p8d5c584f2841.jpg vjUxGjq.jpg
cmus
Alright, I don't really listen to music via cmus, but I
did use it a couple times when my default music player was
acting up. cmus is a viable option:
I'm Akshay, I go by nerd or nerdypepper on the internet.
I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer. I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie. Things I find cool usually end up here.
Get in touch at nerd@irc.rizon.net or nerdypepper@chat.freeode.net.