The dictionary definitions are stored locally, and because it's ad-free there's no need for a network connection. Dictionary is ideal for both native English speakers and English learners or people studying the English language. Subscribe to TechRepublic’s How To Make Tech Work on YouTube for all the latest tech advice for business pros from Jack Wallen.Dictionary is a free offline English dictionary containing over 200,000 words and definitions and no ads. Even better, the same command works for files or folders, so you don’t have to add any special options when sending folders.
To receive the file using the specific code, on Machine B issue the command:Īnd that’s all there is to using croc. To send a file with a specific code, on Machine A, issue the command:Ĭroc send -code techrepublic_is_awesome trtest Where YOUR_CODE is a unique code and FILE is the file to transfer. If you don’t want to depend on croc to generate random codes, you can tell it to use a specific code like so: Hit Y and the file will be received on Machine B. You will be prompted to verify the transfer. Now, log into Machine B, open a terminal window, and paste the code you received from Machine A into the terminal. Log into Machine A, open a terminal window, change into the directory housing trtest, and issue the command:Īfter verifying the transfer (by hitting Y), the command will output a code to be used on the receiving machine, such as croc 7776-gorilla-london-turtle. Let’s say you have a file named trtest you want to transfer from Machine A to Machine B. deb file to all Ubuntu machines that will use croc. Note: Make sure to check out the croc download page to ensure you’re downloading the latest release. To install croc on a Ubuntu-based distribution, download the. You’ll also need a user with admin (sudo) rights. If you’re interested in installing croc on either macOS or Windows, you’ll need to have either Scoop (Windows) or Homebrew (macOS) installed. I’ll be demonstrating on two Linux machines, both of which are Ubuntu-based.
I’m going to show you just how easy croc is to install and use. Croc can be installed on Linux, macOS and Windows, so you can transfer files between any system on your network. SEE: Hiring Kit: Linux Administrator (TechRepublic Premium)Ĭroc is a cross-platform file-sharing tool that creates a full-duplex communication layer between machines, so it doesn’t require the addition of port forwarding. With this easy-to-use tool, you can transfer files and folders from one system to another, without having to remember much in the way of commands. But when I want something a bit simpler to use, I turn to a very handy command-line tool called croc. When I want to transfer files between computers on the same network, most of the time, I use the scp command.
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