tj

show_icons() {
  defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true
  killall Finder
}

hide_icons() {
  defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false
  killall Finder
}

egmontkob

Hyperlinks (a.k.a. HTML-like anchors) in terminal emulators

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Most of the terminal emulators auto-detect when a URL appears onscreen and allow to conveniently open them (e.g. via Ctrl+click or Cmd+click, or the right click menu).

It was, however, not possible until now for arbitrary text to point to URLs, just as on webpages.