If you're a
CMS admin who relishes the command line, here's a
blunt question: ever heard of a program called
screen?
No? Then do you find yourself changing directories a lot as you navigate the command line?
CMS websites are complex. You're tweaking a theme on the dev site here, pulling changes to the live site there, fixing a broken bit of custom code ... you're in many places at once. That means either frequent directory changes, or lots of terminals open.
Wouldn't tabs be better? Imagine if you could have one tab for the dev site, one for the live site, one for those local graphics you're working on, etc.
If your terminal already offers tabs, great. If not (say, you're using
Cygwin on Windows), it's time to check out screen.
With both basic and
advanced features, screen gives you less time
navigating and more time working.