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Jul
3
VI Basic Movement
July 3, 2008 | 4 Comments
I like vi. Yes I do. Not Emacs. But VI. Here is a list of some basic commands to move around in VI!
h l k j
character left, right, line up, down
b w
word/token left, right
ge e
end of word/token left, right
{ }
beginning of previous, next paragraph
( )
beginning of previous, next sentence
0 gm
beginning, middle of line
^ $
first, last […]
Apr
17
Fun With Rsync - Part I
April 17, 2008 | 15 Comments
If you’ve used rsync in the past, you know that it makes quite a few things much easier to manage. For example, you can use rsync to backup files from one server to another, you can use it to automate patch deployments, you can mirror entire websites and also have it function like a […]
Mar
25
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP
March 25, 2008 | 5 Comments
Earlier I stumbled on a Microsoft support page titled How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP. I’m sure there are a small number of people who come back to Windows after finding Linux a bit hard but I don’t think there was ever a need for an article on how to remove Linux. You […]
Mar
14
Calculate big using bc
March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
If you’re a command line freak, you’ve probably use expr for common math calculations but did you know that the bc command allows you to do similar math calculations and is more powerful when it comes to bigger calculations?
bc is a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with interactive […]
Feb
21
to HUP or nohup?
February 21, 2008 | 7 Comments
Any user or admin more than likely faced or will face a situation where their command will take a long time to complete and at the same time you’d want to logout and go home. If user’s shell exits, it sends a SIGHUP signal to it’s children killing them all. However, if the […]
Nov
29
Kubuntu is great!
November 29, 2007 | 21 Comments
Why do many people use Gnome as their window manager for Linux? It seems Ubuntu.com markets the distribution which contains Gnome pre-installed. For example, the live CD contains Gnome and for this reason many new users seem to think this is their limitation as far desktop interface goes.
However if there are users who […]
Nov
26
The Gutsy Experience
November 26, 2007 | 13 Comments
This blog mostly writes about Linux related stuff. However, we occasionally mention the shortcomings of Linux operating system compared to Windows and Mac. Our most recent article, Linux is not so simple, got a bit popular among users of both sides of the world. I mentioned things like Ubuntu takes longer to […]
Sep
12
Linux is not so simple
September 12, 2007 | 49 Comments
It seems the average people are constantly being brainwashed by the Linux community about Linux being the perfect replacement to Windows. Many Linux fanatics go on about how great Linux is and how much it has been improved over the years to be the perfect OS desktop alternative to Windows. I don’t necessarily […]
Aug
21
Simple commands for Linux.
August 21, 2007 | 27 Comments
Also check out The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies and for our network guide, The Ultimate Linux Network Reference Guide for Newbies.
List of basic commands for Linux users.
ls
List files/directories in a directory
cat <filename>
Read a file.
cp
Copy a file
mv
Move a file
rm
Delete a file
chmod
Changes file access permissions
chown
Changes file ownership
grep
Looks for patterns in files
ln
Create’s “links” between […]
Aug
20
Command Line Quickies
August 20, 2007 | 6 Comments
Sometimes you may find yourself working with hundreds or thousands of files which need to have extension removed or just changed say from .htm to .html or .php to .html for some reason. Well.. since I know you’d someday come across such an issue, we’ve put together a couple of tips that you may […]