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Use “at” to schedule launching of commands in Linux

You can execute a task at the time you want it to launch by using at. Let’s say you want mplayer start playing a movie at 12:42. Do a at 1242 A command prompt will appear where you can type the command you cant to [...]


Search through your history with PgUp and PgDown

If you want to be able to search through your .bash_history inline, you can simply edit your ~/.inputrc file and add these two lines: “\e[5~”: history-search-backward“\e[6~”: history-search-forwar[...]


Convert CHM files to PDF for Nook and Amazon Kindle

The downside to eReaders is generally the small screen. You open up a PDF file and the fonts are smaller than you’d wish them to be. You can always zoom, but why not prepare your file from the beginning? If you hav[...]


Remove DRM from Amazon Kindle’s ebooks using Linux

When you buy an ebook using your Kindle, there’s a 99% chance it’s a DRM file. That means you won’t be able to read it anywhere else but on your Kindle. And we won’t accept that. To be able to con[...]