Want your man pages read with proper formatting? Install man2html then open Firefox and do the following: Go to Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks;Open a bookmark folder then right-click and chose New Bookmark;Name the new bookmark Man;In the Location field paste this line: http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=%s In the Keyword field type man;Click Add. Now all you have to… Read More »
If you had enough of the default look of your man pages, set less as your default man page reader and insert these lines in your ~/.bashrc file: export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$’\E[01;31m’export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$’\E[01;37m’export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$’\E[0m’export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$’\E[0m’export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$’\E[01;44;33m’export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$’\E[0m’export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$’\E[01;32m’
You don’t need a fancy e-mail client with calendar capabilities to get a quick reminder. This is especially useful if you’re on a SSH prompt and don’t have a post-it neatby 🙂 echo “mail -s ‘remember the birthday party’ your_email@server.com < /dev/null” | at 15:19 This will send you an e-mail to the address you… Read More »
It’s easy to find out when were the last 30+ times you rebooted your Linux PC. Do a last reboot to get a list of exact dates: reboot  system boot 2.6.27-7-generic Tue Nov 25 09:12 – 11:17 (02:04) reboot  system boot 2.6.27-7-generic Mon Nov 24 15:54 – 01:06 (09:11) reboot  system boot 2.6.27-7-generic Mon Nov… Read More »