Stuck at a CLI prompt in Linux and not sure what Romania is? Use the following command: dig +short txt Romania.wp.dg.cx Subsitute Romania for any other keyword you might want to see a short description of in your command[...]
Everybody knows top or htop. Ever wished there was something similar but to monitor your files instead of CPU usage and processes? Well, there is.Run this: watch -d -n 2 ‘df; ls -FlAt;’ and you’ll get t[...]
All you need to display your latest GMail messages in the command line is this one-liner: curl -u username:password --silent “https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom” | tr -d ‘\n’ | awk -F ‘&[...]
If you do not wish to install a dedicated application for recording your desktop, you can do it with this one-liner: ffmpeg -f x11grab -s wxga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq /home/user/out.mpg All you need is have ffmpeg already i[...]
When you close the lid of your laptop and Ubuntu is running, the computer goes into Suspend mode. Same goes for chosing [...]
If you wish to not leave traces of your CLI activity in the .bash_history file, you can exclude the logging of certain c[...]
You have been trying combinations to see which command line options best fit your needs, and you’ve finally found [...]
This can be a real saver if you are using an EeePC with very low disk space. Say you want to download a large file but y[...]
www.tips4linux.com is a place dedicated to the Linux user. Not only for the advanced but also for novice users who wish to learn how easy life with Linux can be and how customizable the operating system is. Linux can also be used as an OS platform servers and proves to be reliable when it comes [...]
more →
