Some useful Linux commands and tricks for the bash shell user.

The boxes utility for Linux allows you to render an ascii text box around text. Below is an example. homer@homer-eME730 19:14:21 ~ $ echo `echo "This is a sentence printed to the terminal."` | boxes /***********************************************/ /* This is a sentence printed to the terminal. */ /***********************************************/homer@homer-eME730 19:14:21 ~ $ echo `echo "This is a … Read more

Useful things that you can do with putty to access your home Internet connection from work or school.

The putty ssh client allows you to access your home computer over the Internet using ssh; but you can also tunnel past a proxy and access websites using putty. This means that you can access your home Internet connection through a proxy easily. You need to use port 443 in your openssh configuration to enable … Read more