The best thing that is happening with the Linux kernel and the associated software that builds a distribution is that the software is getting easier to use than ever. But the Linux command-line is still the best and easiest way to get some things done. For example; getting information about an executable file. This is … Read more
How do you search a binary file for a certain string that ends in a number; but you are not sure what the number is? Then this command will perform this task. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~/Documents/master $ strings vesperas.wad | grep -a "MAP[0-9]" MAP15john@adeptus-mechanicus ~/Documents/master $ strings vesperas.wad | grep -a "MAP[0-9]" MAP15 I was using this … Read more
To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more
Very useful .cshrc file that will also work with the tcsh shell on Linux and UNIX. This gives you a nice prompt and a lovely colored ls output. This .cshrc file requires a .complete file for proper functioning, this is available here: http://www.securitronlinux.com/files/complete.tar.gz. # /etc/csh.login: This file contains login defaults used by csh and tcsh. … Read more