So it was brought to my attention that a command in Linux exist that makes what I made obsolete. Here is the code you can run in the terminal. Simply save your PGP message, name it something, and place it on your Desktop and replace FILENAME with the name of the file you saved the … Read more
The lsb_release -a command will print the Ubuntu version to the terminal. This is how you find out information about your Ubuntu installation. ubuntu@ip-172-31-20-16:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trustyubuntu@ip-172-31-20-16:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 … Read more
This simple little script will print an updating clock in the terminal. #!/bin/sh watch -t -n 1 ‘date +%H:%M:%S | figlet’#!/bin/sh watch -t -n 1 ‘date +%H:%M:%S | figlet’ This version will print a cow that tells you the time. #!/bin/sh watch -t -n 1 ‘date +%H:%M:%S | cowsay’#!/bin/sh watch -t -n 1 … Read more
The formatting of a hard disk partition on Linux is not very difficult if you use the right command. The mkfs command is used on Linux for this task; I will be showing a simple example of its usage here to make it clear how this is done. This is a simple example; I am … Read more
The mount command shows information about your mounted partitions on your machine. iMac305:~ admin$ mount /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse) map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) /dev/disk0s3 on /Volumes/Scratch (hfs, local, journaled)iMac305:~ … Read more
This sed trick will filter out the unwanted characters and leave only the letters ‘A’. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ echo "###AAA" | sed ‘s/###//gi’ AAAhomer@deusexmachina ~ $ echo "###AAA" | sed ‘s/###//gi’ AAA This is how to re-bind the annoying CAPS-Lock key to Esc. This can give that key a new use. xmodmap -e ‘clear Lock’ … Read more
Changing the hostname on a Linux system is very easy indeed. Use this command to set a new hostname. homer@homer-eME730:~$ sudo hostname netbook.local Then edit the /etc/hosts file to set the new hostname. homer@homer-eME730:~$ sudo vim.tiny /etc/hosts And edit it to the new value. 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 netbook.local # The following lines are desirable for … Read more
The caps lock key on Linux is very annoying when hit accidentally. Especially when you are typing a password. This simple command will disable the key permanently. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocapshomer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps If you put this in Startup Applications which may be found under System-Preferences-Startup Applications, the caps lock … Read more
The login command is normally used to login to a virtual terminal. This can be used to login in a terminal emulator window. Just type sudo login and then you can use this to login in a terminal emulator. bash 12:31:29 Fri Jul 12 [homer@deep-thought $ sudo login [sudo] password for homer: deep-thought login: homer … Read more
Getting the weather forecast for your US postcode is very simple when you are running either Ubuntu or Linux Mint. The weather-util package contains the weather command that makes this possible. Use this command to install the weather-util package. sudo apt-get install weather-utilsudo apt-get install weather-util This is the output that you get when you … Read more
There are plans afoot to move the Virtual Terminal on Linux to userspace instead of it being a kernel level application. But the main strength of the Virtual Terminal is that it is very reliable and you can always rely on it when your Xorg installation has crashed with an error. This is why we … Read more
The new Ubuntu phone Linux distribution will come with a terminal application. This means that users of a mobile device will be able to use the bash shell on their mobile device to use various networking commands on the phone as well as other useful Linux commands that make the Linux shell so powerful. Hopefully … Read more
Using the text console in Linux Mint is very easy. Access it by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1. Get back to Xorg by pressing Alt-F9. Some Linux distributions use the virtual terminal tty7 as the one reserved for Xorg, but this can vary. You may open many virtual consoles by pressing Alt-2, Alt-3, or pressing Alt and using … Read more
This terminal emulator application for the Google Android operating system allows the user to execute various commands on their Android devices. The command set is fairly restricted, but the ability to access the Linux command line on Android makes up for this. You may use the cat command to view the contents of files such … Read more
I have found out how to stop the graphical login manager and get to a plain text console in Ubuntu, you type this command as root and it will shutdown the Lightdm login manager. Press Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login at the text console then type the command to get rid of the login manager. sudo stop … Read more