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string manipulation using tr linux command 2007-08-22 20:07:00 tr a linux command that translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input, writing to standard output. tr is one linux string manipulation tool that is installed by default... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

install and play 2D chess game in linux 2007-08-22 19:05:00 Xboard is an X Window System based graphical chessboard which can be used with the GNU chess and Crafty chess programs, with Internet Chess Servers (ICSs), with chess via email, or with your own... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

more firefox tips and tricks 2007-08-22 17:47:00 One good thing about firefox settings aka firefox registry, is that you can edit them at your own will to suit your needs without having to dig down deeper from source code level. Here are several... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

recover root password on linux 2007-08-22 16:51:00 Finally, the well known root password recovery is here to stay. This old time favorite superuser root password recovery in linux comes as handy as a toolbox. Recovering root password in linux is as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

establish ssh connection from different port 2007-08-21 16:49:00 We all know that starting ssh daemon server listens by default to port number 22. Normally, any user connecting to port 22 would launch ssh client without any port number specification considering... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

uniq linux command 2007-08-21 12:51:00 Linux is full of powerful terminal tools that are designed to do separate functions. These linux tools are so great, they are like individual lego blocks. When you fit these set if lego blocks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

remove blank lines using grep or sed 2007-08-21 09:12:00 Here's a quick rundown on how to remove blank lines between contents from text files using linux command sed and grep. Suppose we have a text file named testfile.txt . With the below content... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

date and time sync via NTP server howto 2007-08-21 07:48:00 Syncronizing your current date and time is as important as making database backups. Without proper accurate stamped date and time, any backup file with any stamped date on it would be meaningless.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

who am I 2007-08-21 06:46:00 As linux users, we make use of who as one linux tool command. Most of the time, who linux command functions on determining currently logged on box users. There are times those simple linux commands... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

delete spam email and folder regularly howto 2007-08-21 05:19:00 Fighting spam email is a worldwide daily combat challenge. Email spam fight is just another daily server wide monitoring function of any sysad administering those email servers. Global spam email... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

hello world bash and perl script 2007-08-21 05:09:00 I remember my very first hello world program when I was at younger age. I was 13. I created a hello world program using Basic programming language. Basic language at that time was capable of creating... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

passwordless rdesktop session with XP howto 2007-08-21 04:14:00 This blog entry simply covers how to connect to XP clients remotely using rdesktop with supplied login name and password as argument and avoid putting username and password over and over again when... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

force VGA screen resolution and screen mode 2007-08-21 02:51:00 As included from previous blog entry of changing VGA setting or VGA screen resolution using Gnome system-config-display, which can be found here, here's another entry on how to force VGA screen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

RealPlayer 10 for linux install howto 2007-08-20 16:00:00 Now, everybody can enjoy playing MP3s, Ogg Vorbis, Theora, RealAudio, RealVideo, H263, AAC in Fedora Linux. Sequel to recent RealPlayer installation via RPM, this blog entry would be done and tested... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Grip - CD ripper install howto 2007-08-18 06:25:00 As a complete and powerful Fedora desktop, Fedora 7 also provides CD ripping softwares. One of them is Grip. Grip is a GTK+ based front-end for CD rippers (such as cdparanoia and cdda2wav) and Ogg... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...