A simple way to make files hidden in Linux is to simply rename such file or folder, beginning the file name with a dot (‘.’) – Yeah that simple. In Linux hidden files or directories (folders) are identified by the ‘.’ That precede their names. For those that still need a step by step method… Read More »
The simple syntax or format for doing this is; SHUTDOWN… # shutdown #shutdown <options> TIME [message] OPTIONS: p – power off h – halt (a sort of “sleep” or ”hibernate”) r – reboot c – cancel shutdown (after initiating a shutdown within a specified time, use this option to cancel it) To put the… Read More »
I’ve written a couple of posts on how files and folders (directories) are compressed on the command line using tools like gzip, bzip2 and tar directly. So I decided to do a post that would cater for those of us that like to just fine with the GUI. It is a relatively simple method that… Read More »
The next tool in line of compression tools is the tape archiver (tar). Though the command somewhat has some complex (though capable) set of command line options and syntax, like we have been doing with others we’ve talked about (gzip and bzip) you can quickly learn to use tar by remembering a few simple invocations… Read More »
GNU ZIP (“gzip”) is another compressing command tool commonly used in Linux. Just like the bzip2 program it is used to compress files while the “gunzip” is used to decompress files. The file extension of files compressed with gzip end with ‘.gz’. for example; gzip file_name For example; gzip memo.txt The end product (the compressed… Read More »
COMPRESSING and decompressing files are now normal activities a computer user engages in from time to time. Especially now that there are increase in the amount and frequencies with which information is being shared around the world, in various formats and mostly large in size. And the internet have proven to be a very reliable… Read More »
Setting the clock of your system is of prime importance to PC (computer) users all over. This is usually necessary for those Linux users running in a text-based command line interface. Most times a regular internet convention can make this a bliss, as Linux automatically updates its date and time (clock) online especially when it… Read More »
Through the years of my learning to use Linux, it has always been majorly for programming. And maybe a few typing here and there. Using it for printing for the first time was a nightmare some years ago because of a printing experience where my report assignment was messed up because the .odt format I… Read More »
The death of Ian Murdock, a FOSS proponent and advocate, has been ruled as a suicide. According to a report by CNN, the medical examiner’s report showd that Ian hanged himself about a day after he claimed on twitter that he was beaten severally by the police for “knocking” on the door of his neighbor. For those… Read More »
In a previous post I showed that the input-output backbone (if I can say that) of Linux is well entrenched in the file system (FS). Now I would try to show how the standard input and output – by extension error – processing can be modified in Linux. That is the tweaking of the standard… Read More »
