The shell is certainly one of the most significant programs of the Linux system as it allows the interfacing and the dialogue between user and system. Through the shell it is possible to issue commands to the system and it is also used as a programming environment through script shells that contain system commands. There are different types of shells,[…]
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How to use your .bashrc file
The Bash configuration file can do a lot of things to improve your work: aliases, functions and prompt configurations improve workflow and help to be more efficient. In my recent post about setting up Ubuntu with Bash scripts, I briefly alluded to the magic of .bashrc. This didn’t really do it justice, so here’s a quick post that offers a[…]
Read moreTar and gzip. Extract that files
Tar, tarball, gzip. A kind of tape archive, a tar file is a collection of files archived in a single ‘tarball’ file and compressing it with gzip to save disk space results in a tar.gz compressed file. Simple, no? GNUzip is also used in HTTP compression GNU Gzip, or gzip, is a file format and a software application used for[…]
Read moreHow to create a menu entry for Calibre
I have installed Calibre, the perfect ebook management program, on a fresh install of Xfce using the Linux binary installer from the official website and I found no entry for Calibre on the applications menu. A menu entry for Calibre that works also under Xfce No menu entry, so, to solve this issue I have created a .desktop file for[…]
Read moreQuick analysis of a Linux system
Sometimes happens that you need to take a look at an unknown Linux system or that you have to quickly analyze the problems of a Linux server. You’re lucky because, on Linux, there are some commands to start an in-depth analysis and that serve to understand what’s happening behind the scene. Looking, administer, analysis. Going down with command line[…]
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