13 articles tagged "shell"

How To: Build an Embedded Linux Distribution From Scratch

Embedded Linux is the use of a Linux operating system in an embedded computer systems such as a mobile phones, personal digital assistants, media players etc. This tutorial shows you how to install Linux on a target system. Not a prebuilt Linux distribution, but your own, built from scratch.
How To Secure Mac OS X Computer ( Hardening Mac )
The guides are designed to give instructions and recommendations for securing Mac OS X and for maintaining a ultra secure computer system.
Goosh.org Unix-like Shell For Google
This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell. You type commands and the results are shown on this page.
mplayer: Play All Mp3 Files In Reverse Order
Reverse order files while sorting and play with mplayer multimedia player.
Using Color Effectively At a Shell Prompt / Console
I find it very productive working in a terminal environment, as it’s efficient and flexible to deal with processes and data, especially text, and especially on remote machines.
Wordpress 2.5 Released
Wordpress 2.5 has been released and available for download.The dashboard is cleaner, faster, less cluttered. From the release note:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in [...]
scapy - Interactive Packet Manipulation / Generation Tool for Linux / UNIX
Recently I started to play with scapy - a powerful interactive packet manipulation and custom packet generation program written using Python. Please note that this tool is not for a new Linux / UNIX users. This tool requires extensive knowledge of network protocols, packets, layers and other hardcore networking concepts. This tool is extermly [...]
How to: Configure User Account to Use a Restricted Shell ( rssh )
Now rssh is installed. Next logical step is configure user to use rssh. All you have to do is set a user account shell to /usr/bin/rssh. The following examples adds user didi to system with /usr/bin/rssh.
Create a new user with /usr/bin/rssh
Login as the root user
Type the following command to create a new user called didi:
# [...]
Bash Shell Completing File, User and Host Names Automatically
Bash can auto complete your filenames and command name. It can also auto complete lots of other stuff such as:
=> Usernames
=> Hostname
=> Variable names
=> Fine tuning files and names with ESC keys
Match variable
If the text begins with $, bash will look for a variable. For example, open terminal and type echo $T and press TAB [...]
Run a perl or shell script cron job on the first Monday or the Nth weekday of the month
This is a classic problem. One of our FAQ is about cron job. I received lots of email with a question:
How do I run my script on 3rd Monday or 4th Friday only?
Cron does not offer this kind of facility i.e. you cannot run a script on the Nth weekday of the month.
However with one [...]