tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196Fri, 11 May 2012 07:06:48 +0000Meapplicationsblogmapcommandsopen officegrubtutorialsphp acceleratorsusb drive linuxHow to'sportable appscheat sheetspendrive linuxsystem monitoringchatserverdesktop appsInfogimpman pageswgetphoneftputilitiesEvery Effort has been made to maintain content integrity. Use the information in this site at you own riskhttp://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (tailender)Blogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-2288855554691569050Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:13:00 +00002010-06-13T19:13:20.608-07:00tutorialsA brief tutorial on usage of chown linux command What is this tool for.. It is to change the ownership of a file. you should use like chown newuser filename To change owenership of all files and directories in current directory use * chown newowner * To change owner ship of all files and sub directories and files recursively chown -R newowner .http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/a4hSjATBuk4/chown-tutorial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/a4hSjATBuk4" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/06/chown-tutorial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-8933527745225235937Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:46:00 +00002010-03-23T09:46:12.761-07:00utilitiesYou just wanted to remove a directory with large no of files in it and you issued the command $rm -rf *But the rm throws an error argument list  too long, then how to remove  the files? Here is a simple fix that will allow you to remove large no of files easily.. First copy and paste the below code in the terminal function large_rm() { while read line1 ; do rm -f ./$line1; done; };Then cd to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/H1T_GrphbOc/how-to-remove-large-no-of-files.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/H1T_GrphbOc" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-remove-large-no-of-files.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-417525698535069565Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:31:00 +00002010-02-26T19:31:20.230-08:00ftpOk.. this is a life save for most of the webmasters. Take the scenario when you have to move from one server from other. This work only if you are on a dedicated or vps server. You need wget to do this job. Issue this command after logging into your server $wget -m --user='your-ftp-user-name' --password='you-ftp-password' ftp://your-host/directory-to-downloadhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/PnkTfg6jTbU/transfering-files-or-whole-directory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/PnkTfg6jTbU" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/transfering-files-or-whole-directory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-7631472289054794291Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-02-25T15:20:17.716-08:00serverphp acceleratorsPhp eaccelerator is php accelerator which reduces load on your servers by compiling them in caches state. Here is tutorials explaining how to install this in centos. http://www.php.ph/2007/12/21/centos-5-eaccelerator-installation/  http://eaccelerator.net/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/LED060AtcQQ/install-eaccelerator-on-centose-server.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/LED060AtcQQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/install-eaccelerator-on-centose-server.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-6332332032792861969Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:54:00 +00002010-02-16T18:54:32.901-08:00phoneIn Mac and Windows, you can easily sync your iPhone/iPod Touch with iTunes, but in Linux, there is no easy way to sync your iDevice’s music library with any of the media player. Even if you are willing to jailbreak your phone, there are still plenty of complicated steps that you need to do to get the syncing to work Read Articles More →http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/k10j_ynV8nw/sync-your-iphone-music-libary-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/k10j_ynV8nw" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/sync-your-iphone-music-libary-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-5743795007825319464Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:46:00 +00002010-02-16T18:46:15.983-08:00chatAs Facebook usage continues to grow, many people rely on Facebook as their primary method for chatting in real time with their friends and family. I am not one of those people, but since many of my friends are, having a way to easily contact them in real time is very important. There have been attempts to make plugins for major IM clients such as Pidgin and Kopete that can work with Facebookhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/TwiBK2azQEc/configuring-kopete-to-use-facebooks-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/TwiBK2azQEc" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/configuring-kopete-to-use-facebooks-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-1355895455940460736Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:36:00 +00002010-02-16T18:36:08.931-08:00desktop appsHow much functionality can you pack into a 64×64 square? That’s the basic question behind many dockapps – utilities that can be run on the “dock” of many popular desktop environments. While most of them are designed for Step-type window managers such as Windowmaker, these dockapps can also run in things like XFCE, Fluxbox and Openbox. These are just like vista widgets... Read More Herehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/lAepfnjzC2k/8-of-best-linux-dockapps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/lAepfnjzC2k" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/8-of-best-linux-dockapps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-7241956931252659107Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:44:00 +00002009-07-24T15:45:05.006-07:00How to'sLets face this sittuation when you have a large no of zips or rar files or tar files in a directory. You want to unzip all of them in one go... For unzipping multiple zip files in a directory use this command (first change to that directory). $unzip '*.zip' those quotes are necessary.. it prevents the shell from expanding the wild characters.. Now if you want to untar large no of files use $http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/2avVbD_AIV4/unzip-or-decompress-multiple-zips-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/2avVbD_AIV4" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2009/07/unzip-or-decompress-multiple-zips-or.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-1184321416749295037Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:39:00 +00002009-07-24T15:39:31.720-07:00How to'sEach File and directory on you hardisk counts 1 inode. Now if you are using a webhost if you need to find no of files occupying you hosting account here is the code. This works only if you have shell access. find . -printf "%i\n" | sort -u | wc -l you can also use the following instead of above find * -print | wc -lhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/BcHRgjHBnys/how-to-find-inode-count-in-your-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/BcHRgjHBnys" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-find-inode-count-in-your-system.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-4809849100530661042Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-12-31T11:14:28.847-08:00tutorialsHow to'sopen officeTo install extension in openoffice first go to (click on image below to go to site) Extension Section of Open Office Website.Download the extension you want by searching on that website and copy it to any folder which you will not be deleting.No open any one of the openoffice.org applications.Go to Tools---> Extension Manager as shown in figureNow click on add in the extension manager window.Now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/NcrBhAWcrBo/how-to-install-extensions-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/NcrBhAWcrBo" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-install-extensions-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-2798785062992765831Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:03:00 +00002008-12-26T22:12:50.596-08:00gimptutorialsHow to'sSteps for cropping or cutting parts of image using gimp in Linux1) Open the image in gimp2) Select the cropping button as shown in figure or go to tools-->transform tools --> crop3) Select the area of the image you want to crop 4) Click Inside the selected area and you will see the crop image and save it.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/7u7skW-Cj64/cropping-images-using-gimp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/7u7skW-Cj64" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/cropping-images-using-gimp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-3163339176280470227Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:58:00 +00002008-12-26T10:58:38.348-08:00wgetcheat sheets Action Command Download file wget http://link-to-file Resumable Downloads wget -c http://link-to-file Download Entire Website wget -r http://link-to-site Download Only PDFs from a page wget -A.pdf -r -l1 -nd --no-parent http://link-to-webpage Download Only mp3 files from a page wget -A.mp3 -r -l1 -nd --no-parent http://link-to-webpage Donot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/HauRbEz0Q7c/wget-cheat-sheet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/HauRbEz0Q7c" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/wget-cheat-sheet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-5028549788856814875Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:24:00 +00002008-12-25T21:25:01.983-08:00How to'sapplicationsThese are the text webbrowsers in linux. That means you can search web or surf the net using these. You can also view html from console using these text browsers. Here is the listw3mThis is one of the simplest internet browsers you have seen..Then we have links. This is sibling of w3mElinks. IT is a bit more complicated that links & w3m and has commanline user interface.Lynx This http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/pNdxgAr_AdE/text-web-browsers-in-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/pNdxgAr_AdE" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/text-web-browsers-in-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-3042516804191777350Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-12-25T05:04:56.702-08:00gimptutorialsHow to'sUse GIMP to scale images in linux. Gimp is user friendly and very easy to use.Scaling or resizing images in gimp is an easy task.1) Open the image in gimp2) Click on the scale button and click on image or go to Image --> Scale as shown in figureYou will see the options as below. Now change the size you want to scale the original image and click on save button. Now save the image.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/HI7AoBeMRmQ/scaling-images-using-gimp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/HI7AoBeMRmQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/scaling-images-using-gimp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-896620045456602392Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:52:00 +00002008-12-24T14:06:55.767-08:00gimptutorialsHow to'sOk if you want to add transparent background to your picture or png files in linux these are the steps you need to follow1) First Open the image with GIMP2) Go to layer-> Transparency -> Add Alpha Channel3) Now click on the fuzzy selector tool and click on the area of the image which you want to make transparent.4)Now go to Edit --> clear as shown in figure5) Now you can see the final image afterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/KCF889tcINY/how-to-make-transparent-png-files-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/KCF889tcINY" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-make-transparent-png-files-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-4665926665795209832Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:55:00 +00002008-12-23T00:25:07.697-08:00How to'scommandsIf you open unix text files in windows there are strange characters appearing instead of text. The same happens if you open dos text files in unix you will see strange characters like ^M at the end of each line. you can use dos2unix program to convert these dos files into unix text file format.usage$dos2unix file.txtconverts file.txt from Dos format to unix format and replaces it. You can also http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/Ry7jjb_UsiI/convert-dosmac-files-to-unix-format.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/Ry7jjb_UsiI" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/convert-dosmac-files-to-unix-format.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-2239456826327115947Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:38:00 +00002008-12-07T21:43:29.837-08:00usb drive linuxportable appspendrive linuxHey guys i just found about this site called pendrive linux. Here is version of Mandriva which you can boot from your pendrive. This looks like the portable apps project of Windows where you can carry your favourite application in a pendrive without having to install on the computer. Hopefully they will develop such applications in linux. But this project about linux is for carrying the whole OS http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/cvQ5MhNLh44/pendrive-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/cvQ5MhNLh44" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/12/pendrive-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-8150655238530149539Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:13:00 +00002008-09-18T23:40:12.867-07:00How to'sapplicationsChm files are Microsoft help files. They can be viewed or opened in linux using Gnochm, Kchm, Kchmviewer and Xchm.Gnochm is used in Gnome desktop environment (you can use this in KDE but its recommended to use Kchm or kchmviewer). Kchm and Kchmviewer are KDE desktop applications and they can be used to view .CHM Files in KDE. Xchm is a xwindow application with minimal graphical interface. It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/TtLehbkA21w/how-to-view-chm-files-in-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/TtLehbkA21w" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-view-chm-files-in-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-7069000441598027074Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:29:00 +00002008-09-16T11:57:38.629-07:00How to'sapplicationsTo receive and send emails from evolution by your Gmail account you need to enable pop3 forwarding. To enable it you need to go to setting--> Forwarding and PoP/IMAP in your gmail settings.Now select the optionEnable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)and save the settings.Start the evolution mail client then you will face this dialog if no email accounts are configured. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/YPNXW_rZB9s/how-to-configure-evolution-mail-client.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/YPNXW_rZB9s" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-configure-evolution-mail-client.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-74965368680881915Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:25:00 +00002008-08-21T09:20:52.417-07:00How to'sapplicationsMost of the scanned texts are found in DJVU format. DJVU files are usually of less size compared to their PDF counter parts. In linux evince can open djvu file. But in case you don't like the interface of evince there is another reader to view DJVU files called djview. Just type this as root to install djview#apt-get install djviewand you will see it in graphics section of Applications menu.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/dx68xQ67_sQ/how-to-view-djvu-files-in-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/dx68xQ67_sQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-view-djvu-files-in-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-7185630032482119473Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:00:00 +00002008-08-20T19:08:13.246-07:00How to'sInfoapplicationsIf you have installed Adobe Reader in Linux and you need to invoke it from console ( for some reason you don't want to goto menus). Just enter acroread and you will see  Adobe reader opened. to open a file enter $acroread filename.pdf  enter acroread -help and you will find all the command line options available to you. Here is the list of options available Usage: /usr/bin/acroread [options] [http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/ZvuqPbHTgFI/what-is-command-to-invoke-adobe-acrobat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/ZvuqPbHTgFI" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-is-command-to-invoke-adobe-acrobat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-2340286313973683885Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:55:00 +00002008-08-23T14:31:50.035-07:00grubHow to'sSplashimage loads in the background when grub loads. You can add a splash image. To add splash image you need to pick up and image which is in the format of .xpm or convert an existing picture to .xpm using gimp or imagemagick. To know more about .xpm format visit this page on xpm.lets rename the file to splash.xpmzip it in .gz format.$gzip splash.xpmthe new file would be splash.xpm.gzcopy this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/oLl8RZt4bQ0/how-to-add-splashimage-to-grub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/oLl8RZt4bQ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-add-splashimage-to-grub.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-6458446733523004338Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-08-16T09:08:48.729-07:00Infocommandshow to find which process is using a file? if you wish to unmount a filesystem, but you are being told that it is in use. You can view the process using the file or filesystem using lsof & grep command. lsof lists all files in use in the system. if you want to find the application which is using the file sag.pdf use $lsof |grep sag.pdf and you will get the output as ld-linux. 4220      http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/itNB6YnQhms/files-used-by-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/itNB6YnQhms" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/08/files-used-by-program.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-5811320954031983595Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:46:00 +00002008-08-01T10:49:56.969-07:00Infocommandswc is used to count no of words and lines in a text file To count no of characters $wc -m filename To count no of words $wc -w filename to count no of lines in the file use $wc -l filename refer wc manual for more info on wc or $man wchttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/LEoeFhoMl6c/counting-words-lines-in-file.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/LEoeFhoMl6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/08/counting-words-lines-in-file.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325591642438858196.post-698164421753648518Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:01:00 +00002008-07-27T08:05:32.428-07:00InfocommandsTaking Screenshots in Gnome.. One can take screenshots using gnome-screenshot tool. open console and enter gnome-screenshot and it will take screenshot of whole screen. If you need to take a delayed screen show enter $gnome-screenshot -d 10 The above command delays the screenshot by 10 secs.. This is useful if you want to take a screenshot when the system menus are open. When you open http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~3/mLfhEce5QDo/taking-screenshots-in-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Basis-Consultant)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LinuxSoftwareTutorials/~4/mLfhEce5QDo" height="1" width="1"/>http://linuxtuts.blogspot.com/2008/07/taking-screenshots-in-linux.html