Category Archives: Linux

This is what I used to mount the Mandrake Pendrive Linux loopback device to retrieve my partners files when she moved back to a proper PC with a working hard drive  # Create the device as /dev/loop0 and point to … Continue reading →

Here is something that sounds neat… There’s nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide, electified, six-log multitail, what’s i’d say? multi-tail.  What’s it called? multi-tail.  That’s right! Multitail! … multitail, multitail, multitail… http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/index.html Basically it lets you tail multiple … Continue reading →

Fun = figuring out shared library deps on linux.  Not… This useful article (Program Library-HOWTO) talks about how lib files are discovered and what you can do to force them to be found. LD_LIBRARY_PATH which I’ve seen many times before, … Continue reading →

Super helpful, in glorious html, easier than reading a man page.  What more could you want. http://www.vectorsite.net/tsawk.html

This is so simple, yet so easily forgotten $ echo ‘this is a test of the emergency \ > backslash multiline > prompt system. > When will it end, I dont know for sure > how about if i close … Continue reading →

A neat article about enabling bash_completion in linux (look for a file called /etc/bash_completion and call it in your rc) Also, something I always forget the exact syntax for, is the exclude or not completion. Eg ls *.[^bz2] will list … Continue reading →

It’s a little dated but The CTDP Linux User’s Guide is an excellent linux reference, covering everything from Bash to X to user management, to heaps of stuff. I like the layout because it reminds me of the reference guides … Continue reading →