Notes, fixes and guides.
Sixteen years of working notes — Linux and networking, Django and Laravel deployment, SwiftUI, AWS. Written down mostly so I can find them again.
Execution Sequence of .bash_* files
Execution sequence for interactive login shellexecute /etc/profileIF ~/.bash_profile exists THEN execute ~/.bash_profileELSE IF ~/.bash_login exist THEN execute ~/.bash_login ELSE IF ~/.profile exist…
Disable the usage of history using HISTSIZE
I you don't want the shell to remember the commands you have typed, then disable history all together by setting the HISTSIZE to 0 as shown below.$ export…
How to Change the position of the Restore/Max/Close buttons on windows in ubuntu 9.04,9.10,10.04
Many you might have already seen that the position of the buttons on the window decorated had been left justified in ubuntu 10.04. Actually it is very easy…
“shopt -s cdspell” : Automatically correct mistyped directory names on cd
Use shopt -s cdspell to correct the typos in the cd command automatically asshown below. $ cd /var/vmall-bash: cd: /var/vmall: No such file or directory$ shopt -s cdspell$…
Use “cd -” to toggle between the last two directories
You can toggle between the last two current directories using cd - as shownbelow.[dipin@linuxgeek ~]$ cd /etc/[dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ pwd/etc[dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ cd /var/[dipin@linuxgeek var]$…
Try to navigate up the directory using cd followed by consecutive dots
In the below example i have show how to navigate up to level 5 using cd......(cd followed by 6 dots).Here a single dot represents the current directory, 2…
Toggle SSH Session using SSH Escape Character
When you’ve logged on to the remotehost using ssh from the localhost, you may want to come back to the localhost to perform some activity and go back…
How to Install stable Firefox 3.6(Not the Namoroka One) in your ubuntu
I you are using ubuntu 9.10 karmic/ 10.04 Lucid. just run these commands on your terminal:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install firefox-3.6Now…
Pino: Install twitter and Identi.ca Client for ubuntu Linux
Pino is Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop. It's simple and fast.Install Pino in ubuntu$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vala-team/ppa$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:troorl/pino$ sudo apt-get…
Howto: VPN connection setup on ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala
I took this from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8261958&postcount=6 There are so many variations on these VPN implementations that it is extremely difficult to generalize a known-good…
How to install VLC Media Player in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
Here's is a guide to install VLC using motumedia ppa.To install VLC, you will need to install the medibuntu-keyring, w32codecs and libdvdcss2.For that open a terminal and type…
Social integration and boot recovery in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
Lucid Lynx is going to feature a new social integration with a new “MeMenu”. The MeMenu is basically an application from where you can access social networks like…