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I wanted to change my default text editor in the command line from pico to vi
I wanted to know how to chmod the fodlers one thing and then the files another... all recursivley.
Wanted to know how to easily download all files and folders recursivley from a host that only offers ftp access using only the command line
Sometimes file download links are protected by scripts (like at sourceforges "link to current version", for example) so that they can not be directly linked to, or what have you.. I'f I'm working remotely, I prefer to download directly to the box I'm working on. So while wget is good for downloading direct links, it won't work with the script-based links. How can I download them then?
It's a lot nicer to upload/download files when they are mounted into your filesystem
Sometimes you want to start a download, update, or what have you. Instead of keeping your terminal (remote connection) open, you can start the process using screen, detach, and then exit/logout.
Annoyed with sound in bash~
I was creating a user with encrypted home directory usnig "adduser --encrypt-home username" when I got the mentioned error.
When I tried my Nvidea gForce GT 430 with Linux (Mint 10 LXDE), the resolution did not match the edge of my screen (TV).
got a nasty error when using a shebang on top of php script
For those who need to remotly log into another linux machine.
.jar files run automatically in windows, but in linux they need to be called with java
I tried to install the jdk via
sudo apt-get install jdk
but got:
E: Couldn't find package jdk
I needed to know how to configure my Ubuntu Linux server (10.04 LTS) to have a static IP
if using sudo commands in a script, you don't want to have to enter a password for it.