Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Mplayer Command Examples



mplayer is a media player, its mainly used to play audio or video. 

What I like about it is how you can use it in the command line.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Mail Command Examples


mail [-t] [-w] [ -m message_type ] recipient


The Mail Command is a good way (not the only way) of sending/receiving emails via the console.

My Top 5 SSH Commands


SSH(Secure Shell) is a network protocol for secure data communication, unlike Telnet SSH connects via a secure channel over an insecure network.

Sunday, 4 March 2012

Beginners' Guide to Shell Scripting




It has come to my attention that a lot of people need a beginners' guide to shell scripting, therefore I am obliged to provide one. 

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Grep Command Examples



grep [options] PATTERN [FILE...]


The grep command basicaly searches though a file for lines which match the given pattern

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Awk Command Examples
awk can be a bit tricky but hopefully this will give you a good idea of its functionality.

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Cron Examples
Cron is somthing I find most useful, its definitely worth learning about.



The 'at' command basically executes a command at a specified time, surprisingly useful if you need to print something at 3pm and you're useless at remembering stuff..


Monday, 27 February 2012

Download BBC shows on Linux with get_Iplayer



get_Iplayer is an easy way to download tv and radio from the bbc iplayer website.

get_iplayer can be downloaded from linuxcentre.net