Thoughts on the new Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 and installing a different shell...
I have just found out that the Nexus 7 tablet now has an Ubuntu distribution that is working on that tablet computer. The Unity desktop does not seem to be very stable on this device though; it would...
View ArticleHow to use aliases with the bash shell and some other useful Linux tricks.
Are you wanting to create an alias and you want to see how they are done? Well a Linux distribution should come with some aliases that are already created for you and you can type the alias ls command...
View ArticleHow to use color in the ls command to brighten up your directory listings.
Below we see output of the ls command when listing a directory. The –color=auto parameter allows the use of color if your terminal supports it. And since everyone either uses Konsole or Gnome Terminal;...
View ArticleHow to prevent a file from being overwritten using the tcsh shell on Linux.
This example using the set noclobber command prevents existing files from being overwritten. 9:18am homer /home/homer/Documents ) set noclobber 9:18am homer /home/homer/Documents ) ls ip.txt ip.txt...
View ArticleInstall tcsh on Ubuntu with this simple guide.
Install the tcsh shell on Ubuntu Linux easily with this simple guide The tcsh shell for Linux is a free but enhanced version of the old Berkeley UNIX C shell (csh). This is a very good alternative to...
View ArticleTcsh tricks and tips.
Print a lost of information about your current terminal using the tcsh shell and a nice command. Yog-Sothoth:~> telltc Tcsh thinks your terminal has the following characteristics: It has 217 columns...
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