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The title of this article probably should have been, “How To: Write Text To A File From The Terminal With The Redirection Operators “>” and “>>””, but that’s just too long. With that length would also come some ugly formatting. WordPress has its benefits, but customizing that sort of stuff on a per-post basis is … Continue reading “How To: Write Text To A File From The Terminal with “>” and “>>””
It goes without saying that I’m a pretty big Lubuntu fan. The reason it goes without saying is because (as anyone that knows me knows) I have said it plenty of times already! This ‘award’, becoming an official Lubuntu Member, is recognition for past activity in the Linux (specifically in the Lubuntu/Ubuntu sphere) community. My … Continue reading “Meta: I’m Now An Official Lubuntu (And Ubuntu) Member!”
For security reasons, you’ll possibly automatically logout of your user sessions. If you didn’t know, you can actually do that with your shell, in the terminal. There’s already a variable (TMOUT) just for this reason, should you want to add it as a layer of security. Basically, for today, we’re going to set it up … Continue reading “Automatically Logout Of Your Shell”
Today’s article is going to be fairly brief and easy, as it just covers how to find your username in Linux. For this exercise, we’ll be using a terminal and some basic commands. It shouldn’t be too stressful or difficult. In fact, it should be just the opposite. When you open your terminal, you’re usually … Continue reading “Find Your Username In Linux”
You can manage Debian’s software repositories through the terminal, even by just editing some files. It’s not terribly hard, but there’s an “easier” way, and that’s to do so graphically. It may require some prep work, but it’s remarkably easy after you’ve taken care of that. People sometimes ask if we prefer the GUI or … Continue reading “Use A GUI To Manage Debian’s Software Repositories”
Have you ever wanted to count the word frequency in a text file? Have you ever wanted to know how many times you used a word in a document? Well, with just two simple commands (grep and wc) we’re going to learn how to do just that. As a writer, I try to avoid using … Continue reading “Count Word Frequency In A Text File”
This site mentions Nano quite a few times but never tells you how to install Nano. Today, this changes! Today, we make sure you have Nano available! Not all distros have Nano installed by default, but in pretty much all distros Nano would be a useful tool to have. The Nano text editor (GNU nano) … Continue reading “Let’s Install Nano (With Some Bonus Information)”
Have you ever wanted to time a command? Well, you can! Linux includes the ability to time a command, so that you can know how long it took for a command to be processed. Today, we’ll be using the ‘time‘ command. Time is simply (and accurately) described in the man page as: time – run … Continue reading “Time A Command To See How Long It Takes To Run”
Krita is an image authoring application. Some people compare Krita with GIMP. While the two programs have overlaps, the two programs are not the same and really shouldn’t be compared. Where GIMP is meant for image manipulation, Krita is more aimed at people who want to create images from scratch. GIMP and Krita probably shouldn’t … Continue reading “How To Install Krita In Ubuntu”
This article is going to tell you how to install gedit along with a bunch of plugins. There are many text editors out there, but gedit is a popular choice. Many plugins exist to extend gedit, and this is an easy way to install a bunch at once. Notes: This will only install the plugins … Continue reading “Let’s Install ‘gedit’ With All The Fixin’s In Ubuntu”
