7-deadly-linux-commands

You want to learn about Linux, start from learning what not to do. <a href="http://www.junauza.com/2008/11/7-deadly-linux-commands.html" target="_blank">Here is one for the starting point.

So moral of the story is if someone asks you to do something and you dont know what that command will do, then dont do it. If your inner thing does not allow you not to do it, do it with all the care you can take. May be a backup and most importantly &#8221;DONT USE ROOT LOGIN IF U DONT HAVE REASON TO USE IT&#8221;. BTW there are couple of more articles on these kind of advices but the best way to save yourself is to educate yourself on the outcome of the command you are executing.

Configure sendmail for SMTP relay with your ISP

http://cri.ch/linux/docs/sk0009.html

I have copied the document from the above link without modifications

Author:  Sven Knispel
Updated:  05-01-2005
Feedback welcome: <a href="mailto:linux@cri.ch">linux@cri.ch
Free service provided by: <a set="yes" linkindex="2" href="http://cri.ch/">www.cri.ch

The following article explains the setup of sendmail for forwarding mails to your ISP&#8217;s smtp server.
It is assumed that you have sendmail up-to-date and configured properly.
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Script to generate a html file with link to all files in directory

ls -1 |awk -F&#8221;.&#8221; '{print  &#8221;

&#8221;,$2,&#8221;.&#8221;,$3,&#8221;

And if you want to do it recursively

ls -1R |awk -F&#8221;.&#8221; '{print  &#8221;

&#8221;,$2,&#8221;.&#8221;,$3,&#8221;

Elive – just 5 generations ahead.

A lot of you must have heard about E16 desktop and lot others would have heard about the compiz. Think about the sheer beauty of the desktop for the combination of the 2. See some screenshots here. I haven\’t tried the distro till now but am in the process of downloading the development version right now. Would try it from live media and install it if that looks great.

top command with rc to make it more useful and beautiful.

Just for fun, somedays back I was reading the top command. This command is something that I have been using since long time and have never read the man page so I thought let me do that. And yes, it was worth while to look at that page. I came to know that top supports toprc file and that it can be used to configure the way top looks. So:

Diff Linux command — Find the difference in files the easier way.

In Linux you can use diff command to find the differences in file.

What is interesting is that you can use &#8221;diff -u&#8221; to list the differences with &#8217;+&#8217; and &#8217;-&#8217; rather than sometimes confusing &#8217;>&#8217; and '<&#8217;.

Running the regular diff between two text files to see the differences is not so elegant for the human eye to decode. Luckily there are plenty of tools out there to make this easy.

feedly– addon for firefox if you have a lot of subscriptions for Google reader.

Download feedly <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8538">here. Feedly is the way to go if you have lot of subscriptions or otherwise too if you would like to see some changes in the way the google reader looks. Here&#8217;s the description:

A magazine-like startpage. A fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite sites and services. Provides seamless integration with Google Reader, Twitter, Frienfeed, Delicious and YouTube.

and a screenshot: