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