Command Line
Command Line to Clipboard
Update: Script has been updated to add pipe support. Thanks to Nathan who allowed me to use his improvements. It’s really something to be learning Linux. The more I learn about Linux the more I learn it’s about manipulating letters and numbers (well, this is more programming than anything but Linux is a lot about […]
Purge Memory
Linux does a good job when it comes to memory allocation. If memory isn’t being used or hasn’t been used for awhile it gets put into a cache where it can readily pulled. At times though this cache can become pretty big (especially for a program that has a memory leak). If a good number […]
Background a Process/Program
At times it is useful to see the output of what a program produces by typing its command line name in the terminal (for instance for debugging), at other times typing a program in the terminal just takes up space that could ordinarily be utilized for something else. Launching programs from the terminal can be […]
Cron Alarm Clock
Surprisingly I found out that there are a lack of alarm clocks in Linux. I’ve tried a few but really was impressed with none. So I decided to go with what the Linux uses for some of it’s timed events: Cron. Cron can be a good alarm and its easy to use. The program crontab […]
Setting Up Irssi
Irssi is a command line client for IRC, developed since 1999 and written in the beautiful language of C. It is a very good client with a lot of options for those willing to learn a command line interface. If not, check out Xchat. When I came upon a couple of install problems I was […]
