Command Line: cal and date Calendar in the command line
Aug 31, 2005The legacy cal and date tools help users keep track of the time and date. You can even change the system time with a single shell command.
more »Command Line: User Accounts Command line user management
Jul 31, 2005Linux is a multiuser system: many users can work at the same machine at the same time on separate accounts. In this month’s column, we take a close look at how to create and manage Linux user accounts from the command line.
more »Command Line: Music Tools Music tools for the command line
Jun 30, 2005You don’t always need a GUI-based tool to play MP3 and Ogg Vorbis tracks. In this month’s column, we look at tools for rocking from the shell.
more »Command Line: CD Images mkisofs, mount, md5sum
May 31, 2005Before you burn a data CD in Linux, you need an ISO image – mkisofs
helps you create an Iso image. To save disks, you might like to check
the image before you burn it with md5sum.
more »Command Line: Browsers Command-line browsers Lynx, Links, and w3m
Apr 30, 2005If you’re working at the command line and you need to reach the
Internet, or if you just want to convert an HTML file into neatly formatted
ASCII text, try a text-based web browser.
more »Command Line: tr & dos2unix Using tr and dos2unix
Mar 31, 2005The tr tool is a real wizard. This simple command lets you replace strings in text files. Whether you are replacing letters or just removing whitespace, you will be amazed at tr‘s versatility.
more »Command Line: sort Organizing Lists with the sort Command
Feb 28, 2005sort helps you organize file lists and program
output. And if you like, you can even use this small
but powerful tool to merge and sort multiple files.
more »Command Line Creating Manpages with groff
Jan 31, 2005Do have difficulty remembering
command syntax? It often pays to
check the manpage. In this issue of
Command Line,we look at how to
create your own manpages,and
how to convert manpages to other
formats.
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