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Control Your System With The Top Command
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | On Linux and Mac systems, the top terminal command gives you a great bird’s eye view of what your system is doing. A few helpful keyboard shortcuts make top an even more useful system command tool. More »
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Cygwin 1.7 Adds Windows 7 Support And Many Improvements
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Cygwin, the utility that opens Windows up to Linux/Unix/Mac-style command line powers, has updated to support Windows 7, accept more filenames with special characters, and do a whole lot more nitty-gritty terminal stuff a whole lot better. More »
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Download All Of National Geographic’s Wallpapers At Once
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | National Geographic offers some stunning, professional-quality wallpaper photos, but only as individual downloads. If you’re a frequent wallpaper switcher, or like background variety, a simple command line script makes it easy to grab them all. More »
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Create An Awesome Command Line Calculator
8:00AM The How-To Geek | When you spend as much time at the terminal as I do, having a calculator at your fingertips can be a really useful feature, and the Command-Line Fu website tells us how to create one easily. More »
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Use Zsync To Upgrade An Ubuntu Installation Image
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: For the first few days after a new Linux release, grabbing an install image can be tough going. Not so if you’ve already got an alpha, beta or RC copy—use zsync to grab the necessary updated bits. More »
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Learn To Compile Software From Source Code
8:00AM Adam Pash | Normally, installing a new application is no more difficult than double-clicking an installer and hitting Next a few times. For those very rare occasions when an app’s source code is all that’s available, Wired details how to compile it yourself. More »
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Shut Down Your Windows PC Remotely From Linux
2:00AM The How-To Geek | If you’ve ever wanted to remotely reboot a Windows box from your Linux machine, the Command-Line Fu web site has you covered with the quick and easy command to use. More »
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Move Files Without Breaking Stuff
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Linux or Mac OS X only: The Command-Line Fu web site writes up a quick-and-dirty trick to move files and create a symlink in a single command—so you can move files without breaking anything. More »
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Find A Future Date From The Shell
8:30AM The How-To Geek | Have you ever needed the exact date a certain number of days in the future? The Command-Line Fu site shows how to use the date command to calculate future (and past) dates. More »
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