Category Archives: Linux

Post Pidgin and Twitter status from command line

Posted on January 20, 2010 by spsneo

I often want to post the same status message in Pidgin and Twitter. I wrote  simple bash script to accomplish this. One can download the script from here: http://www.spsneo.com/scripts/poststatus.tar.gz How to use it – 1) Change the permission of the … Continue reading →

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Bash History Tips and Tricks

Posted on September 19, 2009 by spsneo

Bash supports history expansion feature which can be very useful for powerful command-line users. According to bash manual page – History  expansions introduce words from the history list into the input stream, making it easy to repeat commands, insert the … Continue reading →

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Set BING Background as your Desktop Wallpaper in GNOME

Posted on July 18, 2009 by spsneo

BING comes up with a beautiful background everyday. I thought why not set this background as my desktop wallpaper. But it would be a cumbersome task to set it manually. So I searched (Googled, BINGed) for some script which will … Continue reading →

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Open any file from terminal in Gnome

Posted on April 5, 2009 by spsneo

I normally use terminals to navigate through directories in my computer. I often have to remember the executable filename of different applications to open files. Like to open a pdf file I have to remember evince, for an audio or … Continue reading →

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Extract all Archive File Format With Just One Command in Linux

Posted on January 28, 2009 by spsneo

There are large number of archive file formats – .zip, .tar.gz, .tar, .gz, .7zip, .rar, etc etc.. I find it difficult to remember the command line options for extracting different archive file formats. So, I wrote a bash function which … Continue reading →

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