Tag Archives: bash

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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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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Directory Navigation Tips in Linux

Posted on October 7, 2008 by spsneo

Many of us just use cd, cd .., cd <dir> to navigate through the file system in Linux. Directory or file-system navigation can be simplified by using following commands – 1) Many times we are in some directory say /home/user/foo … Continue reading →

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