The auto complete feature of the Bourne Again SHell makes bash one of the most loved and newbie-friendly Linux shells. Just by pressing the Tab key you can complete commands and filenames. Press the Tab key twice and all files in the directory get displayed. But you can do more with autocomplete — such as associating file types with applications, and automatically designating whether you’re looking for directories, text, or MP3 files. With simple commands such as complete and the use of Escape sequences, you can save time and have fun on the command line.
Browsing Posts published on May 8, 2006
Infocus: Malicious cryptography, part 1:
Malicious cryptography, part 1
Spurs Win Series Opener Against Mavs:
Playing approximately 36 hours after clinching their first-round series on the road, the San Antonio Spurs made enough plays down the stretch to hold off the well-rested Dallas Mavericks, 87-85, in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals.
Anyone who dual-boots, runs, or manages a heterogeneous network with Windows and Linux workstations must occasionally contend with offline or dead systems. Of course, the open source world has plenty of good tools to help get these boxes back on track, or at least recover valuable data. Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a small yet powerful bootable Linux distribution that rescues, repairs, resets passwords, and clones dead Linux and Windows installations.
