-Having trouble using fetch through a firewall? Try setting the environment
+Having trouble using fetch through a firewall? Try setting the environment
variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to yes, and see fetch(3) for more details.
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By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward
-- Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
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You can use "whereis" to locate standard binary, manual page and source
-directories for the specified programs. This can be particularly handy
+directories for the specified programs. This can be particularly handy
when you are trying to find where in the pkgsrc tree an application is.
Try "whereis netscape" and "whereis whereis".
-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
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Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use "su -" to simulate
-a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
+a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
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Over quota? "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
"man security" gives very good advice on how to tune the security of your
DragonFly BSD system.
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-Want to see how much virtual memory you're using? Just type "swapinfo" to
+Want to see how much virtual memory you're using? Just type "swapinfo" to
be shown information about the usage of your swap partitions.
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pkgsrc/net/netcat package is useful not only for redirecting input/output
-to TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them. See inetd(8) for
+to TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them. See inetd(8) for
details.
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If other operating systems have damaged your Master Boot Record, you can
-reinstall it with boot0cfg(8). See "man boot0cfg" for details.
+reinstall it with boot0cfg(8). See "man boot0cfg" for details.
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-Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal". To see the
+Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal". To see the
whole year, type "cal -y".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
+Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To see the last time that you logged in, use lastlogin(8).
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-To clear the screen, use "clear". To re-display your screen buffer, press
-the scroll lock key and use your page up button. When you're finished,
+To clear the screen, use "clear". To re-display your screen buffer, press
+the scroll lock key and use your page up button. When you're finished,
press the scroll lock key again to get your prompt back.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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file filename
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Time to change your password? Type "passwd" and follow the prompts.
+Time to change your password? Type "passwd" and follow the prompts.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
+Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
"wc filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to print a manpage? Use
+Need to print a manpage? Use
man name_of_manpage | col -bx | lpr
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to remove all those ^M characters from a DOS file? Try
+Need to remove all those ^M characters from a DOS file? Try
col -bx < dosfile > newfile
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Forget what directory you are in? Type "pwd".
+Forget what directory you are in? Type "pwd".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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If you are in the C shell and have just installed a new program, you won't
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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Need to leave your terminal for a few minutes and don't want to logout?
-Use "lock -p". When you return, use your password as the key to unlock the
+Use "lock -p". When you return, use your password as the key to unlock the
terminal.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
+Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
+Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
look portion_of_word_you_know
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
+To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
first 10 lines, use "head filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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"hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
-"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
+Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
+"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Forget when Easter is? Try "ncal -e". If you need the date for Orthodox
+Forget when Easter is? Try "ncal -e". If you need the date for Orthodox
Easter, use "ncal -o" instead.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to see your routing table? Type "netstat -rn". The entry with the G
+Need to see your routing table? Type "netstat -rn". The entry with the G
flag is your gateway.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to see which daemons are listening for connection requests? Use
+Need to see which daemons are listening for connection requests? Use
"sockstat -4l" for IPv4, and "sockstat -l" for IPv4 and IPv6.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Can't remember if you've installed a certain package or not? Try "pkg_info |
+Can't remember if you've installed a certain package or not? Try "pkg_info |
grep package_name".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Got some time to kill? Try typing "hangman".
+Got some time to kill? Try typing "hangman".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl-U".
To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to quickly empty a file? Use "echo > filename".
+Need to quickly empty a file? Use "echo > filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To see all directories on a DragonFly BSD system, type
uqs's projects / games.git / commitdiff