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- Jack Wallen, Jr.'s one-hour Linux tutorial, part 2
- In part 2 of this Daily Drill Down series for new to intermediate Linux users, Jack Wallen, Jr. explains how to safely shut down your machine, manage power with various applications, and modify and augment simple commands.In part two of this Daily Drill Down series, I will revisit the Linux...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Linux, simple command
- Technical articles 2000-06-29
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- Make your Linux command line work like DOS with shell scripting
- If you're an IT support professional who's comfortable withworking at the command prompt in Windows, you might quickly find yourself lostwhen you first open a command line in Linux. Most of the familiar DOS commandsyou grew up with don't exist in Linux. So you find yourself facing thedaunting task of...
- Tags: DOS, Linux, command line, Eric Sheesley, shell
- Technical articles 2004-07-16
- Add a command button to your Access form without programming
- Would you like to add a simple command button to a form, but don't know how to program in VBA? Mary Ann Richardson tells us how Access 2002 and 2003's Command Button wizard lets you add a simple command button to a form without programming. Would you like to...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Databases, Mary Ann Richardson, programming, Microsoft Office Suite Access Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Access 2002, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-04-11
- Using the Cisco ip unnumbered command
- Connecting point-to-point serial WAN links between two Cisco routers can actually be achieved without the use of IP addresses! How? Todd Lammle explains this mystery to all.If you have multiple WAN links, but the availability of usable subnets is running low, then Cisco has a proprietary solution for you. The...
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Todd Lammle, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, subnet, network, IP address, router
- Technical articles 2001-05-16
- Controlling user accounts from the command line
- If you cut your teeth on DOS, then you may not always like to use a GUI to do things. Windows NT and 2000 both allow you to perform administrative tasks such as dealing with users from the command line. John Sheesley shows you how.As a network administrator, you spend...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, John Sheesley, password, command line, NET USER, Click Programs, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, NET USER command, user account
- Technical articles 2001-02-20
- Roll back changes on your Cisco router with this command
- What happens if you've made changes to your router's configuration and something goes wrong? How can you get back to where you started? David Davis tells you about a command that helps you roll back changes while minimizing downtime. Have you ever made changes to your Cisco router or...
- Tags: Cisco Router, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, router, running-config, downtime, Cisco Routers and Management Newsletter, Command
- Technical articles 2007-05-17
- Save time with Command Prompt's name completion feature
- Using the change directory CD command to navigate between folders can be a very daunting task—especially if the path is made up of long folder names. Not only does it take you a while to type out the long pathname, but whenever you make one little typo, you have to...
- Tags: Directory, Directory Name Completion, Directory Name Completion feature, File, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2003-02-20
- Build Your Skills: Save time with Windows command prompt's name completion feature
- Using the change directory CD command to navigate between folders can be a daunting task—especially if the path is made up of long folder names. It takes you a while to type out the long pathname, and whenever you make one little typo, you have to start all over. If...
- Tags: Directory, Directory Name Completion, Directory Name Completion feature, File, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2003-07-09
- Supercharge the command line with Windows PowerShell 1.0
- Windows started out as being a graphical interface to runover top of the old DOS operating system. Over time, Windows evolved into itsown operating system, but ever since the 80's, there's always been a DOS-likecommand prompt available to network administrators. The problem is that thecommand prompt itself has remained largely...
- Tags: Luke Swagger, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2006-11-30
- Configure IT Quick: Use the command line to import GAL data in Exchange 2000
- Exchange 2000 incorporates Active Directory from the underlying Windows 2000 Server operating system. When you install Exchange 2000, it creates an object called the Global Address List GAL in Active Directory. The recipient lists for your enterprise are stored in the GAL.You can manipulate the GAL using Exchange 2000’s built-in...
- Tags: Derek C. Schauland, Global Address List, information technology, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
- Technical articles 2003-01-14
- Command to Clear a Combo Box in Excel
- Hi,Can anyone help me with a simple command line in Excel?I have a couple of combo boxes that pull values from a table in another worksheet. I made a button that will go through all the fields in my workbook and set the default values to it. All...
- Tags: Clear, sbui@..., combo box, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Roll back changes on your Cisco router with this command
- Have you ever made changes to your Cisco router or switch and then needed to remove them? There are several ways to do this, but which is the safest and easiest method? Rebooting the router or switch isn't the answer. In fact, a simple command is a much better bet....
- Tags: Cisco Router, Router, Command, Configuration, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- On things UNIX: Simple csh scripting
- No one ever said UNIX should be user-friendly. Craig Burkhart examines how csh scripts can make your day easier.A friend of mine once said back in the mid-‘80s (and it’s still true today) that, unlike other popular operating systems, UNIX does not pretend to be user-friendly. It is, rather, expert-friendly....
- Tags: Operating systems, Craig Burkhart, Unix
- Technical articles 1999-08-20
- TechRepublic Community shines again with better command prompt tips
- Got an XP tip?I am always on the look out for Windows XP tips, especially tips that have not appeared in this blog before. Have you got a favorite tip that many people don't know, but should? Share it with us. I'll hook you up with swag.RE: TechRepublic Community shines...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Printers, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Mark W. Kaelin, TechRepublic Community
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Linux + X10 + cron = cheap and simple automation
- It's amazing the kind of things that you can automate if you use Linux! In fact, as Jack Wallen argues, complete automation of our most mundane daily tasks may not be too far off. To illustrate this point, he offers a very interesting example.Complete automation is something that many IT...
- Tags: Jack Wallen, Jr., automation, BottleRocket, X10 Wireless Technology, BottleRocket software, software, Linux
- Technical articles 2000-06-26
- Tips and tricks for working on the command line
- thanks for the tips!I have jumped feet first into Linux over the past year and have learned the value of using command line for just about everything. I learned in a Windows-only College, so having to shift gears after school graduated in May was not easy for me, though now...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, command line, GUI, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- Cut down on Linux command-line typing with these 10 handy bash aliases
- Try this alias to help you remember the ones you have!I have this as an alias to help me remember what aliases I have set up in my .bashrcalias aka='cat ~/.bashrc | grep alias'This will print to the shell your alias commands quite nicely."This information is also available as a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Linux, alias, aliase
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Get IT Done: An introduction to the MySQL command line
- Introduction to common command line MySQL instructions and configurationsDatabases are all the rage for one good reason: You need them to do just about anything. From Web sites to employee records to vendor listings to payrolls, databases affect nearly all levels of the enterprise. Because of this, duties that once...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Get IT Done, MySQL, password, database
- Technical articles 2002-03-22
- Get IT Done: Simple scripting commands in the Windows NT Resource Kit
- Scripting commands available in Microsoft Windows NTIn “Scripting with the NT Resource Kit, part 1: The essentials,” I introduced you to three simple commands (Choice, Now, and Shutdown) from the NT Resource Kit and to a utility that allows you to run a batch file when an NT computer starts...
- Tags: Richard Charrington, Get IT Done, Microsoft Windows, Tlist, CMD, Microsoft Windows NT
- Technical articles 2000-04-20
- Monitor your Linux box with the Gnome Workstation Command Center
- Have you ever had to run a million or so commands on a Linux box to ascertain the status of one process or another? If so, then you will appreciate the Gnome Workstation Command Center. In this Daily Feature, Jack Wallen, Jr., shows you the ropes.It seems every operating system,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Jack Wallen, Jr., monitor, gwcc, Gnome Workstation Command Center, GNOME, Linux
- Technical articles 2001-10-05
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