One more correction (you'd think I didn't use this command a couple times a week) ps -A On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Robert Bushman wrote: > Hmmm, important safety tip - the right way to do this is: > > $ ps -a | grep mozilla > > VERIFY THAT YOU WANT ALL DISPLAYED PROCESSES TO DIE! > > $ kill `ps -a | grep mozilla | awk {'print $1'}` > > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Robert Bushman wrote: > > > Another fun one - kill all instances of Mozilla > > (or whatever you put in the grep token): > > > > kill `ps -a | grep mozilla | awk {'print $1'}` > > > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Kevin Brown wrote: > > > > > hmm, command-line quickies? > > > > > > "cd -" : takes you to the last directory you were in. Good way to bounce > > > between two directories in far areas of the filesystem. > > > "cd ~" or "cd" : takes you to your home directory. > > > "rpm -qa | grep " : find a package if it was installed. > > > "tail -f " : watch a file as it changes. Can't think of a way to do this > > > in Windows and notepad can't deal with large text logs. Would hate to think > > > what would happen opening the logs in Word. > > > > > > can't think of any other quicky command-line tricks, but most commonly used unix > > > commands for me are (in no particular order): cd, ls, grep, rpm, sed, awk, vi, > > > man, and tail. > > > > > > Anyone want to expand on this? > > > > > > > How about chipping in on a presentation then? > > > > We'll put someone more foolhardy in front of > > > > the slings and arrows :) (I'll do it if noone > > > > else is interested) > > > > > > > > Maybe list your 10 favorite CLI quickies? > > > > (everyone is more than welcome to contribute!) > > > > > > > > Business for Engineers - it's the same damned > > > > thing at U Cincinnati. ugh. The instructor had > > > > the worst toupee I've ever seen - it was jet > > > > black, but his hair was gray. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Kevin Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > > EEEAAAKKKK!!!!, Public speaking. > > > > > > > > > > Something that still gives me nightmares. Was one of the reasons I did so poor > > > > > in the "Business for Engineers" classes at ASU where all they did was teach > > > > > Excel and giving presentations. > > > > > > > > > > > Nice! To me, bash and the GNU tools are at > > > > > > least 50% of why I can't be as productive > > > > > > on MS. This is the sort of thing that makes > > > > > > advanced Windows users go, "oooh, that's > > > > > > pretty cool." > > > > > > > > > > > > Wanna do a presentation or demo of CLI-power > > > > > > at Install Fest? > > > > > > > > > > > > my favorite quickie for new users: > > > > > > > > > > > > $ apropos file > > > > > > (too many results) > > > > > > $ apropos file | grep -i compress > > > > > > (ahh, that's better) > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's see you try that on Windows :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Kevin Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Came home tonite and got onto my Workstation and noticed that my IceWM session > > > > > > > from the server was gone. Sometimes it disappears because the two boxes lose > > > > > > > contact with each other. So I logged into the box and exported the DISPLAY > > > > > > > varaiable and restarted IceWM. Then it occured to me that I could make this > > > > > > > much easier for myself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Played around with ps, grep, and awk and got something that would find the users > > > > > > > who have icewm running. X is never run directly on the box because the only > > > > > > > time I sit at it is if it goes down. So, I decided to muck with my > > > > > > > .bash_profile and see if I could auto fire off icewm from me just logging in. > > > > > > > Short story made shorter, yep. Only a little basic thing, but since I rarely do > > > > > > > any coding (shell or otherwise) I think it was pretty good. Great thing is, it > > > > > > > will only fire up icewm if I don't already have a copy up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > username=`ps -ef | grep .*[0-9].icewm | awk '{print $1}'` > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if [ ! Xhellgate = X$username ] > > > > > > > then > > > > > > > echo "IceWM not running on your display" > > > > > > > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > > > > > > icewm & > > > > > > > fi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guess I can later try and add some more sanity checking, but this works for now > > > > > > > :) > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "We need commonsense judges who understand that our rights were > > derived from God. Those are the kind of judges I intend to put on > > the bench." President George W. 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Bush, 27 June 2002 > http://www.nando.net/politics/story/453192p-3627921c.html > > "no religious Test shall ever be required" Constitution Article 6 > http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst/art-6.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -------------------------------------------------------------------- "We need commonsense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God. Those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench." President George W. Bush, 27 June 2002 http://www.nando.net/politics/story/453192p-3627921c.html "no religious Test shall ever be required" Constitution Article 6 http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst/art-6.html --------------------------------------------------------------------