My PDA is full of these tidbits.  When I see something useful, or have
to research it myself, I stick it in there.  I have them sorted by OS
(AIX, Solaris, Linux) as well.

This is a great idea.  When it is posted on the site, I'll memory-dump
my PDA for inclusion.

-- 
George Toft
CISSP, MSIS
CTO/Computer Security
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760

Ed Skinner wrote:
> 
>      I have something for the PLUG Website that should be of interest to
> newbies and possbly even old-farts such as myself. For some years I've slowly
> accumulated a list of notes on doing various things in Linux. I think of it
> as my personal "big dummy" list -- it's how to do various things that I don't
> do often enough to memorize. Some of the things go in categories (setting up
> CUPS, printers and printing files in various ways) and some things end up in
> a "one-liners list" of simple, one-line commands for various purposes.
>      Some are entries gleaned from this mailing list, by the way. (Thank you!)
>      I'm looking for a "good place" on the PLUG website but the content
> crosses the boundary between FAQ (or more likely, "Not So FAQ But Wish I
> Had") and something in the Downloads which, unfortunately, ends up somewhat
> buried and hidden.
>      Where do you think it should go?
>      Here's a brief sampling:
> 
> Abbreviated version
> EdskiHowTo.txt: How To Do Things I Sometimes Forget How To Do
> No warranty, no guarantees, etc...
> Indeed, if you blindly follow the instructions herein, you will almost
> certainly destroy your system. Have Fun!
> 
> Add edski (me) to sudo database
>         As root, edit /etc/sudoers (should be one there already)
>         After the line about root, add a new line (with no leading whitespace):
>                 edski   ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
> 
> vi Tricks
>         ma              # "Mark" the current line as "a"
>         'a              # Go to mark "a"
>         :'a,. !sort     # Alpha-sort the lines between mark "a" and "." (here)
> 
> Allow anyone to mount the first USB storage device (such as a digital camera)
>         As root
>                 mkdir /mnt/usb
>                 Edit /etc/fstab: add the following (but no leading whitespace)
>                 /dev/sda1       /mnt/usb        vfat    noauto,user     0 0
>         Then, as a normal user
>                 Ready the USB storage device
>                 [Put the camera into playback (not record) mode]
>                 [Maybe wait several seconds before attempting the mount?]
>                 [fdisk -l /dev/sda1 # (May be helpful?)]
>                 mount /dev/sda1 # OR mount /mnt/usb
>                 find /mnt/usb -print # See what's there
>                 ... whatever (such as "cp /mnt/usb/... elsewhere"
>                 umount /dev/sda1 # OR umount /mnt/usb
> 
> Various single-Line Commands
>         INDEX=22; sed -n "${INDEX}p" filename   # Print one line from a file
>         fdisk -l /dev/hda # (May be informative)
>         pushd .; cd elsewhere; do some stuff; popd # go back, can be multi-line
>         ( cd elsehwere; do some stuff ) # Equivalent, must be done as one line
>         fuser filename  # Show PIDs having filename open
>         fuser -k filename # Kill processes having filename open
>         fuser -k /dev/dsp # Kill processes using sound card
>         ps xaf # Show all processes with parentage
>         find BB PT -print | zip music -@ # Create music.zip for a Windows system
>         a2ps -1 file     # Print file (1-up)
>         a2ps -4 file     # 4-up print file (text, postscript, PDF, whatever!)
>         a2ps --portrait --columns=1 filelist # 1-up print lots of files
>         a2ps --delegate=off file # Print plain ASCII regardless of content/name
> 
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