Re: Something for PLUG Website

>      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:

> 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