Category: Linux

Check for Bad Blocks in HDD

 January 24, 2008

Linux Command to search the Harddisk for bad sectors sudo badblocks -v /dev/sda

Scheduled Shutdown In Linux

 January 23, 2008

Shutdown the system after a specified time. shutdown -h hours:minutes &

Linux Command to Erase Rewritable CD

 January 21, 2008

Erase a Rewritable Disk cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/cdrom -eject blank=fast -force

Force an Unmount

 January 19, 2008

Force umount when the device is busy fuser -km /mnt/hda2

Show USB devices

 January 18, 2008

Linux command to show all USB Devices lsusb -tv

Create a Sound File from a Text

 January 17, 2008

You can create a wav file of a written text using this command echo “It’s such a beautiful day! Why…

Create a Directory Tree in One Command

 January 15, 2008

You can create a directory tree using just one command in Linux mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2

Using Dvorak in Linux Console

 January 14, 2008

If you are a user of the dvorak layout, this command will let you use that layout in the console……

Using Range in Commands

 January 11, 2008

Show files and directory containing numbers ls *[0-9]*

Install Java JRE in Linux and Use it as a Firefox Plugin

 January 9, 2008

Download the installer from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp cd /usr/local/ mkdir java cd java sh /home/user/location_of_jre_installer/jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin cd /usr/local/firefox/plugin/ [The folder where firefox is…