Some useful Linux Commands

Hi friends, Here are some Linux commands, though basic but very much useful. 1) To know the ip address of the machine $ifconfig (Note – For Windows m/c its ‘ipconfig’, To get detailed information type ‘ipconfig /all’) 2) To view list of previously typed commands in command prompt $history | grep <word that need to [...]

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Linux command for Spell Check

We can spell check our documents in linux. The following linux command is used for spell check. We need to execute this command in the console. $spell test.txt where test.txt is the filename for which the spell check is needed. If the spell checker finds words that do not appear in its dictionary, it will [...]

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How to set up a ‘Cron Job’ ?

Friends… Many of you might have heard about the Cron Job. Specially those with some knowledge of Linux must have heard about it. We will discuss about this CRON Funda today- First of all, What is a Cron Job? On Unix systems, cron is used for automating tasks. Instead of getting out of bed at [...]

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