Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
and don't ferget tab-completion while yer at it... Tab completion is the best ever. Including Esc ! to complete args. type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join the

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Eric Huff Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:19:35 -0700 : and don't ferget tab-completion while yer at it... Tab completion is the best ever. Including Esc ! to complete args. type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? Not for me. What else do yo have that starts with ga? -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:19:35 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) no games?! bah! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 09:36:25 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? you must have a dir I do not... just out of curiosity...what other dirs are there for you that start with /usr/lo? -- HaywireMac

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 01:06, Eric Huff wrote: type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? Not for me. What else do yo have that starts with ga? lo.

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
/usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) no games?! bah! In all these years of computers and people around me playing games, NetTrek, etc, i just haven't gotten into any games since i stopped using my dad's Sinclair. :) (a lot of my friends think i'm strange, too...) -- Mandrake

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this machine, so i may not have ever had any lost+found

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:29, Eric Huff wrote: lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:29, Eric Huff wrote: lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:55:38 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've installed root-tail, but when I run it using the example, nothing happens. ferget dat. it's not compiling, so it's not installed. 1. Go here and configure all your sources:

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a/usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this machine, so i may not have ever had any

[expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any way I can make this automatic or I can make some kind of shortcut for the job? Thanks a lot,

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 21:05, Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any way I can make this automatic or I can

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On 05 Sep 2003 21:18:21 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: if you hit page up, the commands you have typed in the past come up until you get some ways back. so page up and hit enter. even better, hit ctrl-r and start to type the command(s), it will match the letters you type with the

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:05:13 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hi all, I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any way I can make this automatic or I can make some kind of

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Many thanks HayworeMac! Your suggestion works like wonder. On Saturday 06 September 2003 08:40 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:05:13 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hi all, I run several tail commands to monitor

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:56:07 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: HayworeMac whoa, what an unfortunate typo... ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 18:05, Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any way I can make this automatic or I can

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 19:17, HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:56:07 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: HayworeMac whoa, what an unfortunate typo... ;-) ROTFLMAO Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Eric Huff
even better, hit ctrl-r and start to type the command(s), it will match the letters you type with the most recent matches. That rocks! I stuck it in the twiki where i think it ought to go: HowTo TipsAndTricks CLI : http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/CLI Though this might get

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread kwan
I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any way I can make this automatic or I can make some kind of shortcut for the job? Have you ever tried the screen program? I use it to set up multiple

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Jack Coates
colortail or swatch into the root window with http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 20:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run several tail commands to monitor several log files everyday. Instead of typing all the commands one by one on each terminal, is there any

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On 05 Sep 2003 20:45:37 -0700 Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: colortail or swatch into the root window with http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html pretty cool. can be done pretty much with any transparent term and a WM which allows you to turn off decor, but cool nonetheless. even

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:38:02 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: That rocks! and don't ferget tab-completion while yer at it... type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Felix Miata
James Sparenberg wrote: alias msg=tail -f /var/log/messages This all goes at the top, in your .bashrc file then when you su to root (since you have to be root to tail the logfile) just typing msg would give you the full command. Just make sure your alias isn't also a command (like doing

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:17:26 -0400 Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Some I use: alias Mnt='mount | sort | less' alias Reboot='shutdown -r 0' alias rpmqa='rpm -qa $*' I just love 'em, but to add new aliases alias pb=pico ~/.bashrc as well as alias tarz=tar -zxvf and

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-05 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've installed root-tail, but when I run it using the example, nothing happens. Or it this an error? I've got this when I installed it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root-tail-0.2]# xmkmf -a imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config make Makefiles make: