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This is a growing list of Linux commands which might come handy for the newbies of Linux. 1. Found out i had to set the date like this:    # date -s 2007.04.08-22:46+0000 2. Mounting     sudo mount -t cifs // < pingable_host_or_ip > / < win_share_name > /build -o user= ,domain= ,uid=string,gid=string 3. To install linux packages from internet (ubuntu only)     apt-get install 4. To determine what ports the machine is currently listening on     netstat -an | grep -i listen | less 5. Find in files in Linux     find . | xargs grep 'string' -sl 6. To become superuser/root     sudo -i 7. To find a running process using name ps -aef | grep "searchstring" 8. Alt + F2 opens run window in RHEL 9. To access windows share from linux smb:// /d$ 10. To know the last reboot date & time $ last reboot | head -1 11. To install RPM packages in RHEL rpm -ivh 12. To un-install RPM package in ...

Ever wondered where is the button in gmail to view only unread messages ? There is none. I found a way to do it. Just type "is:unread" in the search email textbox in gmail. And there you are !! You will be able to view only the unread emails in your gmail account !

************************************************************* Read this, absurd but true. Courtesy: The Internet. This is a real story that happened between a customer of General Motors and its Customer-Care Executive . Pls read on….. A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: ‘This is the second time I have written to you, and I don’t blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we’ve eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It’s also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem…..You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from the store my car won’t start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to kn...

My advice/guidance which I gave to one of the freshers who has just passed out from BE & is looking out for his first job. Thought of posting this here since it might benefit other freshers as well. My letter to the freshly passed out job seeker ----------------------------------------------- Hi, Please correct the spelling "emplotment" - to employment in your resume. I suggest running a spell check on your resume. It would be better if you can attach a word document format of the doc instead of the pdf. Also please add more details about your final year projects & any other projects which you had worked on during your academics. Update these details & re-send the resume to me. I will forward it to my known contacts. But again it can only fetch you interview calls & clearing is fully dependent on how well you perform in the interview. Here are some pointers for you on how to succeed in getting your first job. 1. Prepare well thoroughly on all the below...