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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/12/10-useful-linux-commands.html
blogspot.com Here's a list of 10 commands which may come handy when using the command line in Linux: Search for all files modified in the last N days containing a specific text in their name find DIR -mtime -N -name "*TEXT*"

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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-10sysadtips/index.html
ibm.com Learn these 10 tricks and you'll be the most powerful Linux systems administrator in the universe...well, maybe not the universe, but you will need these tips to play in the big leagues. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you can duplicate them on your own systems.

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http://www.linux.com/feature/138744
linux.com Speedometer shows a graph of your current and past network speed in your console, letting you see your network connection's up and downstream speed and history at a glance. You can also use speedometer directly on a file to monitor the download performance and history of a specific download instead of all network traffic.

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http://vivapinkfloyd.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-change-console-resolution.html
blogspot.com Tutorial on how to change the console resolution by editing the /etc/grub/menu.lst file, so instead of the standard 80x25 size the screen will be able to use 1024x768 or even bigger. Helpful when working in a shell and it looks nicer when the system boots up.

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HowFlow — On popular request: three ways to turn off the console beep.

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HowFlow — Want to organize your command line screen session or sessions better? Want to have a separate screen session for every task that you do? Want something that will organize you in general?

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