http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:00:34 GMT en-us http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:53:09 GMT Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:53:09 GMT <b>Want to know route of a packet they follow to reach destination.</b><p>Type <i>traceroute machinename_orip</i>command on console to know route of a packet. One can also use <i>tracepath machinename_orip</i> command which is similar to traceroute but this command does not take complicated options. This command is very useful when there are network or router problems. Linux HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:39:45 GMT Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:39:45 GMT <b>How to know hostname of the computer in linux.</b><p>Type <i>hostname</i> command on console to know host name of the computer they are logged into. Linux HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:28:32 GMT Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:28:32 GMT <b>Create an empty 0 byte file in Windows.</b><p>To create an empty file in Windows, run command <b>copy NUL <i>filename</i></b>, from command prompt. This will create 0 byte empty file. Win2000/Xp HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:28:27 GMT Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:28:27 GMT <b>Create an empty 0 byte file in Windows.</b><p>To create an empty file in Windows, run command <b>copy NUL <i>filename</i></b>, from command prompt. This will create 0 byte empty file. Vista HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:25:09 GMT Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:25:09 GMT <b>Underline your text in Notepad</b>.<p>You can underline the typed text in notepad, from registry add/modify the DWORD value <i>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\lfUnderline</i>, set the value to <i>1</i>. Make sure, during this process notepad is not running. Now, open notepad and type, the type text appear will be underline. Win2000/Xp HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:24:59 GMT Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:24:59 GMT <b>Underline your text in Notepad</b>.<p>You can underline the typed text in notepad, from registry add/modify the DWORD value <i>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\lfUnderline</i>, set the value to <i>1</i>. Make sure, during this process notepad is not running. Now, open notepad and type, the type text appear will be underline. Registry NT HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:33 GMT Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:33 GMT <b>Remove third-party plugins from Mail</b>.<p>To remove third party plugins, make sure Mail is not running, close your Mail if it is running. Go to folder /Library/Mail/Bundles folder. Delete all the files/folders from this folder. Go to folder /Library/Mail/Bundles. Delete all the contents of the folder. Now open your Mail, it should work fine. Mac HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:06:42 GMT Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:06:42 GMT <b>Execute a program periodically and showing its output full screen</b>.<p> To execute a program peridically and see its output, use command <i>watch</i>. Syntax<br>watch [options] <i>command command_options</i>. Few options:<br>-n: Specify an interval to run command<br>-d: Highlight the differences between successive updates. Linux HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:03:40 GMT Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:03:40 GMT <b>Get total amount of disk space used by the specified files and for each subdirectory.</b><p><i>Disk Usage</i> report the amount of disk space used by the specified files and for each subdirectory. Syntax <i>du [options]... [file] ...</i>. A few most frequently use arguments<br>du -a (all files)<br>du -k (in KB)<br>du -h (Human readable format)<br>du -s (Displays total, not details) Linux HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:43:35 GMT Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:43:35 GMT <b>Display a calendar in Linux.</b><p>To display a calendar, run command <i>cal</i>. Syntax <i>Cal [month] [year]</i>. eg:<br>cal 10 2008 - would display calendar for October 2008. Linux HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support)