Re: shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
To read / edit a file you need to use a command called "vi" information about it's switches and commands in the program are at http://linux-sxs.org/vicommands.html Information on changing date/time can be found at http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html A good place for simple commands and h

Re: shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread patrick1
try " man cat" or "man vi" or "man pico" or "man emacs" patrick On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:30:19 -0400 "ebinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know what to enter at the shell to change server time in Red Hat >7.2 >and to read or edit a file >Thanks very new to the shell >Ed > > > >__

shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread ebinc
Does anyone know what to enter at the shell to change server time in Red Hat 7.2 and to read or edit a file Thanks very new to the shell Ed ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-18 Thread Jon Knews
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > had any luck with alternate (free or cheap) command shells or running > Linux > > in a Windows window (that's what this "Winlinux" stuff is about, yes?)? > > No it's not Alan. WinLinux shuts down Windows before starting Linux using > loadlin. Sorry.

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-16 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 02:46:29PM -0600, Alan Mead wrote: > I need to use Windows 95/98 (actually, DOS as much as possible) for some > things at work but DOS is driving me nuts. For example, I like vi but even > v5.5 of VIM truncates the filename to the mangled 8.3 format (unless I type > in the

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-15 Thread J. Scott Kasten
Try also the CYGWIN package. This has a windows DLL that gives you a near complete *nix API that runs under Windows. You can use Borne Shell and many of the *nix command line utilites, and acutally run a full 32bit version of gcc all under Windows with this. (And perl too!). On Wed, Dec 15, 199

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-15 Thread Edward Dekkers
> had any luck with alternate (free or cheap) command shells or running Linux > in a Windows window (that's what this "Winlinux" stuff is about, yes?)? No it's not Alan. WinLinux shuts down Windows before starting Linux using loadlin. Sorry. Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-15 Thread Rob Saul
If you can find it, take a look at cygwin from Cygnus. Should give you a whole suite of useful *nix commands. ( I just tried the cygnus site for it, but couldn't connect) Alan Mead wrote: > > I need to use Windows 95/98 (actually, DOS as much as possible) for some > things at work but DOS i

Re: [OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-15 Thread Steve Borho
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 02:46:29PM -0600, Alan Mead wrote: > I need to use Windows 95/98 (actually, DOS as much as possible) for some > things at work but DOS is driving me nuts. For example, I like vi but even > v5.5 of VIM truncates the filename to the mangled 8.3 format (unless I type > in the

[OT] Linux-like shell/commands for Windows

1999-12-15 Thread Alan Mead
I need to use Windows 95/98 (actually, DOS as much as possible) for some things at work but DOS is driving me nuts. For example, I like vi but even v5.5 of VIM truncates the filename to the mangled 8.3 format (unless I type in the whole file name-- and I have no file name completion). Has anyone