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Display X applications from virtual terminals

3 May 2012, 5:35 pm

Here is a script that can help you set the proper envirionment to start a gnome-shell from one of the terminals. #!/bin/bash – #=============================================================================== # # FILE: xenv.sh # # USAGE: ./xenv.sh # # DESCRIPTION: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Debugging # # # OPTIONS: — # REQUIREMENTS: — # BUGS: — # NOTES: — # AUTHOR: Amit Agarwal (aka), [...]

Filed under Fedora, Gnome. Tagged amit agarwal, David Siegel, Desktop environment, Gnome, gnomeshell, List of Ubuntu releases, Operating system, Pgrep, ubuntu

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colors in bash scripts

30 April 2012, 9:22 am

I have been trying to understand the color codes for bash for a pretty long time, but somehow never got time to understand this clearly. So this time around when I was writing a script to analyze some logs. I thought I will give it a go and finally understood some part of this. So, [...]

Filed under bash, Fedora, Learning. Tagged amit agarwal, bash, color, Echo (command), Indian Standard Time, Operating system, shell, Unix

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10 commandments of personal finance

27 April 2012, 8:28 pm

10 commandments of personal finance We all work and earn money. Do we manage our hard earned money effectively and efficiently? New Year is the time to take resolutions. Why don’t you take a resolution to prioritize and organize your personal finance? Here are the 10 commandments of personal finance that can help you in [...]