Mayfield Global Knowledge Center - Linux http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com en-us http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com ActiveKB NX vadim.tkachuk@gmail.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:02:32 PDT 20 http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/30/ How do I change the name of an existing user account in Linux? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/30/ From the desktop, press Alt+F2 to launch the Run Application window. Type: gnome-terminal then press Enter. This will launch a user terminal (similar to Windows command prompt). At the t ... Vadim Tkachuk Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:29:33 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/48/ How do I setup a local Apache / MySQL / PHP web development environment on Linux? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/48/ Many solutions are available for a local development environment in Linux. We prefer XAMPP for it's user-friendly installation and configuration. XAMPP also provides up to date versions of Apach ... Vadim Tkachuk Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:23:14 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/56/ How do I change my password via UNIX / Linux Command Line? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/56/ For security reasons, UNIX / Linux never displays your password on the screen. If you are not at the terminal screen, please launch ther terminal application. In the terminal window, type: ... Vadim Tkachuk Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:04:24 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/59/ How do I determine the built-in Shell commands? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/59/ You may obtain a full list of the built-in commands by typing the following command line: man shell_builtinsthen pressing Enter. Vadim Tkachuk Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:02:52 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/60/ How do I find out the what current Shell variables are in UNIX/Linux? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/60/ You can use the set command to find out what the shell variables are set for you UNIX/Linux shell to use. Using a terminal, type set at the prompt then press Return. The shell will display the lis ... Vadim Tkachuk Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:51:45 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/61/ How do I create / modify a UNIX / Linux Shell Variable? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/61/ You may create your own shell variable or you can modify the values assigned to standard shell variables by writing a variable name, followed by an equal (=) sign, followed by the value you want t ... Vadim Tkachuk Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:29:23 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/20/ How can I replace a string of text in multiple files using Perl? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/20/ From the desktop, press Alt+F2 to launch the Run Application window. Type: gnome-terminal then press Enter. This will launch a user terminal (similar to Windows command prompt). In the termi ... Mike Edwards Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:41:02 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/32/ How do I change the access permissions for a file or directory using chmod? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/32/ The chmod (change mode) command is used to set file and directory permissions in Linux operating systems. The most common use of chmod is to grant or revoke read (r), write (w) or execute (x) pe ... Mike Edwards Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:56:48 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/38/ How do I remove a directory and all it's contents, including any sub-directories? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/38/ From the desktop, press Alt+F2 to launch the Run Application window. Type: gnome-terminal then press Enter. This will launch a user terminal (similar to Windows command prompt). Navigate to ... Mike Edwards Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:58:04 PST http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/39/ How do I delete all files of a particular extension from a directory and it's sub-directories? http://kb.mayfieldglobal.com/questions/39/ In this article, we will be deleting all .txt files from our target directory and all sub-directories below it. From the desktop, press Alt+F2 to launch the Run Application window. Type: gno ... Mike Edwards Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:58:33 PST