To count all files in the current directory, shell> ls -l | wc -l To cound all files in the current folder and all sub directories, shell> find . | wc -l

If you put a Fedora 9 or 10 Live installation onto a USB stick, it continues to autologin. If you would like to stop this behaviour you need to add/change a line to your /etc/gdm/custom.conf: AutomaticLoginEnable=false

To force a unix system to do a disk check using FSCK on reboot you need to do the following. su to root: $ su - Change directory to root (/) directory: # cd / Create a file called forcefsck: # touch /forcefsck Now reboot the system: # reboot

There is a good tool that can be found on some unix systems called star. It basically tars up the file, then copies it. Here's how to use it. shell> cd /source/folder shell> star -copy * /dest/folder

Go to www.google.com and enter site:www.adp-gmbh.ch dictionary into the seach field. where www.adp-gmbh.ch is the site you want to search, and dictionary is what you want to search for.

This is how I removed all the folders and drives I don't want Vista Media Centre (VMC) to watch/list and have it only watch the ones I do. STEPS: 1: Delete ALL video files listed in Windows Media Player (WMP) Library. NOT the files themselves of course, just the entry from the library. 2: Remove or ignore ALL folders in WMP watched folders except "recorded tv". 3: Remove ALL Folders from VMC except "recorded tv" 4: Delete ALL video files, folders and shortcuts from the folder \USERS\PUBLIC\PUBLIC VIDEOS 5: Delete Shortcut to Sample videos from \USERS\PUBLIC\RECORDED TV 6: Delete ALL video file

To encrypt encrypt -a aes -i input_file -o output_file and decrypt a file: - decrypt -a aes -i input_file -o output_file

It is possible to customize the way windows explorer (explorer.exe) opens. This can be handy for creating a link to a specific folder or drive and have explorer open is a certain way. The opens are as follows : Explorer [/n] [/e] [(,)/root, Where, /n Opens a new single-pane window for the default selection. This is usually the root of the drive Windows is installed on.

The Solaris date command syntax format is "mmddhhmmyy" , where mm is month , dd is day of the month, hh is the hour mm is minutes yy is the current year. For example : # date 0309081408 Sun Mar 9 08:14:03 EST 2008 #

To show all the tables owner by a specific user. SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000 BEGIN FOR tble IN (select table_name from dba_tables where owner='AUSER') LOOP BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (tble.table_name); END; END LOOP; END;