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Thank you for your replies.

I tried with a console browser (lynx), wget but I couldn't download the file.

With the console browser I couldn't get the file, because I don;t think there's a way...

Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to use wget recursively to download a file.

Only html files are being downloaded, instead of the target file.

I'm trying this for the first time, here's what...

I'm trying to see which files have a particular word in them.

The files are all text files but are gzipped and are in sub directories.

In order to view the content of a single gzipped file I...

Thank you robotronic , that is very useful info.

I'm trying to see if there's a way to see column headings when I type the

ls -l command.

I know what some of the fields mean for example in the following listing:


total 136
drwxr-xr-x ...

Thanks for the recommendation, sorry if I forgot to mention this.

I do have a full Linux installed over a partition on my old laptop so, I'm able to use and practice Linux there.

But, I plan to...

Hi

I tried dos2unix and unix2dos in Linux and it worked.

Regarding CygWin, I think its a great program to practice basic Unix commands but I was looking for something that tightly integrates...

Thanks again for all your replies.

I installed Linux Fedora on a partitioned hard disk on an old laptop.

But, on another laptop I installed ViM for Windows XP to practice the Vi editor on...

Sorry if I digressed too much. I always make mistakes when I join a new forum, because each forum's rules are different.

Sometimes it's good to master a few languages and advance in their path,...

Thanks everyone, those resources are very useful.

I'll get started right away.

Sorry about the misinformation on GRUB, I should have checked what it stood for before posting.

We installed Fedora Linux, even though it has a GUI interface I was interested in the command line,...

Programming languages have evolved into different versions, I think Visual C++ allows one to build a website, but I don't think it was possible to build websites from the original C++ language.
...

I thought I'll just share some knowledge about Unix and Linux.

I used Unix many years ago and the main features I remember about it are

1) The command line interface
2) The Vi Editor
3)...

I agree with Carl, a few days ago I installed Linux on my old Dell Inspiron 2650 which came with Windows XP.

From my experience it is better to have at least 512 MB of memory.

We used a...

I want to learn Linux/Unix shell scripting, I searched this forum but got some results for Unix Admin books and general Linux books.

Would someone recommend a good Linux Shell Scripting book?

I...

Hi Vallzi,

I'm no Unix/Linux expert but I did learn C in school, C is supposed to be procedural programming language and it has been superceded with C++ which is object oriented.

C and C++...

I wonder if they sell laptops or desktops with pre-installed Unix/Linux just like how they sell laptops with pre-installed MS Windows or Mac OS.

I've heard that they sell blank laptops with no OS...

Thanks for the detailed response Carl and about the info you provided on installing through a CD, and MacOS.

As a programmer I don't really know much about installing OSs, but my husband is a n/w...

Thanks to both for your replies.

The CD/DVD based OS seems appealing.

But, I'm guessing (as I'm new to the CD/DVD OS) that a CD/DVD based OS exposes limited features as opposed to hard-drive...

I learned Unix about 6 years ago, I think it was the System V version back then.

My course taught me, Unix commands, shell scripting, Vi editor, and probably more stuff.

I wanted to stick...

Thanks for the replies. Sorry I wasn't able to locate the other thread.

Hello all,

Forgive me if this question was asked before, I'm unable to find an answer to it on this forum upon searching "windows unix".

I have Windows XP at home, and I want to practice...