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3.2 KiB
HTML
209 lines
3.2 KiB
HTML
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>Tips You Can't Do Without</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="From VMS to Linux HOWTO"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Real Life Examples "
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HREF="examples.html"><LINK
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TITLE="Reading VMS tapes from Linux"
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>From VMS to Linux HOWTO</TH
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>12. Tips You Can't Do Without</H1
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> <P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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> <EM
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>Command completion</EM
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>: pressing <TAB> when issuing a command
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will complete the command line for you. Example: you have to type
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>less this_is_a_long_name</TT
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>; typing in <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>less thi<TAB></TT
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>
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will suffice. (If you have other files that start with the same
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characters, supply enough characters to resolve any ambiguity.) </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <EM
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>Back-scrolling</EM
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>: pressing SHIFT--PAG UP (the grey key) allows
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you to backscroll a few pages, depending on your PC's video memory. </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <EM
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>Resetting the screen</EM
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>: if you happen to <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>more</TT
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> or <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>cat</TT
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>
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a binary file, your screen may end up full of garbage. To fix things,
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blind type <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>reset</TT
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> or this sequence of characters:
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>echo CTRL-V ESC c RETURN</TT
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>. </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <EM
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>Pasting text</EM
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>: in console, see below; in X, click and drag to
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select the text in an <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>xterm</TT
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> window, then click the middle button
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(or the two buttons together if you have a two-button mouse) to paste. </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <EM
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>Using the mouse</EM
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>: ask your sysadm to install <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>gpm</TT
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>, a mouse
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driver for the console. Click and drag to select text, then right click
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to paste the selected text. It works across different VCs. </P
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></LI
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> </P
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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>Real Life Examples</TD
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> </TD
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>Reading VMS tapes from Linux</TD
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