Display date-clock with simple bash command and while loop

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by linux

Here is a simple example on how to display date/watch with simple bash command:

$ while true; do clear; date; sleep 1; done

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Extract STDERR and redirect STDOUT to /dev/null with bash

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by linux

I always keep forgetting this bash syntax redirection. This is because of my short memory and also because I do not use it often. In many cases we need to remove a STDERR from the command output and keep only STDOUT. On the other hand there are times that we want to see STDERR and [...]

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Lost screen resolution after restart with ubuntu and nvidia

Posted on October 6th, 2008 by linux

I have been using my current kubuntu installation for many months already and I never had a problem with my nvidia driver settings except today. From no apparent reason I have started my linux box and my default and maximum resolution was 1024×768 instead my standard 1680×1050. I have tried reinstall envy packages, doing dpkg-reconfigure [...]

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