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by andzy-bYF1QM81rroS+FvcfC7Uqw＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On 18 Aug 2003 00:37:13 -0400, "Tim Writer" <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> said: > Lloyd D Budd <lloyd-fEEwcc3XMu8jODpR/OX0VQ at public.gmane.org> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > >From time to time I wonder how 'history' works, and what is the > > mechanism for the many bash sessions making it into '.bash_history'? > > > > Today, I was reminded of my previous wondering as 'history' corrupted > > my session's display -- 'reset' resolved. > > > > I find the most useful history related command to be: > > [Ctrl]+r :: reverse incremental search > > > > I just now found HISTIGNORE. > > > > I am aware of bash-completion. It seems that one could do a lot more > > with this thinking. Any smart history search/modification tools out > > there? > > The Z shell (zsh) is much better at this sort of stuff than bash. True. Zsh is the ultimate interactive shell. It's SHARE_HISTORY option does the session history merging you're asking about. In bash, '!' starts a history expansion: '!!' recalls the last command line, '!$' recalls the final argument of the last command line, and ^foo^bar substitutes bar for foo in the previous line. See the bash man page for more like this. But Zsh does these and more: pressing TAB after entering one of these sequences does the history expansion in the current line. Adding a :h causes only the 'head' of a path (everything up to the final '/') to be substituted, :t the 'tail' (filename), and :r the filename with any suffix removed, e.g. %~>less /usr/share/doc/thing/README %~>cd !$:h %/usr/share/doc/thing> Since you asked about completion, zsh has special command-specific completion features like: cd <TAB> ==> lists directories tar xzvf <TAB> ==> lists only files ending in .gz or .tgz ls -<TAB> ==> a list of all possible argument to ls dpkg -L <TAB> ==> a list of installed debian packages scp localfile me-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org:<TAB> ==> Very cool: does remote path completion!! More info: Linux Magazine Articles (see columns for May, June, July 2002) http://www.linux-mag.com/depts/power.html Other cool things in bash and zsh http://www.jpeek.com/talks/ukuug_20000720/ Adam's Zsh & Shell pages http://adamspiers.org/computing/zsh/ Zsh Fan Page http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/zsh.html IBM Developer Works article. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-z.html?open&l=335,t=g… Zsh User Guide (most comprehensive info) http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Guide/zshguide.html ------------------- Andrew Malcolmson -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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More TLUG on Gmane [was TLUG vs Sympatico]
by andzy-bYF1QM81rroS+FvcfC7Uqw＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:28:06 -0400, "Chris MacDonald" <cgm-BjBj7/ohIX+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> said: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:59:51AM -0500, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > > We now need someone to upload to Gmane prior TLUG archives in mbox > > format. > > I have 3 years of tlug, around 36,000 messages, sitting around in mbox > format somewhere. I can upload it as soon as my dsl is fixed. Great! Here's a link to instructions on how to do this. http://gmane.org/import.php ------------------- Andrew Malcolmson -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Sprint CA
by lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:24:55AM +0000, Bob Brewster wrote: > Have got both Mandrake 7.0 and Red Hat 7.2 operating well with > my present IP. > > Because I have dispatched Bell as my local phone company and changed > over to Sprint Canada I am trying to setup and internet connection > with Sprint. > > Sprint Tec Support is NO help at all. > > DLC and Echo are not available to me because I am not with Bell. > > If anyone on the list uses Sprint Canada as their IP, could you > send me a copy of your Sprint Linux Login Script. > > I have been unable to get a connect with Mandrake. > I get an Authentication Failure. > > With Redhat 7.2 I get garbage after a connect. > > I'm using KPPP with Mandrake and KPPP and RedHat Dialer with > RedHat. Have you tried using PAP authentication and not doing any scripting at all beyond the default dial number and connect stuff? That is what all sensible systems use today since that is what windows expects. The old login and password prompts are so obsolete for ppp. Lennart Sorensen -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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no luck yet...still Re:debian/woody powerpc + modem
by lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:51:13PM -0400, Max Blanco wrote: > > Thanks Lennart(All)... but no luck yet. see below: > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:24:17PM -0400, Max Blanco wrote: > > > Maybe I should, but I haven't any use for ppp. > > > > Ah. OK. > > > > pppconfig gave me "set modem manually" as the only option. > 8( > > > Well I would imagine that Linux uses /dev/ttyS0 - ttyS3 for serial > > ports. What does 'dmesg |grep tty' show you? > > > > bingo: > tty00 at somehex1 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC; port = modem > tty01 at somehex2 (irq = 16) is a Z8530 ESCC; port = printer > > tried tty00 and tty01. no luck. > so I wrote a simple script that tried ttyS* tty0* cua* to no avail. > > the modem is on. > the modem is plugged in to the line. > the modem works well in macos. Perhaps using some setserial command to setup /dev/ttyS0 on the hex and irq given would work. Don't usually bother specifying the uart or anything like that. Might work. /usr/share/doc/setserial/ might have useful hints in it. Lennart Sorensen -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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OT: sympatico blocking tcp port 135
by matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

WK <wooik-sIZ5AmKAnwVWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> writes: > Anyone notice that sympatico starts blocking outgoing tcp port 135 recently? It probably has something to do with that recent M$ virus [Blaster?]. I believe that it was using ports 135 and 137 to spread. -- matthew rice <matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> starnix inc. phone: 905-771-0017 x242 thornhill, ontario, canada http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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OT: sympatico blocking tcp port 135
by wooik-sIZ5AmKAnwVWk0Htik3J/w＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

This is off topic. Anyone notice that sympatico starts blocking outgoing tcp port 135 recently? Thanks. wk. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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More TLUG on Gmane [was TLUG vs Sympatico]
by cgm-BjBj7/ohIX+w5LPnMra/2Q＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:59:51AM -0500, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > We now need someone to upload to Gmane prior TLUG archives in mbox > format. I have 3 years of tlug, around 36,000 messages, sitting around in mbox format somewhere. I can upload it as soon as my dsl is fixed. -cgm. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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More TLUG on Gmane [was TLUG vs Sympatico]
by andzy-bYF1QM81rroS+FvcfC7Uqw＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 03:02:39 -0400, "Marc Lijour" <marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> said: > Le 11 Ao?t 2003 21:51, Walter Dnes a ?crit : > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:05:55PM -0400, Gregory Pleau wrote > > > > > Now that I've missed a month of TLUG mailings, Two questions: You haven't missed a whole month of mailings: TLUG is now on Gmane and you can read posts back to Aug 11th via web or news: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.tolug nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.tolug Note the group name is "tolug" (tlug was taken). Only the last 600 messages are available via the web interface. The whole archive is available via news. We now need someone to upload to Gmane prior TLUG archives in mbox format. ------------------- Andrew Malcolmson -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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man window of text to terminal
by lloyd-fEEwcc3XMu8jODpR/OX0VQ＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi all, Is there an easy way (ctrl-<n>) to have the displayed "window" of 'man' to be dumped to the terminal. eg. $ man man [ctrl+d] [ctrl+d] OPTIONS -C config_file Specify the configuration file to use; the default is /etc/man.conf. (See man.conf(5).) . .. ... .. . -a By default, man will exit after displaying the first manual page it finds. Using this option forces man to display all the manual pages that match name, not just the first. $ Does what I am thinking of make sense? Is there another way? Cheers, Lloyd -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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TLUG vs Sympatico
by marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Le 11 Ao??t 2003 21:51, Walter Dnes a ??crit : > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:05:55PM -0400, Gregory Pleau wrote > > > Now that I've missed a month of TLUG mailings, Two questions: > > > > 2) (If this was a past topic refer to point #1) Does anyone know > > of sympatico mail accounts having problems with TLUG? I've tried 5 > > sympatico addresses and got no messages since early July, and would > > really rather not be using a Hotmail account for this. What kind of account was it? I've seen a lot of advertising for their business package -that may authorize this though personal would not...? > > There was a thread approx a month ago on can.internet.highspeed with > Sympatico users complaining bitterly that Sympatico is now blocking > *INBOUND* (yes, I said *INBOUND*) port 25, as well as outbound port 25 > to/from user IP addresses. You must now use Sympatico's MTA for all > email activity, unless you ssh-tunnel (or something similar) to another > site. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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