Shell script tutorial: Shell script Function

function with argument example

The function is one of the most powerful feature of the shell script. Function is the line of codes between two parenthesis which is executed when it is called. The functions in shell script can or cannot contains the arguments. For example: we can create a function with the function name ‘addition’ which will add [...]

File Structure in Linux

linux file structure

Most of the people who are new to Linux are confused about directories and File structure on Linux. When you boot any Linux distribution ‘root partition’ is mounted at /. Every files and folder are mounted under /. You don’t find any drive name like (C, D) etc in Linux(if it is not dual booted). [...]

Various usages of Yum and Yumex

provide root permission to yumex

Yum(Yellow Dog Update Modified) is an interactive package manager based on rpm. Different Linux Distributions uses different package managers. For example, Ubuntu uses apt-get whereas Fedora/RedHat uses yum. There are various things you can do with yum: install and uinstall packages, check for update, update packages, list the available packages and many more. This tutorial [...]

How to Customize the Terminal in Linux

split the terminal horizontally and vertically

This is a simple trick to give your terminal a desired look that you have always wanted. You can change the welcome messages, title, headings, text colour, background colour, add background picture, make the background transparent and many more. Also, the workspace in the Terminal can be managed horizontally and vertically using a application called [...]

How to make your own calculator using shell script in Linux

Calculator Menu

Shell script is the powerhouse of Linux. We have done various things in shell scripting up to now. If you are reaching this tutorial directly and you don’t have a single clue about the shell script I recommend looking at our shell scripting section first. In this tutorial we are going to build a simple [...]

Webilder: Download image from flickr webshot and use it as wallpaper

downloading photo

Webilder is the stunning application that will deliver wonderful wallpaper to your Linux from Flickr, webshots and your local folders. The image can be automatically obtain when user specify certain keyword tag like(cars, bike). Webilder automatically download the wallpaper based on the tag and display as wallpaper on your desktop. Furthermore the application automatically change [...]

How to upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10

kernel update

Ubuntu 11.10 by default has Linux Kernel 3.0. The Linux Kernel version 3.2 was released  weeks ago and comes with lots of bugs fixes and huge improvements like Ext4 supports block sizes up to 1MB, which decreases the time spent doing block allocations, upper limits of CPU time can now be set in the process [...]