I know I find myself in this predicament quite often. I download a bunch of new WordPress themes or any other collection of zip files and place them into a folder.
The code to do so from the terminal?
First browse to the directory containing all the zip files and then issue this command:
unzip \*.zip
Simple huh?
Sometimes you may run into a pickle where the desktop becomes unresponsive.
To heal this predicament type at the Terminal:
killall gnome-panel
This will restart Gnome desktop.
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This is a little more advanced than the last few topics but I want to appeal to all Ubuntu/Linux users over time and not just beginners…
So without further ado, here is a few ssh syntax tips (this also applies to most versions of Linux):
(replace items in < > with your stuff, without the < >)
SSH:
ssh -p <port number> <username>@<server name>
SSH to accept socks 5 proxy on port you specify:
ssh -p <port number> <username>@<server name> -D <port to watch>
SFTP:
sftp -oPort=<port number> <username>@<server name>
Forward the X server from your remote box:
ssh -X -p <port number> <username>@<remote computer>
Need to find out how login your system has been powered on?
uptime
That was easy huh?