Command line tip - peek into the start and end of files
Sometimes, especially when dealing with log files, you might want to peek at the start and/or end of a file to see just that bit of the file and not the whole thing. Of course, there are a couple of easy commands that allow you to do this.
The commands are head and tail and work with almost any Unix-like operating system.
As the name suggests, head is for peaking at the top of a file. By default, it will show you the first 8 lines of the file:
Also:
If you’re like me, sitting here in the States on my Ubuntu box, you will quickly grow sick of printers defaulting to A4 paper size.
Here’s a quick way to change that, using nothing more than a terminal session, your keyboard and this howto.
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