Nircmd is a impressive command line tool considering its size of just 29 Kilobytes. It can be used to launch an incredible amount of commands from the Windows command line or by utilizing the program from a batch file. The best option would be to copy it into a system path folder so that the [...]

Tags: cmd, command line tool, command-line, nircmd, nirsoft, portable software, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

There are many excellent tools to tag a music collection. Tools like the excellent mp3 tag can be used to tag an entire collection thoroughly. If you are more a command line junkie who likes to tag music from the command line or build his own scripts to tag his music collection you might like [...]

Tags: command-line, id3 mass tagger, id3 tagger, id3v1, id3v2, linux software, lyrics 3, mp3, mp3 tagger, music, Open Source, portable software, tag mp3, windows software
Categories: Linux, Windows, software

While most Linux operating systems come with their graphical user interface it sometimes is still important to work from the command line, especially if that is the only way to access a Linux server. Linux Command Line Fu is a Digg-like website that lives of its user contributions. Users can submit and vote for Linux [...]

Tags: command line fu, command-line, Linux, linux command, linux commands, linux shell
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

Being able to search for files is a fairly important aspect of using a computer. Naturally there are a number of ways to accomplish this task. You can use a powerful tool like Beagle (check out my article Enable Beagle Searching in GNOME) or you can use easier, faster command line tools to handle your [...]

Tags: command-line, file search, find, Linux, locate
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

If you use Linux for any amount of time, then most likely you have experienced the command line. And if you use the GNOME desktop environment then you know gnome-terminal. As far as terminals are concerned, gnome-terminal is one of the most versatile of the terminals. It features tabs, colored text, mouse event support, profiles, [...]

Tags: bash, command-line, GNOME, gnome-terminal, Linux, prompt, terminal
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Recently I wrote a simple how-to for burning CDs in GNOME (Easy CD Burning in GNOME.) From that article a request came in to illustrate how to burn from the command line. This ability illustrates the flexibility of the Linux operating system. Not only can you burn CDs from an outstanding, and simple, GUI, you [...]

Tags: burn cds, cdrecord, command-line, dd, Linux, mkisofs
Categories: Linux, Music and Video, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, software

The Windows System Assessment Tool is being used in Windows Vista to compute the Windows Experience Index of the computer system. The tool is basically running in the background in Windows Vista to benchmark various components of the computer system. It is also possible to run the commands on the command line.
One interesting aspect of [...]

Tags: benchmark, command-line, computer benchmark, Windows System Assessment Tool, windows tips, windows-vista, windows-xp, winsat
Categories: Windows, software