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10 command-line tools that refuse to die. Despite the abundance of GUIs, the command line still offers more power, flexibility, and control for certain tasks. Some people think the command line is an outdated mode of usage and administration. Others say they couldn't live without it. I'm caught somewhere in the middle. There are certain commands for which I have faithful GUI tools. But there are other commands I will never be without, so long as there is a command prompt to take them. What commands could possibly be irreplaceable? But why commands? 1: Ping Ping is the workhorse go-to tool anytime there's a network issue. 2: Traceroute Traceroute lets you trace a network route and measure transit delays from hop to hop. 3: Killall Killall is one mean mother of a tool. 4: Taskkill Taskkill is the Windows version of killall. 5: Tar Tar is the bread-and-butter archival tool for UNIX and Linux. 6: Chmod Chmod is the Mac Daddy for UNIX/Linux permissions. 7: Chown Chown is to ownership what chmod is to permissions. 8: Chkdsk 9: Man 10: Net use.

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HangUp™ Mini Portable Wet/Dry Vac - 1 gal/1.5 hp | ShopVacStore.com. Hex/Ascii Converter. Synergy. Printing and binding your own books and manuals. Despite the wealth of on-screen documentation available, like many people I still feel the need to print things out for reference or study. For most people, printing out a manual means putting up with a bunch of A4 or Letter-sized pages with a staple through the corner, which doesn't seem much good to me.

Instead I used to print documents two-up onto A4 to create an A5 booklet by stapling and folding it. However, this never worked well for more than a handful of pages. So, I was very happy when I came across techniques for do-it-yourself bookbinding. I don't approach bookbinding as an art form, rather simply as a practical way of getting documentation into a form which I can enjoy using. Once you've got the hang of the technique, it doesn't take too long to get something printed up and bound. Things you will need Printing The first thing to do is to get the document formatted in the computer and printed out.

The press The next thing you will need is some kind of a bookbinding press. -- Jim.