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Tom: some printing commands

2007-01-09T17:19:54Z

some printing commands

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	will create (c) an archive file some_archive_to_be_created.tar.gz from the contents of /path/to/archive; it will zip it (z), preserve permissions (p), the command will talk to you (v) and won't bother you with further options (f)		will create (c) an archive file some_archive_to_be_created.tar.gz from the contents of /path/to/archive; it will zip it (z), preserve permissions (p), the command will talk to you (v) and won't bother you with further options (f)

			===printing===
			[http://www.colorado.edu/its/docs/unix/moreprint.html] is a useful resource for printing in Unix
			<pre>
			lpr -Pprinter_name file.ps
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			prints file.ps
			<pre>
			psnup -2 single.ps double.ps
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			takes single.ps and makes double.ps with two pages of single.ps on each page of double.ps
			<pre>
			psselect -p3-10 file.ps selection.ps
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			selects pages 3 to 10 out of file.ps and creates double.ps with this 8 pages

Tom at 21:13, 7 January 2007

2007-01-07T21:13:01Z

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	lists the contents of a directory with full details (l) in reverse (r) time order (t)		lists the contents of a directory with full details (l) in reverse (r) time order (t)


	===archiving===		===archiving===

Tom at 21:12, 7 January 2007

2007-01-07T21:12:40Z

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===basics===
<pre>
ls -lrt
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lists the contents of a directory with full details (l) in reverse (r) time order (t)

===archiving===
<pre>
tar -xvzf some_archive_to_be_extracted.tar.gz
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this extracts (x) some_archive_to_be_extracted.tar.gz which is zipped (z); the command will talk to you (v) and won't bother you with further options (f)
<pre>
tar -cpvzf some_archive_to_be_created.tar.gz /path/to/archive
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will create (c) an archive file some_archive_to_be_created.tar.gz from the contents of /path/to/archive; it will zip it (z), preserve permissions (p), the command will talk to you (v) and won't bother you with further options (f)