M-/ Completes the token (in emacs) or the directory in bash. less whatever.tar.gz This actually lists the files in the compressed archive! And here’s some useful keystrokes for emacs

Run this: mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --user=root & Then: UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpwd') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Unfortunately, the info on the mysql site seems to be a bit wrong!

echo ${!file_list} will echo $$file_list, so say $something = john and $cat = ‘something’, echo ${!cat} would be something, gettit?

Specify the display before the application: DISPLAY=:0 btdownloadgui.py

List connections in a useful manner: netstat -a -tcp