Debian Linux Tips

1. Writing file name with spaces:

In linux spaces are not recognized, so if you type it with spaces. The work around is to put double quotation in the file name:

Code:
ben@debian$ cd "new folder"

2. Mounting iso file in linux:

To mount iso file in linux in the command line issue the following command

ben@debian# mount -o loop  abc.iso  /mnt/iso

3. Adding fortune and cowsay in Bash

To add fortune and cowsay in bash edit the .bashrc file in  your home folder, it is a hidden file unhide the file and open the file and add the following lines to the .bashrc file

 if [ -x /usr/share/games/cows -a -x /usr/share/games/fortunes ]; then
        fortune | cowsay
    fi

there are more than one way of doing things another way to add fortune and cowsay in bash is  

fortune | cowsay -f `ls -1 /usr/share/games/cows/ | sort -R | head -1` -n

this will give a random fortune and random cow.