Few more resourceful linux commands

Delete a user :
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sudo deluser username

If you would like to detach a user from a group:
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sudo usermod groupname username (or)

sudo deluser username groupname

Kill all the processes of a user:
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login to that particular user node, then,

sudo killall -9 username 

remove all the files and folder in a directory:
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 sudo rm -rf folder/*

(or)

to remove the directory itself, skip the '*' (i.e)

sudo rm -rf folder/

- Occasional updater
Sesha.

Information Sharing 11/2/2014

10/02/2014
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websites for tech news

http://www.wired.com/

http://www.dailytech.com/section.aspx?cat=2

http://arstechnica.com/

embedded code optimization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjYgpeo5ws

11/02/2014
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startups--
http://www.forbes.com/most-promising-companies/list/

 hr@yesvideo.com
 http://500.co/startups/
 -----WEIRD----http://www.airpush.com/android-developers/ -----WEIRD----

These are the just the entrance to the arcade. Check them out and explore the web of opportunities and never ending tech-replenishment.

1/2/2014: Book Keeping : Inspired by Sherlock

"by the way its 243 types of tobacco ashes."
People who have seen the Sherlock season 2 episode 3 will know what I am babbling about.

Simplest way of making sure that I am constantly "Mind blogging" as well as properly house keeping is to make the blog more like a storage vault rather than a blog to write trash about what my mind thinks. Obviously no one would want to read what my mind thinks, neither do I. So keeping things more dulcet :

Feb 1/2014: 

Recursive deletion of hidden files in Linux:

$rm -R ./.* 

or

$sudo rm -R ./.*

works magic.

Will keep book keeping and adding what I have learnt , irrespective of viewer's interest .

Thanks,
Seshasayee