Thursday, April 10, 2025

How to close telnet terminal in Linux and Windows (quit, exit not working)? Example

The telnet is one of the most useful Linux networking commands, which is used to check if a server is listening on a particular port and it's whether up and running or not, but it's a little bit tricky to use, especially, if you are not using it on daily basis. Though I have used telnet before, when I use it after a long time, I actually forgot how to close the telnet terminal and how to get out of it. I tried every possible  Linux commands I can think of which is used to close, cancel a command, or exit from VIM editor in UNIX, like  Ctrl + C, quit, exit, q! and even the escape character '^]', only to realize that nothing is working. It may sound silly that an experienced developer cannot even come out of a telnet terminal but this is a true story. 

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

How to Map a Network Drive to Windows Machine - net use Command Example

Mapping network drive in Windows 10 or other versions of Windows operating system e.g. Windows 7  or Windows 8 is much easier and faster by using the command line than by doing it on Windows Explorer. If you have been working in a Windows environment with a bunch of Windows Server 2016 or 2012  servers and your job requires frequent access, copy or paste from the local machine to those remote machines then mapping them as a network drive is the best option. 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

How to Create and Run a batch file in Windows - .bat File Example

batch files and shell scripts are developers best friend, they help to improve productivity a lot. They not only help you to automate boring, time consuming task but also saves lot of time doing and doing them again. Batch file also reduce chances of error, once tested and encourage re-usability by sharing them across team or people with similar needs. Though not every programmer, developer or computer user has mindset to use batch file, something it's too difficult to write, some just not able to fight with initial resistance and many of them are not even aware of batch file.