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Category: Linux
And when I say bash math, I do not mean being mean to math, and I do not mean math as it is done in bash. I mean math as humans do it, but on the bash command line....
Posted by Greg Laden at 1:35 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Linux
Log files are good because they log stuff, so you can find out what's been going on and troubleshoot. But they tend to accumulate and can actually fill up your hard drive. Most Linux distros have automatic log file management for common system logs, but...
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:11 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Linux
Do you know about the obscure Linux command 'seq'????? It is actually quite cool....
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:16 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: one-liners
In many instances, a well thought-out regular expression can convince most non-technical people in the room that you're a computer genius who's brain possesses more synapses, forming more bridges and firing more rapidly than anyone's ever should. Oh this is so true.......
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:49 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: one-liners
... and I'm not talking about Ceiling Cat. I'm talking about the Linux command cat....
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:26 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Computer Tricks
Getting rid of those pesky comments in your all important configuration files....
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:01 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Linux
Type: ls | wc -l The output is an approximation of how many files are in the current directory....
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:02 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Linux
Flash cookies are to cookies what horcruxes are to he who shall not be named.
Posted by Greg Laden at 12:07 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Technology
This is a continuation of a discussion of the role of the command line in both the functionality and the culture of the three main operating systems used today general purpose desktop computers: Linux, and the other two. Today's toic: Underlying power....
Posted by Greg Laden at 3:16 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Technology
This is the second part of a series of posts on the Power of the Command Line. (The first post was: The Command Line in Linux, Mac OSX and Windows) The lesson of today's post is: Don't be a chump, learn to love the command...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:59 AM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
