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Software needed: Nifty bash math tools

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....

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How to keep your server's hard drive from filling up with log files.

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...

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Fun with the Linux seq command

Category: Linux

Do you know about the obscure Linux command 'seq'????? It is actually quite cool....

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Win friends and fix up your data with regular expressions

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.......

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In the beginning there was cat ...

Category: one-liners

... and I'm not talking about Ceiling Cat. I'm talking about the Linux command cat....

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A One Liner for Stripping Comments

Category: Computer Tricks

Getting rid of those pesky comments in your all important configuration files....

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Today's Linux Command Line Lesson: counting files

Category: Linux

Type: ls | wc -l The output is an approximation of how many files are in the current directory....

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Flash Cookies: How to get rid of them and keep them away

Category: Linux

Flash cookies are to cookies what horcruxes are to he who shall not be named.

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The Command Line Part 3: Underlying Power

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....

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May the force (of the command line) be with you

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...

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