Linux
Linux xdg-open — replacement for start in windows
2009/11/05
if you want to open any document with the default document handler from the bash prompt or command prompt in linux then the simplest way to do that is use ”xdg-open”. This can also …
Using nullglob and dotglob in bash scripts.
2009/11/04
<a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-check-for-any-mp3-files-in-directory/">Use BASH nullglob To Verify *.c Files Exists or Not In a Directory has a nice explanation on …
Photo Resizing
2009/11/04
for i in * do mogrify $i -resize 640×480 i done
Get your external IP address
2009/11/04
$ echo -e "GET /automation/n09230945.asp HTTP/1.0rnHost: whatismyip.comrn" | nc whatismyip.com 80 | tail -n1 […] <a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com"><img …
Citibank Doesn\’t Want Your Business, Linux Users
2009/11/03
This is an article from the Citibank customers in US. The Consumerist: ”Citibank won’t let customers using Linux computers log in to their online accounts. Adam argues that in 2009 …
Using autologin for ftp sessions.
2009/10/30
A simple example of the .netrc file. Keep this file in your homedir and then chmod to 600. […] machine skyware login raj password ******** macdef init ls -lRt […] macdef hello bye
cups web interface.
2009/10/29
Today I found an interesting piece of information. I was trying to debug a problem with the cups service and found that cups offers a web administration.brbrThe server is running at port 631. So point …
Fedora 11 delayed by one more week.
2009/10/27
Not new to Fedora schedules, I guess. Has happened in past and happened again, Fedora release is slipped second time to 2009-06-09
Vi/VIM and Unix/Linux cheatsheets.
2009/10/26
I found quite a lot of good information today morning. Some really good info on vi/vim. I liked the this one:”Also, you don’t have to use the / command as a separator. Anything …
First traceback
2009/10/25
<a href="http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2008/10/blogging-tradition-subscription-notification/trackback/">Binny V A recently quoted my blog in this posting. Since this is the first …
rebuild rpm from installed rpm with rpmrebuild
2009/10/22
Ever happened to you that you downloaded and installed a rpm and then deleted the package? If your answer is yes, then there is a solution. Come to the fairyland of rpmrebuild. Create the rpm from the …
stop indentation on current file in vim to keep the indentation from copied text.
2009/10/22
I have been looking for this for quite some time. Finally found two easy ways to do it: […] :setlocal noautoindent :setlocal nocindent :setlocal nosmartindent :setlocal indentexpr= […] …