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Sysadmin's daily grind

SYSADMIN: Step Counter

Charly takes the name of the “My Traceroute” tool very literally. The journey is the reward for this alternative TTL-measuring utility.

bash , monitoring , Perl
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Lookup Words from the Command Line Using a Simple Bash Script

Productivity Sauce

03.08.2010
The humble nano text editor can be a rather handy distraction-free drafting tool, but now and then I need to look up words and their definitions in WordNet. To do that, I tweaked a simple Bash script I stumbled upon on the Stack Overflow Web site.
bash , scripting
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Perfect Backup Solution with Amazon S3 and aws

Productivity Sauce

20.05.2010
Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage at low prices, which makes it an ideal solution for storing backups. But to make use of it, you need a piece of software that can actually interact with Amazon S3: create buckets, list the contents of a bucket, upload and download files, etc. And aws, a simple command-line utility written in Perl, is the perfect tool for the job
backup , bash
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Moving beyond basic Bash

LINUXUSER: SHELL GAMES

Even beginners can benefit from a greater understanding of the Bash shell’s many builtin commands.

bash , Linux , shell
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Bash Completion 1.1 Adds Shell Functionality

14.10.2009

The Bash shell has long supported extending command completion through scripts. The Bash-Completion package delivers full scripts for Linux commands and is currently available in version 1.1.

bash , Programming , shell
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Quick Tip: Upload Photos to TwitPic with cURL

Productivity Sauce

08.10.2009
You can upload photos from your machine to TwitPic using the cURL utility.
bash , scripting
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Take control of the command line

LINUXUSER: Personal Shell

Ease into your comfort zone with these tips for customizing Bash.

bash , Programming , shell
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Scripting Tutorial for Bash 4.0

25.03.2009

The "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide" version 6 has been reworked to incorporate the new features of Bash 4.0.

bash , Programming
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Installing OpenOffice.org and Extensions Using a Bash Script

Productivity Sauce

04.03.2009
Is it possible to install the latest version of OpenOffice.org and all your favorite extensions using just a simple command? Yes, it is. All you need is a relatively simple Bash script that does the donkey job for you.
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Bash 4.0 Introduces Associative Arrays

24.02.2009

The GNU Project's Bourne Again Shell (bash) is now in its fourth major version, which provides numerous enhancements.

bash , GNU , Programming , shell
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