Uninstall files installed from a source code tar-ball
Installing software from a source code is common practice in UNIX and Linux world. Some time this is preferred method because it gives all power and flexibility you need to optimize your software such...
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Linux Get List of Installed Software for Reinstallation / Restore All the...
Hardware and software failures are part of life. And that is why you need to have a backup plan. I have already written about backing up files and MySQL databases. There is no need to backup all...
View ArticleHow to: Run All Shell / Perl / Python Scripts in a Directory
I've directory called /home/vivek/scripts/daily with over 25 perl / shell / python scripts for managing daily tasks. One day for some weird reason my crond died and I did not noticed the incident for 2...
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fold: Wrap Text File / Line / Words To Fit in Specified Width
fold is really nifty command line utility to make a text file word wrap. This is useful for large number of text files processing. There is no need to write a perl / python code or use a word processor.
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BASH Shell: For Loop File Names With Spaces
BASH for loop works nicely under UNIX / Linux / Windows and OS X while working on set of files. However, if you try to process a for loop on file name with spaces in them you are going to have some...
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