IFS ftw (internal field seperator for the win)
| June 24th, 2008If you are trying to run a classic bash for i in $( …. ) loop and things are getting messy, maybe you need to adjust the IFS variable. more »
Archive for the code Category
shape that
| June 9th, 2008Traffic shaping might sound fancy. And it can be, but here is a trick I use to improve performance on my LAN at home. more »
bash – simple commandline for loop
| April 7th, 2008When I look at these files that I copied from my camera, I see they end with .JPG. I’d much rather have them end in .jpg. Call me picky, but I usually use lower case lettering for file extensions. more »
the ins and outs of bash
| April 3rd, 2008You may already be familiar with many of the programs that can run in a *nix terminal. These programs are run by entering commands switches/options/parameters in a shell and ZOOM away they go. One of the popular shells is gnu bash. With this post I’d like to outline conceptually how I look at, and approach bash. more »
olug GNUBIE presentation
| April 2nd, 2008Yesterday I had the opportunity to present at the local lug, http://olug.org
the presentation was titled “GNUBIE: GNU BASH INFORMATION EXPOSÉ”. It was quite an experience! more »
code publisher v0.1
| February 22nd, 2008i hacked together some scripts to automate over vim’s ability to dump its buffers to html, and to run that html through tidy. more »
code – publishing it as xhtml
| February 19th, 2008there are tools for publishing code as html. vim can create and html document that looks just like your editors screen. more »