Tag Archives: linux

command line fun – finding more space

Posted on February 22, 2017 by DocDock

I may not know where I set down my keys or my latest copy of Linux Magazine, but I do know where my programs are installed.  If I cannot think of where one of my files is I can always … Continue reading →

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command line fun – finding a list of files

Posted on January 22, 2017 by DocDock

In Unix at the command line there is almost always an alternative method to do something. I usually remember this when I need to process a few files in the current working directory and I may not always have the … Continue reading →

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command line fun – finding the right jar file

Posted on January 15, 2017 by DocDock

Where did I set down my mobile phone is quickly answered by a quick telephone call or a sms from another phone.  If everything were only that simple. I receive a bit of code from a buddy at work that … Continue reading →

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“lp” and the automation of printing PDF’s

Posted on September 13, 2016 by DocDock

Apache FOP is actually really neat.  With a few jar files, an xslt file and a xml file it is possible to create PDF file which can then be viewed or printed on any PC without any loss of formatting.  … Continue reading →

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Punishment for laziness – root password recovery

Posted on July 14, 2016 by DocDock

I had a new idea for adding one more computer to my life.  The task was to actually provide some fun new functionality to my family and I attacked the task. At the beginning, I needed to log in as … Continue reading →

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command line fun – spaces and arguments

Posted on July 4, 2016 by DocDock

I normally get to control most aspects of the program.  The most important yet trivial is the parameters that are being passed to the program.  Because I know what I want it is usually possible to coerce the calling script … Continue reading →

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command line fun – getting to the base of things

Posted on June 1, 2016 by DocDock

Just a short time back I received a mail from a colleague with an error message.  The question from him was about the error and more importantly was this my program.  I did find some code that generated the same … Continue reading →

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command line fun – listing and sorting

Posted on May 6, 2016 by DocDock

Linux is not Unix yet it is very similar.  They are so similar I never really notice the difference, even when writing scripts.  I needed to get a list of sorted files, so I tried the usual commands. ls -lS … Continue reading →

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command line fun – more fun with sftp

Posted on April 28, 2016 by DocDock

A few days back we needed to copy some files around in the production environment and the task was given to me.  It was one of those rather simple tasks as in the email was some examples from a colleague … Continue reading →

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command line fun – testing for existence

Posted on April 13, 2016 by DocDock

I remember quite some time ago when I was developing a an application when the personal computer was actually fairly slow.  Of course I happened to pick a technology that worked just fine on a newer computer but it actually … Continue reading →

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