Very Useful Linux/Unix Commands

Working on a *nix system is no piece of cake. Especially when you are used to Graphic interface of ‘windows’. The world where mouse is the king. Here is a list of most used / most discussed / most important *nix commands. Mastering this will surely get your confidence level high in the black background [...]

AWK ! A boon for CLI enthusiasts

AWK is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams, and was created at Bell Labs in the 1970s I noticed that Erik Wendelin wrote an article “awk is a beautiful tool.” In this article he said that it was best to introduce Awk with [...]

Pagination in mysql CLI

Ever wonder how to scroll upwards in mysl resultset ? What if your terminal doesn’t allow scrollback or the scrollback buffer is somehow set to sreen lines ? How to use MORE or LESS unix commands in mysql which would allow to scroll using ‘return’ or ‘spacebar’ Follow the steps given below: [Invoke mysql using [...]