| Nov 20 |
Very Useful Linux/Unix CommandsWorking 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 and white characters’ world !! My experience says that for starters in UNiX / LiNuX , these commands are enough to get you in smoothly ! |
| Oct 28 |
AWK ! A boon for CLI enthusiastsAWK 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 practical examples. I totally agree with Erik. Eric Pement’s Awk one-liner collection consists of five sections:
The first part of the article will explain the first two sections: “File spacing” and “Numbering and calculations.” The second part will explain “Text conversion and substitution”, and the last part “Selective printing/deleting of certain lines.” (more…) |
| Oct 16 |
Pagination in mysql CLIEver 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:
This also works under the unix ’screen’ terminal emulation |