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(Bash) Find out how many instances of Tomcat are running on your computer

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:53:19 GMT

I use IntelliJ for a couple of projects and for some reason, my instances of Tomcat start up more times than necessary. Here is how I find out how many instances are running in the background. From there I can use the kill -9 pid XXXX to stop them

(Bash) Create a .tar.gz archive using Terminal OS X

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:45:35 GMT

This command will allow you to make a tar ball with gzip compression: -c = Create -v = Verbosely list files processed -z = Filter the archive through gzip -p = Preserve Permissions ( extract all protection information) -f = Use archive file or device F

(Bash) Show .hidden folders and files in Os X Leopard

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:37:14 GMT

Some applications such as Flex Builder or SVN dump itty bitty hidden files that will screw up your workflow if you don't manage them. Here's how to quickly identify them.

(Bash) Creating a Simple Alias in Terminal

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:37:46 GMT

I use terminal for SFTP because I'm cheap and I don't want to purchase Transmit. SFTP works just fine but the problem is that I get tired of having to type [bash]$ sftp chrisaiv@blah.com:/directory/subdirectory/ so instead I've made an alias. First things first, in terminal using Textmate, type [bash]$ mate ~/.bash_alias. Next paste the code below. After you save the file, type [bash]$ ~/.bash_profile and past the second line of code. After you restart your terminal, you should only have to type the alias nickname and whala!

(Bash) Tomcat startup & stop scripts for OS X

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:06:47 GMT

Tomcat expects certain environment variables to be defined before it starts. Make two scripts and save them as start_tomcat & stop_tomcat respectively (No File Extension). Then make them executable with this. chisaiv$ chmod ug+x start_tomcat stop_tomcat. Then finally run your scripts like so chrisaiv$ /usr/local/bin/start_tomcat

(Bash) OsX position your Dock on top

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:46:10 GMT

Paste this code into terminal and you will notice the change after you've logged your user back in

(Bash) Os X Make Hidden Files Obvious on the Dock

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:41:55 GMT

Open up terminal, paste the code below, then log your user out.