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0 1576 posted 18 years ago by therobot
1 1468 posted 18 years ago by hyperwhat
Good info here too: http://www.ilisys.com.au/support/linux-password-protect/
2 3460 posted 18 years ago by jonhenshaw
2 1603 posted 18 years ago by hyperwhat
Manipulate the names of all the files in a folder in bash
4 2225 posted 18 years ago by benpjohnson
After: sudo port -v selfupdate Update outdated ports with: sudo port upgrade outdated
1 2096 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
After installing MacPorts, try running a selfupdate to grab all the latest MacPorts Portfiles (Portfiles contain information about how to install MacPorts software "ports"). You will need to run this command as an administrator, and it requires root...
0 1659 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
Leave off the final pipe to /bin/sh to do a 'dry run'
3 3122 posted 19 years ago by ches
A one-liner to remove any temporary files modified over one day ago. Removes files from /tmp/ Run without the '-exec rm {} \;' part to check that it is matching the right set of files - this can be dangerous if run by root! If you want to remove fi...
1 2186 posted 19 years ago by wolfie
[quote] Verbose booting shows you the actual process of Mac OS X's startup. You'll see drivers get loaded and services launch. This command should work on any recent (New World) Macintosh: sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v". The -v flag tells the s...
0 1726 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
"...UNIX systems run scheduled maintenance routines — known as maintenance scripts — to clean up a variety of System logs and temporary files. By default, these are executed between 03:15 and 05:30 hours local time, depending on the script. If...
1 2056 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
Useful when your server runs out of disk space
1 1718 posted 19 years ago by benpjohnson
Replace /dev/hda/ with the device path to your disk
0 1608 posted 19 years ago by hyperwhat
0 1690 posted 19 years ago by hyperwhat
Run this in a terminal on mac to set your screensaver as your background. (hint: use rss visualizer for a neat effect) Ctrl+C to stop.
1 1934 posted 19 years ago by capitalist
List the current version and installation date of every application on a OS X system, using of Spotlight.
1 1753 posted 19 years ago by zingo
A shell script to install a Rails production stack on Ubuntu
0 1553 posted 19 years ago by ctran
From http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11251.html
1 1819 posted 19 years ago by micmath
Over time, your Mac's Mail program can start to feel sluggish because, like any database, over time it needs to optimized.
4 2546 posted 19 years ago by jonhenshaw
Converts whitespace that spans multiple lines into a single newline, needs improvement
0 1915 posted 19 years ago by plexus
for .bashrc, a function that cd's to a directory and lists the contents it takes ls arguments and a directory. for example, cl goes to home dir and lists contents. cl -l goes to ~/ and long lists contents. and cl -lrt public_html shows the contents o...
0 1746 posted 19 years ago by zingo
updates (svn up) a working copy and displays the changes
4 2174 posted 19 years ago by zingo
0 1548 posted 19 years ago by gtcaz
- lowQ/ is the output directory - pass quality level from 1 to 100
2 2401 posted 19 years ago by abhiomkar
Usage: save the script to ~/scripts/my.bashrc and then source it in .bashrc.
0 2021 posted 19 years ago by thebugslayer