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0 1691 posted 19 years ago by therobot
1 1566 posted 19 years ago by hyperwhat
Good info here too: http://www.ilisys.com.au/support/linux-password-protect/
2 3616 posted 19 years ago by jonhenshaw
2 1700 posted 19 years ago by hyperwhat
Manipulate the names of all the files in a folder in bash
4 2374 posted 19 years ago by benpjohnson
After: sudo port -v selfupdate Update outdated ports with: sudo port upgrade outdated
1 2216 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 1767 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
Leave off the final pipe to /bin/sh to do a 'dry run'
3 3301 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 2297 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 1831 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 2178 posted 19 years ago by rhockens
Useful when your server runs out of disk space
1 1832 posted 19 years ago by benpjohnson
Replace /dev/hda/ with the device path to your disk
0 1703 posted 19 years ago by hyperwhat
0 1804 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 2082 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 1864 posted 19 years ago by zingo
A shell script to install a Rails production stack on Ubuntu
0 1676 posted 19 years ago by ctran
From http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11251.html
1 1921 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 2667 posted 19 years ago by jonhenshaw
Converts whitespace that spans multiple lines into a single newline, needs improvement
0 2032 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 1847 posted 19 years ago by zingo
updates (svn up) a working copy and displays the changes
4 2282 posted 19 years ago by zingo
0 1656 posted 19 years ago by gtcaz
- lowQ/ is the output directory - pass quality level from 1 to 100
2 2532 posted 19 years ago by abhiomkar
Usage: save the script to ~/scripts/my.bashrc and then source it in .bashrc.
0 2122 posted 19 years ago by thebugslayer