This post is written by SathiyaMoorthy. This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a Linux sysadmin or programmer, you may do following repetitive tasks while coding bash shell script: Adding file header Adding function/frame comment Including default code snippet Performing syntax check Reading documentation about a function [...]
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This is a guest post written by Dhineshkumar Manikannan. Network block devices are used to access remote storage device that does not physically reside in the local machine. Using Network Block Device, we can access and use the remote storage devices in following three ways on the local machine: SWAP File System RAW NBD presents [...]
I’m happy to announce the release of my first Free eBook — Linux 101 Hacks. There are total of 101 hacks in this book that will help you build a strong foundation in Linux. All the hacks in this book are explained with appropriate Linux command examples that are easy to follow. This free eBook [...]
Photo courtesy of secretlondon123 This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Mark is a bookmarking feature inside Vim editor, where you can bookmark a particular line and later return to it quickly. If you are using Vim editor regularly, this [...]
These geeks decided to show their appreciation towards Unix using their vehicle license plates. My favorite from this list is rm -rf *. Imagine someone who has no clue about Unix seeing this car on the road and trying to figure out what “rm -rf *” means. Out of these 12 awesome Unix [...]
Photo courtesy of yonmacklein Like most of you, I’m a command line junkie. There are two advantages of using Linux command line instead of UI. First, you can automate lot of routine activities using command line and your productivity will increase drastically. Second, you’ll learn the internals of a particular feature (for example, configuring NIS) [...]
This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as: Adding file header Adding function/frame comment Including default code snippet Performing syntax check Reading documentation about a function Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa [...]
Update: Linux 101 Hacks eBook released. Get your copy. I’m currently writing my first book. I’m almost done with the Linux 101 Hacks eBook that covers 101 practical examples on various Linux related functionalists. The 101 hacks mentioned in this book will help you build strong foundation in Linux. All hacks in this [...]