On 24 Jul 2012, at 22:06, Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:05 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
>> This woman is a real programmer:
>> http://youtu.be/28MC5LzS3xg
>
> That was just too horrible. I had to stop watching it.
>
> I can forgive some techno-magic in movies, sometimes for dramati
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:05 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> This woman is a real programmer:
> http://youtu.be/28MC5LzS3xg
That was just too horrible. I had to stop watching it.
I can forgive some techno-magic in movies, sometimes for dramatic
license, but that was just over the top.
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This woman is a real programmer:
http://youtu.be/28MC5LzS3xg
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Jonathan Duncan <
jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote:
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> On 17 Jul 2012, at 15:43, Charles Curley wrote:
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>
>
> >>>
> >>> What? There is such a thing as an end thread tag? This i
On 17 Jul 2012, at 15:43, Charles Curley wrote:
>>>
>>> What? There is such a thing as an end thread tag? This is going
>>> to save so much time!
>>>
>>
>> Apparently not. It seems buggy. ;)
>
> Either that or Mr. Duncan is buggy.
>
> Or both.
>
+1 for both.
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:08:10 -0600
Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jonathan Duncan
> wrote:
> >
> > On 17 Jul 2012, at 13:13, Jessie Adan Morris wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >
> > What? There is such a thing as an end thread tag? This is going
> > to save so much time!
> >
>
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jonathan Duncan
wrote:
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> On 17 Jul 2012, at 13:13, Jessie Adan Morris wrote:
>>
>>
>
> What? There is such a thing as an end thread tag? This is going to save so
> much time!
>
Apparently not. It seems buggy. ;)
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On 17 Jul 2012, at 13:13, Jessie Adan Morris wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 13:10:56 Eric Jacobs wrote:
>> What? There is such thing as a hex editor? I've been pulling apart the hard
>> drive and using a magnetic needle + steady hand to update files. This is
>> going to save so much time!
>
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 13:10:56 Eric Jacobs wrote:
> What? There is such thing as a hex editor? I've been pulling apart the hard
> drive and using a magnetic needle + steady hand to update files. This is
> going to save so much time!
http://xkcd.com/378/
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On 07/17/2012 01:10 PM, Eric Jacobs wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
>> What? There's an 'rm' command to remove files? I've always gone into the
>> inode tables and used a hex editor to update the directory structure.
>> This 'rm' thing will be a huge timesaver!
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
> What? There's an 'rm' command to remove files? I've always gone into the
> inode tables and used a hex editor to update the directory structure.
> This 'rm' thing will be a huge timesaver!
>
What? There is such thing as a hex editor
> What? The 'mv' command simply allows you to 'move' files?
>
> I've been using dd and rm all this time!
>
> dd if=old_name.txt of=new_name.txt
> rm old_name.txt.
What? There's an 'rm' command to remove files? I've always gone into the
inode tables and used a hex editor to update the directory
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> Hey guys, don't tell anyone but Josh has using linux he was 15 and he
> didn't know that you could do
>
> mv some-file.ext ./new/path/
>
> instead of
>
> mv some-file.ext ./new/path/some-file.ext
What? The 'mv' command simply allows you
CTRL-\ is like CTRL-C in the terminal, just sends a more aggressive signal
than a CTRL-C does
So it kills a process running in the foreground just like CTRL-C does, but
instaed of sending a SIGINT it sends a more aggressive SIGQUIT
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Daniel Fussell wrote:
> On 0
On 07/13/2012 01:01 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
> I only learned a few years ago about CTRL-\ that's awesome sauce
>
Ok, Thomas, I'll bite; what does CTRL-\ do?
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Thus said justin on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:33:15 PDT:
> > So much extra typing, why not drop the '.' and do just:
> >
> > ln -s /path/to/something
> >
>
> IIRC that one's not as portable? Mebbe the BSDs don't do it right? I
> don't remember :)
Don't 'dis the BSDs dude. :-) I believe this work
Thus said Lloyd Brown on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:05:29 MDT:
> Ctrl-D (on a blank line) - closes a terminal
Only if ignoreeof is disabled (up to a limit of 10--13 tries depending
on the shell):
$ set -o ignoreeof
$ Use "exit" to leave the shell.
$ Use "exit" to leave the shell.
$ Use "exit" to leav
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Brian Christiansen wrote:
> I personally love the command to write out changes in vim when you didn't
> open the file with privileges.
> http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/1204/save-a-file-you-edited-in-vim-without-the-needed-permissions
My .vimrc contain
>
>
> Mmmm... I have not searched yet, so there may already be such a resource,
> but it would be nice to have a wiki or something for all these "little
> things". Since apparently we all learn differently and could probably
> benefit greatly from sharing things like this.
>
http://www.commandlin
nm. I was testing CTRL-/ not CTRL-\
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> In mine CTRL-\ is doing the same as CTRL-u.
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In mine CTRL-\ is doing the same as CTRL-u.
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Kenneth Burgener
wrote:
> justin wrote:
>> Related: A while back I taught a former boss — who started his career
>> as a *nix sysadmin some 15+ years ago — that you can do the same thing
>> with symlinks:
>>
>> ln -s /path/to/something .
>
>
>
> So much ext
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Bart Whiteley wrote:
> I like Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
>
I've actually found this disabled by default more often lately. It's
actually been annoying the few times I've wanted to use it.
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justin wrote:
> Related: A while back I taught a former boss — who started his career
> as a *nix sysadmin some 15+ years ago — that you can do the same thing
> with symlinks:
>
> ln -s /path/to/something .
So much extra typing, why not drop the '.' and do just:
ln -s /path/to/some
Xorg disabled Ctrl+Alt+Backspace by default a few years ago, it makes me
sad...
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Lloyd Brown wrote:
> Don't some Linux distros disable that one these days?
>
> Lloyd Brown
> Systems Administrator
> Fulton Supercomputing Lab
> Brigham Young University
> http://mary
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 02:21:12PM -0600, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
CTRL-\ is like CTRL-C in the terminal, just sends a more aggressive signal
than a CTRL-C does
Thanks; the context definitely counts here, I was trying that at a fresh
prompt P:
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Don't some Linux distros disable that one these days?
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On 07/13/2012 02:18 PM, Bart Whiteley wrote:
> I like Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
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CTRL-\ is like CTRL-C in the terminal, just sends a more aggressive signal
than a CTRL-C does
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
> According to my search, it sends SIGQUIT, which can be configured to
> trigger a core dump.
>
> On Fri, July 13, 2012 2:13 pm, Stephen M. McQuay
According to my search, it sends SIGQUIT, which can be configured to trigger a
core dump.
On Fri, July 13, 2012 2:13 pm, Stephen M. McQuay wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:01:20PM -0600, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
>>I only learned a few years ago about CTRL-\ that's awesome sauce
>
> I can't get ct
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:08 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote:
> Alt+F4 has always been my fav.
I like Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
This discussion reminds me of a time when a co-worker was installing
Linux and trying to remember the secret hotkey to bring up an Xterm
while the install was in progress. I said, "
No joke, I once worked tech support chat for a company who will remain
nameless but rhymes with hell.
When the on hold times got too long they would broadcast...
"Welcome to our customer support chat! If you are need of immediate
assistance or believe you have been on hold too long, please press
A
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:01:20PM -0600, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
I only learned a few years ago about CTRL-\ that's awesome sauce
I can't get ctrl-\ to do anything; what is it supposed to do?
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On 13 Jul 2012, at 14:08, S. Dale Morrey wrote:
> Alt+F4 has always been my fav.
>
That one is always fun to tell newbs who are having problems with their
computer. My kids just found out about that one and how fun it is to others to
try it to make things "better". ;)
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 02:16:43PM -0600, Matthew Walker wrote:
Okay, that's a new one for me! My favorite is Ctrl-R.
So you know how if you go past the line you want you curse and start
over? well, if you turn off flow control in your terminal (exercise for
the interested studen) you can the
Alt+F4 has always been my fav.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
> Okay, that's a new one for me! My favorite is Ctrl-R.
>
> On Fri, July 13, 2012 1:15 pm, James Lance wrote:
>> I love using Alt+. (bash)
>>
>> It appends the last part of the previous command to the current li
On 13 Jul 2012, at 14:05, Lloyd Brown wrote:
> It's okay. It took me a long time to realize that this:
>
> cat filename | less
>
> Could be shortened to this:
>
> less filename
>
> My other two favorite cli shortcuts:
>
> Ctrl-D (on a blank line) - closes a terminal
> Ctrl-L - clears the te
Okay, that's a new one for me! My favorite is Ctrl-R.
On Fri, July 13, 2012 1:15 pm, James Lance wrote:
> I love using Alt+. (bash)
>
> It appends the last part of the previous command to the current line.
> Pressing it more than once gives you the next line in your history.
>
> -James
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It's okay. It took me a long time to realize that this:
cat filename | less
Could be shortened to this:
less filename
My other two favorite cli shortcuts:
Ctrl-D (on a blank line) - closes a terminal
Ctrl-L - clears the terminal screen
It's the little things that bug you, at least when you f
I love using Alt+. (bash)
It appends the last part of the previous command to the current line.
Pressing it more than once gives you the next line in your history.
-James
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Thanks guys. I feel better about my linux skills now.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
> I only learned a few years ago about CTRL-\ that's awesome sauce
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:59 PM, justin
> wrote:
>
> > Related: A while back I taught a former boss — who started
I only learned a few years ago about CTRL-\ that's awesome sauce
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:59 PM, justin wrote:
> Related: A while back I taught a former boss — who started his career
> as a *nix sysadmin some 15+ years ago — that you can do the same thing
> with symlinks:
>
> ln -s /path/t
Related: A while back I taught a former boss — who started his career
as a *nix sysadmin some 15+ years ago — that you can do the same thing
with symlinks:
ln -s /path/to/something .
ln -s /path/to/something ./something
:)
--j
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:15 AM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> Hey g
See Josh, it's not so bad.
(Now will you forgive me and teach me your vim secrets?)
AJ ONeal
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Jonathan Duncan <
jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote:
>
> On 13 Jul 2012, at 12:15, AJ ONeal wrote:
>
> > Hey guys, don't tell anyone but Josh has using linux he was 1
On 13 Jul 2012, at 12:15, AJ ONeal wrote:
> Hey guys, don't tell anyone but Josh has using linux he was 15 and he
> didn't know that you could do
>
>mv some-file.ext ./new/path/
>
> instead of
>
>mv some-file.ext ./new/path/some-file.ext
>
> But he's really sensitive about it, so don'
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