Using an old router as a hub
Internet connection is through my Primary Router with an address of 192.168.0.1. My secondary router has an address of 192.168.0.2. It is connected to the primary router using a standard cable in one of the…
SFTP at the command line interface
Here are some helpful options when using FTP at the command line interface: Connecting to a server sftp user@domain To use a different port sftp -oPort=999 user@domain Uploading a file put file.ext Downloading a file…
SVN blame snippet for VIM
Viewing who is to blame for a portion of code under SVN in VIM, add this to your .vimrc vmap gl :!svn blame =expand(“%:p”) \| sed -n =line(“‘< ") ,=line("'>“) p Then using Visual Block,…
Controlling a VirtualBox guest via the command line
Here are some of the more common commands I find myself using to control VirtualBox from the CLI: Displaying VirtualBox Guest information Show available VMs VBoxManage list vms Show available OS Types VBoxManage list ostypes…
Starting programs at startup on linux
To start a script or program on startup, just add the command to : CentOS: /etc/rc.d/rc.local Arch: /etc/rc.local
Starting VirtualBox as a headless server
nohup VBoxHeadless –startvm <guestvmname> & Explanation: nohup – (NoHangups) Keep the process running, even when the terminal is closed <guestvmname> – the name of the VM you wish to start & – run the process…
Creating a VirtualBox Guest via the command line
At work, I noticed I kept doing the same configuration for VirtualBox everytime I created a new guest. Because I’m lazy, I hate doing the same things over and over, so I researched the CLI…
Great overview of writing jQuery plugins
I had a job come up that required me to write a jQuery plugin. Not being a jQuery developer, I needed a little guidance. I found a great article, jQuery Plugin Tutorial, In-Depth for Absolute…
parsing full lines using cat and bash
I often create a quick bash script on the fly that cats a file, and does something with each line. For the example, we have a text file (text.txt) that contains the following: a b…
Searching emails in mutt
Taken from http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html Many of Mutt’s commands allow you to specify a pattern to match (limit, tag-pattern, delete-pattern, etc.). There are several ways to select messages: ~A all messages ~b EXPR messages which contain EXPR…