On MacOSX Sequoia Key Repeat Not working for the letter J and K
As a hopeless Linux-A-Holic I spend my life in Terminal. However on OSX Sequoia it drove me Bat Sheep crazy […]
MAC-OSX
File systems, Linux, Uncategorized
Faking no read or write errors on a disk in Linux
I have a major Linux Geek Filesystem hack I absolutely had to share express to those who would get and
Command Line FU
Use sed to replace last character after matching a line
If you are a coder like me we tend to discover after we have made a script that we need
Command Line FU, Internals, Linux
Viewing contents of an open filehandle on a deleted file
There are times when you may unintentionally delete a file which is being written to. When this occurs it will
MAC-OSX
MACOS – Clicking on webpage automatically jumps to top of the page
I recently encountered yet another MAC Madness issue! I changed out my wired MacBook extended keyboard for a used Apple
Command Line FU, Linux
Cscope search results are invisible
Part of my ‘day job’ is trolling thru source code when looking for answers. My preferred mechanism, other than a
Internals, Linux
What every Programmer *should* know about Memory
For my fellow Insomniacs out there… If you are up scrolling your phone for things around the Google-verse to read
Linux
Obtain the grub boot parameters from /var/log/messages
There are times you may need to quickly confirm the grub boot parameters that were issued either at the console
Command Line FU, Linux, Networking
Display ethernet devices on a Fedora system using the Linux Pseudo Filesystem and create a static IP Address
Encountered a fun riddle recently whereby on a Fedora 34 system I needed to locate all ethernet interfaces on a
Linux
Modify gnome dock from the command line
To modify the gnome desktop dock (i.e. launcher or launchpad) from the command line an easy way is to perform
Command Line FU, Linux
Downloading an RPM package including all of its dependencies on Fedora
There are times when you need to fully download an RPM and all of its dependencies. However, If you have
Linux, Networking
List only ethernet Network Adapters on Debian/Fedora
Sometimes you want a quick way to verify all ethernet network adapters that are seen by the kernel at boot
Command Line FU, Linux
Remove any potential special characters or spaces from an IP address using AWK
Got stuck earlier in an interesting regex mystery and I command-line FU’d an AWK Solution. PROBLEM I want to strip
Linux
Sudo password fails even though it is correct [Fedora]
Newer fedora distros keep track of authentication failure attempts. This may prevent sudo from working even though the password is
Linux
Obtain list of all physical hard drives (SSD, NVMe, VDA, HDD)
I came across an issue recently whereby I had a need to display all physical hard drives on a system
MAC-OSX
iterm2 adds line break when copying text
I had an issue that drove me crazy for weeks. When I would highlight text in iterm2 to copy it,
MAC-OSX
Double click select entire word in terminal (iterm2) on MAC OSX
I have had issues when using Remote Desktop Manager Free (RDM) for MAC OSX. Firstly ensure that you have iterm2
MAC-OSX
Determine the Active Network Interface and IP address from Terminal on a MAC
On a MAC (OSX) Using the command line (Terminal) often you want a quick way to determine the Active Network