In September 2009, the Real Canadian Superstore gave away free DVD players with the purchase of at least $250 in groceries. The DVD player they […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux
dos2unix alternative
If you need to convert a DOS text file to a UNIX text file, and the dos2unix command is not available on your platform, you […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux
Exclude files and directories from tar
The example below shows how you can exclude file “somefile.txt” and directory “subfolder6” from the tar command:
Scripting, UNIX/Linux
Single command line to tar and gzip
Although there are several ways to achieve this, the way I most often tar and gzip files using a single command line is as follows: […]
Firmware, UNIX/Linux
How to block ads on jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch
If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch, it is quite simple to block many advertisement sites from being displayed either in your Safari […]
UNIX/Linux
Mount an ISO image
In order to mount an ISO image in Linux, so that you can access its contents, use the following command. You may need to change […]
UNIX/Linux
Copy CD to ISO image
In order to copy a CD or DVD to an ISO image in Linux, use one of the following commands below: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=image.iso or: […]
Electronics, Firmware, Hacks
DD-WRT on a Linksys WRT54GS v7 router
At the time this is written (4-FEB-2008), the only 3rd party firmware that will work on a Linksys WRT54GS v7 router is the micro edition […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux
Basics of UNIX shell scripts
With UNIX scripts you can do many powerful things. You won’t be able to take over the world with it, but it’s pretty close. Scripts […]
HTML, Java
Using Servlet filters in Java web applications
As of the Java Servlet specification version 2.3, a component type, called a filter, can be used in your Java web applications. A filter dynamically […]