Introduction So you got a text file with duplicates (words, lines, etc) and you want to delete the extra ones ? How can we do that ? This post discusses a couple of methods that can be used to remove duplicates via Unix (or Mac) terminal. Assume we have the following text file… Let us
Introduction On Unix based operating systems (Linux, MacOS, etc) a common task is to search for files. For example, we may need to search for text files only. In this post, we will demonstrate the command line syntax to filter out binary and executable files and only keep text files. Follow the steps below… Create
Introduction Working from the command line or the terminal can not be avoided if we want to streamline tasks or if we want to implement any sort of automation. In automation, we may need to open a browser to a specific URL or retrieve data from an end point. Opening a browser from the terminal
Introduction This is a commonly asked question among students. I think part of the confusion comes from mixing terms from academia specially operating systems courses with software industry terms such as cloud computing and big data. Network operating systems and distributed operating systems are fundamentally different concepts. Let us see what the difference is. Network
Introduction Finding differences between two terms may imply that we are aware of what each individual term stands for yet the purpose of comparison is just seeking a better way of understanding. I think that is true to some extent however I also noticed that there are people who ask the “difference between x and
Introduction The distinction between regular and static variables in C++ is a such a confusing topic for many beginners including students and programers. In this short article, I am going to provide an brief explanation and hopefully remove the ambiguity. I personally believe that the root cause of confusion is due to lack of context.
Winexe can be used to invoke remote Windows commands from Unix based system like Linux. Follow the steps below to build and install Winexe… installation Steps Download winexe from sourceforge Copy source code to the linux machine for example: scp winexe-1.00.tar.gz user@linuxhost:/path/to/winexe ssh to the linux machine and extract the package you just uploaded in
Please follow the steps below: Download Eclipse from: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads. For example pick: Extract the file Move it to opt Create a link Create a desktop entry Search for eclipse then move it to the tool bar Reference: http://colinrrobinson.com/technology/install-eclipse-ubuntu
This tutorial is not about installing Linux on bare metal nor about dual booting along with Windows however we are going to do it the easy way. The magic word here is virtualization. We will run Linux on Windows using virtual machines. There are so many advantages of virtualization in general but this topic is
