YesIKnowIT

YesIKnowIT, 2 months ago to CSS

A must-see for every aspiring web developers (and for the other ones too:)

https://jgthms.com/web-design-in-4-minutes/
by Jeremy Thomas
#CSS

YesIKnowIT, 2 months ago to vim

In Vim, you can display the number of words, lines and characters in the current selection by pressing:

g CTRL-G

#Vim #TextEditor

YesIKnowIT, 5 months ago to linux

curl is the swiss army knife for querying remote services using the #FTP, #FTPS, #HTTP, #HTTPS, #IMAP, #LDAP, #POP3, #SMTP or #TFTP protocol (and many more!)

Here is a tutorial by Himanshu Arora showing 5 basic #curl examples:
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-curl-command/

#linux #unix #cli

YesIKnowIT, 5 months ago to linux

Find words starting with lin (according to /usr/share/dict/words):

look lin  

#Linux #Look #Utility

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to random

make is really a mythical tool in the Unix toolchest.
http://pkgw.github.io/make_for_scientists/

Many times criticized. Feared. Improved or imitated.

But still alive.

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to Bash

The #Bash has the notion of "integer" variable:

declare A=1; declare -i B=2
A+=3; B+=4
echo $A $B
⇒ 13 6

#Shell

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to linux

How to Install Software from Source Code… and Remove it Afterwards

https://itsfoss.com/install-software-from-source-code/
#Linux #Beginner #C #Git #Make #Compiling #NodeJS
#YesIKnowIT @itsfoss2

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to linux

Right-align text on 80 columns:
sed -E ':a /.{80}/!{s/^/ /;ba}' file

#Shell #Sed #Linux

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to random

In your #shell, the type build-in command shows how a name would be interpreted if used as a
command name:

type cd ls rm adb
=> cd is a shell builtin
=> ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
=> rm is hashed (/bin/rm)
=> adb is /opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to linux

How could I have lived without knowing that?

# copy file to the #X11 #Clipboard:  
xclip -sel c < file  

#Linux #Shell #Terminal #CLI

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to linux

Centering text on 80 columns with stars:
sed -E ':x
s/^.{,80}$/&/
s/^.{,80}$/&/
tx
' file

#Shell #Sed #Linux

YesIKnowIT, 6 months ago to opensource

"Which OpenSource License Should I Use?"
Great question -- without an easy answer!

https://itsfoss.com/open-source-licenses-explained/
#OpenSource #FOSS #License

YesIKnowIT, 8 months ago to random

Monitoring and Testing the Health of SSD in Linux

https://linuxhandbook.com/check-ssd-health/
#smart #ssd #hd #monitoring #smartctl #shell #command

YesIKnowIT, 8 months ago to zip

.tar, .zip, .gz--you already have seen those extensions at the end of archive files, don't you?

But what do they mean? What is the difference between those formats?

https://itsfoss.com/tar-vs-zip-vs-gz/
#Tar #Zip #Gzi #Archive #FileFormat

YesIKnowIT, 8 months ago to random

Proving your identity online is NOT an easy task.
https://keybase.io is a possible option.

Do you know other solutions?

#Keybase #Online #Identity

YesIKnowIT, 9 months ago to foss

Does the opensource adoption in public services have evolved since I published that?
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-adoption-europe/ …

#FOSS #OpenData
#eGovernment #PublicAdministrations
#EU #Europe
#YesIKnowIT @itsfoss2

YesIKnowIT, 9 months ago to random

I investigate Diaspora* as an alternate social network.
Anyone there?
https://diasp.eu/public/YesIKnowIT
#Diaspora @joindiaspora
#YesIKnowIT

YesIKnowIT, 9 months ago to random

Tired of fighting against a bloated word processor when writing your latest report, novel, technical documentation or blog post?

Maybe that's the sign you're ready to consider using a lightweight markup language...
https://itsfoss.com/asciidoc-guide/

#AsciiDoc #LaTeX #FOP
@itsfoss2

YesIKnowIT, 9 months ago to linux

From a POSIX shell, "cd" is a shorthand for cd $HOME
#Unix #Linux #Shell #cd

YesIKnowIT, 9 months ago to linux

Right-align text on 80 columns:
sed -E ':a /.{80}/!{s/^/ /;ba}' file

#Shell #Sed #Linux

YesIKnowIT, 11 months ago to linux

Simple and clear article by Nick Congleton about cleaning the DNS cache, whether you're using dnsmask, bind, systemd-resolve or nscd.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/flush-dns-cache-linux/

#DNS #cache #dnsmask #bind #systemd #nscd #linux

YesIKnowIT, 11 months ago to random

Stop now the vi .vs. emacs war.

Ed is THE standard editor. And it is since unmemorable times.

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
#Ed #Standard #Unix #TextEditor

YesIKnowIT, 11 months ago to random

.tar, .zip, .gz--you already have seen those extensions at the end of archive files, don't you?

But what do they mean? What is the difference between those formats?

https://itsfoss.com/tar-vs-zip-vs-gz/
#Tar #Zip #Gzi #Archive #FileFormat

YesIKnowIT, 11 months ago to random

Proving your identity online is NOT an easy task.
https://keybase.io is a possible option.

Do you know other solutions?

#Keybase #Online #Identity

YesIKnowIT, 11 months ago to linux

From a POSIX shell $OLDPWD holds the name of the previous working directory:
cd /tmp
echo You are here: $PWD
echo You were here: $OLDPWD
cd $OLDPWD

#Unix #Linux #Shell #cd