I have just discovered a script that figures out what you just got wrong at the Linux/BSD/Mac command line and generates the correct command. It is called fuck.
Its home, complete with documentation is
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
Tag: unix
Upgrading ownCloud on Ubuntu
I often hear people complain that ownCloud is impossible to upgrade and I have been through that pain myself. However after repeatedly going to such extremes as uninstalling and starting from scratch I have found a series of steps that while simple are not entirely obvious. Update I has been pointed out to me on… Continue reading Upgrading ownCloud on Ubuntu
Maybe is a python script that allows you to simulate running commands such as rm without making any actual changes to files. I’ve just given it a test run and it seems to work very nicely.
maybe has prevented rm test_file from performing 1 file system operations:
delete /home/ryan/test_file
Do you want to rerun rm test_file and permit these operations? [y/N]
delete /home/ryan/test_file
Do you want to rerun rm test_file and permit these operations? [y/N]
This looks like an excellent script for using on servers in particular!
Core Linux servers
The following is a list of Linux server software that is used in many, many situations to provide infrastructure to other services. If you want to be a sys admin you must know these. OpenSSH: This server is used to provide authenticated command line access to remote servers. Additionally it can also be used to… Continue reading Core Linux servers
mkcd: My favourite script
The two commands that I cannot stand to run consecutively are mkdir and cd. It’s a little thing but I despise creating a directory and then entering it with a second command so I wrote a /bin/zsh function to combine them. If you want to do the same add the following into your .zshrc file:… Continue reading mkcd: My favourite script