Have you ever wanted to be able to process an arbitrary number of command-line arguments in your Bash scripts? Well, fear not! It is actually quite easy. All you need is one of the special built-in variables of the Bash shell. The “$@” variable gives you the parameters passed on without any expansion and seen …
I thought I’d share another one of my personal scripts. This one is a script that I use to backup this website including files and the MySQL database. It is very simple and straightforward so I won’t bother with long explanations. If you have any questions about it please feel free to comment. On tip …
I am not a huge .NET fan, but I am mature enough to overcome my personal likes and dislikes in a professional setting and use whatever is needed. I recently ran into a situation programming in C# that I needed to create a method that took it’s parameters by reference. Why would you want to …
In object oriented programming there is the concept of classes and/or objects. These are nice encapsulated bits of code that allow one to store data and/or functionality. One of the ways to add data to an object is to give it some properties. The “right way” of doing this usually involves adding some private data …
Well, the saga of the broken PC continues. I’ve tried running Windows recovery console from my Windows XP disc, but have not been able to get back up and running. The computer still boots fine and I can see all of my files there at the console, but no login in normal Windows mode. I …
Have you ever needed to quickly process a text file into some other format… say HTML? Well, I run across this problem more frequently than you might suspect and there is one tool that I use quite often to solve the problem. AWK is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based …
A lot of times I have to write Bash scripts that get scheduled to run over and over again. These scripts can also take a while to run depending on the task I have for it. There could be a huge problem if I crank up multiple versions of the same script on accident and …
Check this cool video out. It’s a tutorial on how to make a tomato glow. Ooh. This would make a great science project for your kids. (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video) Make A GLOWING TOMATO ! – Click here for this week’s top video clips
Here is a very well done video tutorial showing you just how to open up your Xbox 360. Why would you want to do that? I don’t know… just because you can I guess. Click the link below to see the video. How to open up your Xbox 360
Have you ever wanted to monitor some processes on your system using a Bash script? Well, I have had to many times. Usually I’m running a script or program that is processing large amounts of data and I want to keep an eye on it’s progress. Well, it’s actually quite easy. Peaking At Processes The …