Spicing up the Console for Fun and Profit, Part 1
Command-line terminals and the shell have been an integral part of all *NIX systems from the beginning. The shell is the universal interface between a *NIX system and its users, and the terminal…
Sed Explained, Part 2: Data Structures and Operators
Continuing from the previous article on the subject, we now proceed to Sed data structures and operators. Sed has a few powerful data structures and operators, which enable you to perform complex text-manipulation…
Let’s Play with GNU Screen
Many GNU/Linux users spend time working at the command line. The GNU Screen utility can be of great use if you work with multiple shells at a time. We could also call Screen…
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 3: Resource Types & Example Configs
The previous article in this series focused on creating users, groups and files (based on home directories). Let’s now look at the various types of resources provided by Puppet, by default, and at…
Scripting a Simple Download Scheduler
Here’s how to write a few simple scripts and then schedule them to run at a specified time using the at utility.




