Linux Fu: Curling C
Sometimes, it pays to read the man pages of commands you use often. There might be a gem hidden in there that you don’t know about. Case in point: I’ve …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Curling C
Category Archives: Linux Fu
Linux Fu: Deep Git Rebasing
If you spend much time helping people with word processor programs, you’ll find that many people don’t really use much of the product. They type, change fonts, save, and print. …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Deep Git Rebasing
Linux Fu: The Chrome OS Flex Virtualization
You’ve probably heard about Google Chromebooks. Like Android, Chrome OS is based on some variant of Linux, but it is targeted at the “cloud first” strategy so Chromebooks typically don’t …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Chrome OS Flex Virtualization
Linux Fu: Automatic Header File Generation
I’ve tried a lot of the “newer” languages and, somehow, I’m always happiest when I go back to C++ or even C. However, there is one thing that gets a …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Automatic Header File Generation
Linux Fu: Globs vs Regexp
I once asked a software developer at work how many times we called fork() in our code. I’ll admit, it was a very large project, but I expected the answer …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Globs vs Regexp
Linux Fu: User Space File Systems — Now for Windows, Too!
One of the nice things about the Unix philosophy that Linux inherited is that the filesystem is very modular. That’s good, too, because a typical system might want a choice …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: User Space File Systems — Now for Windows, Too!
Linux Fu: Mixing Bash and Python
Although bash scripts are regularly maligned, they do have a certain simplicity and ease of creation that makes them hard to resist. But sometimes you really need to do some …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Mixing Bash and Python
Linux Fu: A Little Bit of (Network) History Repeating Itself
These days, embedded systems often have networks and that can make them significantly more complex. Networks are usually pretty nondeterministic and there are a variety of oddball conditions. For example, …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: A Little Bit of (Network) History Repeating Itself
Linux Fu: Shell Script File Embedding
You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Shell Script File Embedding
Linux Fu: VPN for Free with SSH
If you see a lot of banner ads on certain websites, you know that without a Virtual Private Network (VPN), hackers will quickly ravage your computer and burn down your house. Well, that seems to be what they imply. In reality, though, there are two main reasons you might want …read more