Tag: shell

Preventing syntax errors with old shell scripts

I was trying to install Unreal Tournament GOTY on one of my Linux machines. I downloaded and ran the script ut-install-436-GOTY.run but I got this error: Read More »
By halfgaar, 4 weeks ago, on February 14, 2010, at 17:02 | 4 comments

Wget one-liner

Earlier today, I wanted to download all songs by this totally kick-ass rap outfit: Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 1 year ago, on February 23, 2009, at 21:02 | No comments

XTerm is favorite

XTerm is know to most X-Windows users as that ugly terminal with the strange scrollbar and the unreadable font. And it doesn't even have tabs! But, I think it's the best damn terminal emulator in the world. It just doesn't appear that way at first. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 1 year ago, on November 27, 2008, at 23:11 | 1 comment

Disabling SSH shell access for SVN users on a Linux/Unix system

A common problem is that Linux/Unix system administrators want to grant users access to SVN repositories, but prevent them from logging in on the shell. This can be accomplished quite easily. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on August 04, 2008, at 16:08 | No comments

Microsoft batch file meets bash shellscript

Luca City, who already shared a nice readline keyboard shortcut with me, wrote me again on May 14 to share another unrelated, but very interesting trick: Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 11, 2007, at 20:06 | No comments