February 2009

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  • 02.08.09
    Unlocking a user account cmd | rafacas | (0)
    # passwd -u user Unlocks user's account. That is, lets user log in (a locked account is one prevented from logging in).
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  • 02.06.09
    Differences between files, with your favourite editor shell | n0str0m0 | (0)
    Some people complain about cmp, diff and other tools because the output is not user friendly. Ok, if you have the same thoughts and you like VI(M), this is a lucky day for you: $ vimdiff file1 file2 Starts vim in diff mode, highlighting the differences between the two files. Both files will be showed at the same time by means of a vertical split (:vsp). A good way to copy changes from one file to the other. In order to do that, it would be useful a good knowledge of copying, cutting, pasting, folding, unfolding and other features of vim
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  • 02.04.09
    Batch convert RTF to PDF automated, scripts, shell | pfortuny | (0)
    You've got the full details here (the OpenOffice Forum site). After following the instructions there, I was able to convert a bunch of some 500 rtf files into pdf's with the following single 'line of code' (although there must be a newline after the first quote ') $ find /Users/pedrofortunyayuso/Desktop/fichitas -name "*rtf" | while read -r i ; do /Applications/NeoOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -invisible "macro:///Standard.MyConversions.SaveASPDF($i)" ; done All the above shows my computer as an evident OS X, but this works on Windows (the referred site does the job on Windows, using, obviously a different shell construct) and, as far as I know, on ...
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  • 02.02.09
    Currency conversion script scripts | rafacas | (1)
    In this time of crisis perhaps we need to pay more attention to financial issues. I am interested in converting some currencies so I have written a script that given two currencies, converts on to the other. The script searches the info on Google Finance's page. An example of its usage is: $ ./currencies.sh EUR USD 1 EUR = 1.316 USD The available currencies are: EUR - Euros USD - United State Dollar GBP - British Pound JPY - Japanese Yen CHF - Swiss Franc CAD - Canadian Dollar AUD - Australian Dollar INR - Indian ...
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