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  • 01.07.10
    Vim for programmers (II) shell | n0str0m0 | (2)
    In the first part of this series, we visited some Vim features that help us in programming. In this second issue, I will show you some other important things you should know to really appreciate the power of Vim. Completion Completion is not a programming specific feature in Vim, however it is in programming where I find it to be more useful. There are several completion options, but I will explain the ones I find more interesting. Completion is a sub mode of insert mode. This means the commands are applied while being in insert mode. Line completion: Ctrl-x ...
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  • 12.31.09
    Make Love cmd | n0str0m0 | (0)
    In FreeBSD: $ cd /usr/src $ make love Enjoy the output. Merry Christmas! Source: psybermonkey
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  • 06.29.09
    Measuring network performance network | n0str0m0 | (0)
    FreeBSD includes several benchmarking suites in the ports collection. One of these suites is netperf, developed by HP. It allows measuring several network parameters using two programs: the server and the client. First things first: let us install netperf. % cd /usr/ports/benchmarks/netperf && make install clean Once the software has been successfully compiled (it does not take long) we can bring the server up: $ netserver Starting netserver at port 12865 Starting netserver at hostname 0.0.0.0 port 12865 and family AF_UNSPEC Notice that you can launch the server as a regular user. Now, we are ready to run our test: $ netperf -t TCP_STREAM TCP STREAM TEST from ...
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