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Time conversion using Bash

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:52:07 +0000

This article show how you can obtain the UNIX epoch time (number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC) using the Linux bash “date” command. It also shows how you can convert a UNIX epoch time to a human readable time.

Configure static IP Debian Linux

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:28:36 +0000

The purpose of this small message is to show how you can configure a static IP address in Debian Linux. I know that other sites have more detailed explanations on this (and the man page too), but I put it here mostly as a reminder to myself.

Concatenating lines with sed

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:11:58 +0000

An example of how you can concatenate lines from an input file using the sed command line tool.

Finding SGID files

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:14 +0000

How to find SGID files.

Finding SUID files

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:46:56 +0000

How to find SUID files.

Using sed

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:05:21 +0000

Some more advanced examples of how to use the sed command in Linux.

POSIX character classes

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:19:42 +0000

Some of the character classes to use in regular expressions.

CD Burning using the shell

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:05:05 +0000

How to burn CD’s using only bash.