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Ruby

Using Ruby to Calculate NTP Poll Intervals

Having practical examples on using any programming language is always useful. I am very much from a system administration background, meaning that my examples will also be geared towards sysadmin tasks. It is no different…

The Urban PenguinMarch 17, 2017

awk

Filtering with AWK

AWK is a really powerful tool and fits in as the "Daddy" when compared with grep and sed. Each tool has its own specific purpose and we will still use tools like grep often because…

The Urban PenguinJanuary 18, 2017

vim

Replace Text Using VIM

Replace Text Using VIM Manually or Globally When working with text files we often need to be able to select text and replace the values. Working with the example we use, we have a Puppet…

The Urban PenguinOctober 7, 2016

vim

Selecting Text Using the VIM Visual Editor

Maybe one of the first things we learn in VIM is to be able to copy a line using the command yy, but sometimes we do not want the complete line. Using the VIM Visual…

The Urban PenguinOctober 5, 2016

vim

Making use of the VIM Dot Command for Crazily Quick Edits

VIM Dot Command When teaching VIM in my Linux classes many students think the dot command is, well, kind of pointless. If we can delete a character using just one key then I don't need…

The Urban PenguinOctober 4, 2016

Bash Scripting

Making use of BASH Script Arguments

Using BASH Script Arguments In this blog we take a look at how we can use and make use of BASH script Arguments and what this all means to us. We will look at the…

The Urban PenguinJuly 26, 2016

Scripting

Using Ruby to Calculate NTP Poll Intervals

Filtering with AWK

Replace Text Using VIM

Selecting Text Using the VIM Visual Editor

Making use of the VIM Dot Command for Crazily Quick Edits

Making use of BASH Script Arguments

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Using Ruby to Calculate NTP Poll Intervals

Filtering with AWK

Replace Text Using VIM

Selecting Text Using the VIM Visual Editor

Making use of the VIM Dot Command for Crazily Quick Edits

Making use of BASH Script Arguments

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