I am Binny V A, a Freelance Web Developer on the LAMP Platform(Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) based at Cochin, Kerala, India.

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Firefox 3 Review

I have been a Firefox 3 user from day 1. So I thought it might be a good time to write a review. Some positive and negative points about it… The Negative Stuff Stability Issues I am having some random crashes - this could be a problem with my setup


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Zero Padding In Linux Commands

This is how you zero pad a numerical variable in bash. for ((x=1;x< =31;x+=1)); do echo `printf "%02d" $x`; done Original Article


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Fetch a URL With a Number Series

Use this command to download numbered content… for ((i=1; i


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Hello Script for C Language

C - the root of all modern language’s syntax. Here is the hello script for C. A ‘Hello Script‘ is a file that contains the most commonly used elements of a programming language so that it can be used as a cheat sheet when working with th


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LIMIT Command

There are situations where you don't need all the results in the database - you just need a few. Say you need the names of the first 5 characters in the database. If you run a SELECT query, you will get the entire table. But if you use the LIMIT


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NIC Card Configuration

Show configuration of an ethernet network card ifconfig eth0


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Remove SVN Info from a Folder

This command removes the SVN data from a folder. find -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} ;


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Show file swap

show file(s) swap cat /proc/swaps


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Introducing txt

I have a small but very useful site called txt. Its a collection of code snippets, Linux commands and other such tidbits of information. The posts will be minimal and often crude. The purpose of that site is just to help me remember the information. To m


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18 Days to Darkness

For the first time in ages, I am afraid. One of my worst nightmares is coming to life. And I don’t even have time to prepare - it will hit me in 18 days. The black death. Dark ages. The darkness. These are just some of the names given to my nightma


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Remove a Folder from Git

Remove a given folder from a Git repository… git rm -r cache/


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Show Interrupts

Show interrupts cat /proc/interrupts


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Full Year Calendar

Show the calendar of 2008 cal 2008


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Set Time

Set date and time - MonthDayhoursMinutesYear.Seconds date 041217002007.00


Rename an User Group

Rename a group groupmod -n new_group_name old_group_name


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Package Listing in Debian

Show space used by deb packages installed sorted by size (ubuntu, debian and like) dpkg-query -W -f='${Installed-Size;10}t${Package}n' | sort -k1,1n


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Rules for Creating an RSS Feed

Some rules for creating an RSS feed.


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JSL - JavaScript Library

JSL or "JavaScript Library" is, well, a JavaScript Library. It borrows many ideas from jQuery.

Read 'JSL - JavaScript Library'...


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JSL - a New JavaScript Library

Yesterday, I published a new JavaScript Library - JSL. It borrows many ideas from the famous jQuery library. Download Packed Version - 13 KB Source - 38 KB Features The Standard Stuff… CSS DOM Selectors Ajax Functions Event Handling is abstrac


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Create New User

Create a new user belongs “admin” group called ‘user1′ useradd -c "Name Surname " -g admin -d /home/user1 -s /bin/bash user1 There is a simpler command too… useradd user1


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Change User Attributes

Change a user’s attributes usermod -c "User FTP" -g system -d /ftp/user1 -s /bin/nologin user1


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Password Deadline

Set deadline for user password chage -E 2008-12-31 user_name


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Delete User

Delete a user ( ‘-r’ eliminates home directory) userdel -r user1


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grpck Command

Check correct syntax and file format of ‘/etc/group’ and groups existence grpck


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Sharing Files Between Computers on a Local Network Using Linux

You can share files between two computers in a local network easily using SSH. This article will how you how to do it using SSH and Konqueror.


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pwck Command

check correct syntax and file format of ‘/etc/passwd’ and users existence pwck


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Nexty.org Launched

Nexty is an easy to use To Do list manager created using GTD principles. The core idea behind this software is simplicity. I wanted to make a GTD tool that is the most easy to use. So far, I have released this two


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Nexty.org Launched

Nexty.org, the online application is launched.


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Write and Append Permission

Allows write opening of a file only append mode chattr +a file


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Archive Contents

Show contents of an archive tar -tf archive.tar


  


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