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Monthly Archives: November 2007
The last positional parameter in bash
Found a way to do this in a single line. Works nicely. eval “last=\\${$#}”
Posted in Linux
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The sky is falling
Having just finished a conversation with a co-worker, I’ve started noticing that software engineers tend to exaggerate situations quite a bit. I’ve done it. If you are a software engineer, I’m sure you’ve done it. It goes something like this: … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering
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The only reason I just can’t use Solaris, RedHat, etc
No dist upgrade. On Ubuntu (debian): update-manager -c On all the rest: want the latest and greatest? Good luck dude!
Posted in Linux
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