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Creating empty text files and changing file timestamps using Windows Command Prompt & Powershell

May 17, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

Linux and UNIX have the touch command for changing the creation dates and times for files. However, it also will create empty text files for you as well. In fact, there are times when I feel the need to do [...]

Saving Windows Command Prompt & Powershell command history to a file for later useage

May 15, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

It’s amazing what ideas Linux gives that you wouldn’t encounter that clearly in the world of Windows. One of these is output and command line history so a script can be created. In the Windows world, this would be called [...]

Getting an Epson Pefection 4490 Photo scanner going with Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

March 7, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

My Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner has been in my possession for a while now and its impossible to justify any replacement given that it both works well and digital photography has taken over from its film predecessor for me. Every [...]

Setting up MySQL on Sabayon Linux

September 27, 2012 1 Response Shortlink

For quite a while now, I have offline web servers for doing a spot of tweaking and tinkering away from the gaze of web users that visit what I have on there. Therefore, one of the tests that I apply [...]

Renaming multiple files in Linux

August 19, 2012 1 Response Shortlink

The Linux and UNIX command mv has a number of limitations, such as not overwriting destination files and not renaming multiple files using wildcards. The only solution to the first that I can find is one that involves combining the [...]

Sorting out MySQL on Arch Linux

November 5, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

Seeing Arch Linux running so solidly in a VirtualBox virtual box has me contemplating whether I should have it installed on a real PC. Saying that, recent announcements regarding the implementation of GNOME 3 in Linux Mint have caught my [...]