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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 [...]

Command line file comparison in Windows

August 20, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

While UNIX and Linux both have the diff command for comparing the contents of text files, the Windows counterpart was unknown to me until recently. Its name is fc and it looks as if the f is for file and [...]

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 [...]

Smoother use of more than one SAS DMS session at a time

March 11, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

Unless you have access to SAS Enterprise Guide, being able to work on one project at a time can be a little inconvenient. It is possible to open up more than one Display Manager System (DMS, the traditional SAS programming [...]

Looking at a few Operating Systems

February 19, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

The last few weeks have seen me poking around with a few different operating systems to see how they perform. None of these were particularly in-depth in their nature but brushes with alternatives to what I currently use for much [...]

A look at Emacs

August 10, 2010 Leave a response Shortlink

It’s amazing what work can bring your way in terms of technology. For me, (GNU) Emacs Has proved to be such a thing recently. It may have been around since 1975, long before my adventures in computing ever started in [...]