First create some files to test with: touch -d 01/01/2015 newfile touch -d 01/01/2009 oldfile Check it worked. using ls -l osaka@rika:~/test$ ls -l total 0 -rw-r–r– 1 osaka osaka 0 Jan 1 2015 newfile -rw-r–r– 1 osaka osaka 0 Jan 1 2009 oldfile And now delete all files which where last modified over one [...]
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03.10.11 - Delete files based on last modified date
21.08.11 - route add default gateway
Use the route command to set a list all network routes on your machine. To set a default gateway: route add default gw 10.0.0.1 eth0
17.08.11 - Get a list of filenames and move the files Bash and Power Shell
Both these scripts do the same thing, they strip a log file down to the filename and then move each file up a directory. … C:\Random\Directory\n\chars\long\filename.xml … BASH cat 15\ August\ 2011\ Less.log | cut -c 113-152 > fileNames for i in `cat fileNames`; do mv -v “$i” ../$i; done WINDOWS gc ‘.\15 August 2011 [...]
06.08.11 - VirtualBox: Boot a virtual machine from a USB
I wanted to install some software on to an OS which was installed on a USB flash drive, so I created a virtual machine that booted up of the USB drive. I found it needed root permissions, and it is probably a good idea to un-mount the device before hand. VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ./HardDisks/USB-test.vmdk [...]
31.07.11 - DHCP3-Server failing to start?
When I was troubleshooting a DHCP Server, I found that in the /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf file someone had declared a subnet with an IP range which was not the same as the server. For example, this would not work: Interface: 192.168.1.1 subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {} But this would: subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {} Because the subnet [...]
27.07.11 - Life Tip
Eat your breakfast before you goto bed… then sleep for longer in the morning! Click for full size 1920×1200 – http://wallbase.cc/wallpaper/264803
27.07.11 - Synergy Config
To get synergy working, both the client and the server need to have a /etc/synergy.conf file, like the one below. make sure to replace “server” and “client” with their respective hostnames: section: screens server: client: end section: aliases server: 10.0.0.2 end section: aliases client: 10.0.0.50 end section: aliases server: 10.0.0.2 end section: links server: left [...]
24.07.11 - Find out your Ubuntu/Debian Release
lsb_release -c or cat /etc/debian_version I can never remember, and now you don’t have to.
10.07.11 - Windows Server 2008 USB WiFi
Make sure to enable “Wireless Lan Service” Feature. After a fresh install of Windows Server 2008, I was unable to enable my USB Wireless Device, windows would attempt to enable it but the interface would not active. Problem solved by enable the “Wireless Lan Service” Feature.
27.06.11 - Get the first n chars for each line of a file
cat file | colrm n File’s contents: 8765 I like eating pie 8956 Sometimes I think I’m a robot 8796 I wonder what being a cat is like 4567 Time for food 4523 Pew Pew pew Space pope8765 I like eating pie cat file | colrm 4 Output: 876 895 879 456 452 Hope that [...]