29March2007
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this article, I discuss the /etc/iftab file. This file contains descriptive information about the various network interfaces. iftab is only used by the program ifrename to assign a consistent network interface name to each network interface.
/etc/iftab defines a set of mappings. Each mapping contains an interface name and a set of selectors. The selectors allow ifrename to identify each network interface on the system. If a network interface matches all descriptors of a mapping, ifrename attempt to change the name of the interface to the interface name given by the mapping.
5September2006
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this article, I discuss the .netrc file. It contains configuration and autologin information for the File Transfer Protocol client ftp.
5September2006
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this article, I discuss axel; a command line tool similar to wget. The difference is that it is both an accelerator and it splits the file into multiple pieces.
Axel accomplishes its speed performance by opening more than one connection at a time, effectively multiplying allowable bandwidth.
24August2006
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this article, I discuss agrep (approximate grep); a “fuzzy string searching” program or command line tool for use with the Linux operating system.
It selects the best-suited algorithm for the current query from a variety of the known fastest (built-in) string searching algorithms, including a bitap algorithm based on Levenshtein distances.
agrep is also the search engine in the indexer program GLIMPSE. It is free for private and non-commercial use only, and belongs to the University of Arizona.
24July2006
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this article, I discuss cdrtools (formerly known as cdrecord); an open source CD/DVD authoring program.
22May2006
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
Introducing my new category Linux Command Line Tools
This category will contain information on Linux command line tools, which operate via a command line interface (or CLI; sometimes incorrectly referred to as the “Command Prompt”).
A program that implements such interface is often called a command line interpreter or shell. Examples include the various Unix shells (sh, ksh, csh, tcsh, bash, etc.). All “tools” listed in this category would be executed via a shell.
14December2005
Posted by Christoph under: CLI.
In this aritcle, I discuss the AWK programming language; a general purpose scripting language that is designed for processing text based data, either in files or data streams.
17October2005
Posted by Christoph under: Travel.
So, I started a new blog over at Blogger.com. I will use this one to host my pictures so I don’t eat up my bandwidth here.
19March2005
Posted by Christoph under: Uncategorized.
Please see the following for more about me:
- Christoph Champ (about)
And, the following for my CV:
- Curriculum Vitae
17August1997
Posted by Christoph under: Travel.
A university town. One of the most beautiful cities in Europe, if not the world! The people Bergen are more Germanic (in their looks, customs, and even speech). A favourite saying, “We’re not from Norway, we’re from Bergen!” They are proud of what they are and have good cause for it. Beautiful city!