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Controlling Process CPU Utilization
Let’s say there is a process on your Unix/Linux system that sometimes tends to consume all CPU resources and become unresponsive. At the same time, you do not want to terminate the process at the …
Sharing Videos from Linux to Xbox 360
Xbox 360 uses UPnP protocol to stream multimedia files from computers on your home network. Normally, you would have a Windows PC running WMP and sharing files. But what if you have a Linux box …
Useful SysAdmin Scripts: Search-and-Replace
Let’s say you moved your server to a new network and now it has a different IP address. You know your users have a habit of hard-coding the server’s IP into their scripts. So you …
Korn Shell Arrays
Here are a few useful examples of how to use data arrays within Korn shell. Arrays are a great tool for storing user input and other data for quick, on-the-fly access. If, for example, you …
Contacting the sysadmin from command line
If you are a sysadmin, communicating with your users is an important aspect of your job. Phone, e-mail, SMS, and various service request systems are commonly used by most businesses. The problem with all these …
Database operations with SQL and Korn shell
The following Korn shell function will read the a directory containing CSV data files named server_sysstat.20051119.csv with format:
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