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Dynamic Variables in BASH

October 10, 2013 – 9:32 am
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Assigning variables is easy if you know how many you have and what they are called. The value of a variable can be, well, variable. But the names and number of variables need to be …

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Notes

October 9, 2013 – 11:28 am
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The vCenter Standalone Converter is a handy app you can run on your Windows or Linux PC to to P2V a remote server. As convenient as the Converter is, there are a few gotchas that …

Free Rescue CDs for Windows

October 5, 2013 – 11:32 am
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This is just a quick summary of the more popular rescue CDs out there. All of these are Unix-based bootable ISOs. Some are available as self-burning EXE files, which may be useful if you don’t …

Linux Man Pages (man1)

October 1, 2013 – 3:03 pm
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The current version of manual pages for the most common Linux commands and options. Just for your online convenience.