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Books have been written on the subject of awk and sed. Here’s a small sample of commands I put together over the years that are useful for everyday system administration tasks. Most of these tasks …

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Article Archive for August 2016

Using YUM to Sync Packages with Master Server

August 21, 2016 – 10:40 pm
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I just built a new CentOS box and needed to make sure it had all the same packages installed as one of my other servers. If you need to set up your own web server …

Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case

August 21, 2016 – 1:15 pm
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A really cool mechanical keyboard case for iPad Pro by Razer. Almost makes me wanna get the iPad, just so i can get this keyboard.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-mechanical-keyboard-case-ipad-pro

Check Filesystem Mount Status

August 20, 2016 – 1:44 pm
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Sometimes you just need to do a quick sanity check on the filesystem mount status to make sure everything in fstab is mounted and everything’s that mounted is in the fstab. If, like myself, you’re a fan …

Atop Script with Scheduling and Logging

August 3, 2016 – 7:35 pm
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When something is going down on a server, the first thing most sysadmins will run is the venerable top utility. This happens automatically: if you suspect the server is being sluggish, your fingers just type top without you …