Smart execute with xargs
if you have a large file that is too large to pass to xargs, you can bring it up into chunks. For instance: cat file.txt | xargs -L 3 echo will execute echo on 3 lines at a time.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Find which process has which port
netstat -tulpn
Custom rss for wordpress
1. make feeds refresh (otherwise it seems cached); in wp-content/themes/ready-review/functions.php, add at the end: add_filter( ‘wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime’, create_function(‘$a’, ‘return 1;’) ); //1 is timeout value 2. edit wp-includes/feed-rss2.php Go to where it has the description tag and make changes accordingly. Make sure in wp-admin -> settings -> reading -> For each article in a feed, show, you […]
alt + tab application window switcher (e.g. no grouping of windows) in ubuntu
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager sudo apt-get install compiz-plugins Open compizconfig-settings-manager with alt-F2, type ccsm. Scroll down to “Ubuntu Unity Plugin”. Choose the tab “Switcher”. Disable the alt-tab and shift-alt-tab key bindings. (“Key to start the switcher” and “Key to switch to the previous window in the Switcher”. Click the “Back” button. Scroll down to the […]
How to: Get Spotlight processes back under control when CPU usage goes crazy
If you’re finding that your Mac fans are running a lot more than they used to, you might want to check out whether a couple of Spotlight processes are consuming more than their fair share of CPU cycles. Ever since the latest Mavericks update, I found that my MacBook Pro seemed to be running hot […]