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Friday, September 14, 2018

AWK - Just Examples with Explanations

Example 1

/ERROR/ { if ($0 !~ /notThisOne/) print NR $0 }

This script prints all lines with the word ERROR but without a word notThisOne. The original line number is printed in front of each line printed.

Friday, October 13, 2017

Git - Basic Commands

Understanding

The Git repository is a tree of commits each of which keeps a pointer to its parent (for merge commits: two parents) and all of the files modified in this commit. HEAD, tags and branches are all labels to a node of that tree.

Branches

git branch NAME --- create a branch of the current branch
git branch --all --- list all branches local and remote
git checkout -b release-4.16.0 origin/develop --- create branch release-4.16.0 from the current branch and set tracking to origin/develop
git branch -u origin/develop --- set tracking on an existing branch
git branch -d NAME - delete a local branch but only if it's safe (i.e. we won't loose access to any commit)
git branch -D NAME - force delete a local branch (requires extra permissions; commits to which we may loose access will be available through its ID for next N days (default is 30 days) and it will be garbage-collected after that)
git push origin --delete NAME - force delete a remote branch

Commit

git commit --- committing the changes to local git repo
git commit --amend --- allows to edit the last commit, to edit its message and correct the files you committed
git reset --soft HEAD~1 --- undoes the most recent commit without reverting the changes in the files
git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/master --- reset your branch to what it was before any changes and commits done locally. To save the local commits just in case, do git branch saved-my-commits-here.

Pushing and Pull

git add --- staging files for commit
git pull --- if the current branch is behind the branch it tracks, this command will update it
git push origin local-branch:remote-branch --- push local branch to remote repository origin

Rebase

git rebase origin/develop --- rebases, which means if the current branch is behind on some commits from origin/develop branch, it will incorporate all of them and place as if they were made earlier than those commits that the current branch is ahead of the origin/develop.
git rebase -i HEAD~2 --- interactive rebase, that is a tool to modify commit history. In most common scenario it is used to squash two or more recent commits into one (though commit --amend can do it, too) but it can also remove commits from the history as well as change their order. The tool can do lasting damage if you make mistake - use with caution!

Other

git fetch --- updates the local git repo from the remote repos
git status --- shows the commits that the current branch is ahead and behind with respect to the branch it tracks as well as unversioned and modified files that aren't added to the change set.
git log --- shows a paged list of commits with the most recent first
cherrypicking --- allows to copy a commit from into another branch (important: it's a copy)
git merge my-other-branch --- merges my-other-branch into the current branch; use --no-ff if you always want a merge and not just a git pull if the last commit on current branch happens to be an ancestor of the commits on my-other-branch.
git mv --- rename or move a file or folder without losing its history (to see its full history afterwards use git log --follow).

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Docker - All the Magic

Understanding It

docker is a history recorded of what changed from the original image that the container started off
restart (or stop and start) reverts the container to what the image was, so the container is transient by default
it may be also possible to revert by tagging the image (yes!)

Maintenance

When it gets sloooow, and the com.docker.hyperkit takes 20% or 30% of CPU or more, try:

consider reducing the # of cpu's enabled
prune images not referenced by any container (created
more than 24h ago):
```
docker image prune -a --filter "until=24h"
```
prune containers all stopped containers (older than 24h):
```
docker container prune --filter "until=24h"
```
prune networks not used by any container (older than 24h):
```
docker network prune --filter "until=24h"
```
and possibly prune volumes not used by currently by any container (make sure you don't need the data on them):
```
docker volume prune
```

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

AWK Scripts - Examples

Example 1:

{
  if (match($0,/stat\.X[0-9][0-9][0-9]/)) tab = substr($0,RSTART+6,RLENGTH-6);
  if (tab + 0 >= 70 && tab + 0 <= 120) { print tab; }
}

Script does:

For every line like statA.X023, sets the variable 'tab' to the number, here 023
outputs the number if it is between 70 and 120

Friday, January 1, 2016

Playing an Audio ISO and Burning it into a CD

Tools that worked nicely for me:

To install the ISO on Windows to platy and copy MP3 of it: VirtualCloneDriver 5.4.9.0 (downloaded from SkySoft Download)
To burn: CyberLink Power2Go v. 5

What didn't work:

MicroSoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v. 2.0.1.1
Problem: driver installation; it's a tricky piece of software, doesn't see the driver file even it was placed where told to - file was there but the software filtered it out, somehow, even when run an admin

Environment: Windows 7

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Update in PostgresSQL Using the Command Line Tool - PSQL

The command:

psql -h hostname -d database -U username -W --echo-queries -f script-file-name.sql

where:

-W - to request psql to ask for password (rather then assume no-password)-h - PostgreSql server host name or ip
-f - file with the SQL script to execute on the database
--echo-querries - shows the currently executed query for easier debugging of the script

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Install Puppy Linux on my Old ThinkPad R60

Version: Slacko Puppy 5.7

Problem: Wi-Fi not working. Solution:
First: rfkill list
if it says softblock yes, try Fn F5. If it doesn't help do: sudo rfkill unblock wifi; sudo rfkill unblock all
Then:

# cd /lib/firmware/
# cp iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
# ifconfig wlan0 up

And try to connect.