Linux
Using Granola to reduce the cost of running your PC
Saving energy isn’t just the popular thing to do, it’s right thing to do. Whether you believe in the impact of society on global warming or not, you probably are still receptive to saving a few dollars on your electricity bill? All modern PCs behave quite nicely with Windows built-in power management features such as [...]
Add the Tab to PuTTY SSH Client
PuTTY is arguably the most popular free SSH client for Windows, likely found on every computer belonging to a user who knows what SSH is. I use PuTTY daily – it’s a single executable that does everything I need, quickly and simply. Well .. not everything I suppose. The lack of tab-based navigation has annoyed [...]
Cracking ZIP, RAR, and 7z Files
Nine months ago you did a good deed. In a valiant attempt to clean up your filesystem you compressed and archived a few directories and their contents. Decidingly clever, effort was put towards keeping prying eyes out and your data secure – a password was embedded in the archive file. Without the password, no one [...]
Downloading an Entire Web Site with wget
GNU wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web, generally available on most Linux installs. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background, while the user is not logged on. This allows you [...]
How to sort folders by size in Linux/Unix
In my day to day profession I am often tasked to find out where all the storage space has gone on a system. For example, I need to figure out which user(s) are using more than their fair share on the mail server. Knowing that the mail folder resides under /home, I need a quick [...]
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