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Monthly Archives: June 2009
A better Ruby prompt
The Interactive Ruby Shell, or irb, is indispensable for trying out Ruby code rapidly, seeing what works and what’s elegant. But the defaults aren’t quite optimal. Tab completion It lacks tab completion by default. Having this available can save you … Continue reading
Useful grep incantations
grep is one of the core utilities on nearly every *nix-based system. If you’ve been using Linux for more than the most casual activities, you’ve probably used it. While its basic use is quite simple, there are a few additional … Continue reading
Watching a fork bomb explode
Fork bombs are simple pieces of programming logic that can bring down the mightiest of servers in seconds (in fact, the faster the server, the faster it goes down). They are quite easy to protect against, but some operating systems … Continue reading