Simple, streamlined packaging of content with a plethora of add-ons that extend
tar‘s range of capabilities, makes this utility invaluable. The need arises
frequently to reduce content trees to simpler representations or bundles, often for
simplified transport.
Spend some time rolling and handling disparate content in this release.
Of all the inavluable utilities, ‘dd’ ranks among the list of critical. Whenever
the need arises to generate exact, bit-level copies of data, regardless of IO source,
use ‘dd’ to accomplish your goals.
Explore data duplication with ‘dd’. Use dd to image, mirror, compress, copy data as needed.
Symbolic links provide a variety of useful shortcut mechanisms in Nix-based environments.
Examples include, but are not limited to: simple shortcuts, name reincarnations, cross-device file access,
intra-device access, permissions circumvention, and reduced storage usage with hard links. Explore some use-cases.
Explore Symbolic Links as they relate to common use-cases and Applications.
Invariably as a Python Coder, you will deal with files. The ability to use $SHELL-inspired
constructs to filter file lists can be invaluable in improving your productivity. In this
Release, we cover the basics of file-globbing patterns in Python.
The Path to a file contains multiple parts; among them, the directory location
and the target file name, or, the initial instance of the object's presence in the
file system. It is often requisite when automating tasks to manipulate the Path,
including but not limited to extracting the Base Name of the file object for a variety
of reasons. Let's explore some common Base Name manipulations in this release.
CentOS offers a visage into the world of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It is a fork. Unlike
its Enterprise counterpart, there are fewer encumbrances, especially vis-à-vis the
all-too-important frequently required software updates. Use CentOS to align your
Applications and Services with RHEL.
Physical frequency limits of currently-employed materials have been met some
time ago. Multiple Cores were the natural answer, permitting ever-greater SMP
execution. Applications were adapted to harness the benefits, however, countless
cycles are still wasted, which is wasteful on any number of fronts. GNU Parallel
and similar tools discourage waste by allowing more simultaneous executions. Have
a proper glance at this simple, but powerful Executor in this release.
Among the many useful $SHELL features is the ability to substitute
commands in-place, at the calling-point. Command substitution places the output of one or more commands
at your disposal for usage in say a Variable, Alias, or in-line for further processing.
Nesting extends this functionality as far as your (use-case | imagination) dictates,
possibly resulting in extremely useful time-saving command-sets.
Spend some time substituting commands in this release.
The $SHELL to end all $SHELLs. Ostensibly, Z-Shell, or, zsh, or 'which $(zsh)' offers the best of
the cumulative lot of, well: $SHELLs and their expansions, interpolations, substitutions,
pleasurable frustrations, and so on. Highly-customizable, zsh is an appropriate
environment for novices to experts alike. Features abound, usability is high,
draw nigh and reap wondrous rewards of $SHELL endowments.
Perhaps it is time to consider the official transition from BASH to: Z-Shell.
OpenSSH provides SSH client | server services for Windows environments. The same
OpenSSH stack that is defacto elsewhere, is available on Windows clients and servers.
Armed with sufficient PowerShell knowledge, one can be rather productive largely from
the $SHELL on Windows.
PuTTY SSH provides apt SSH client services for Windows environments. From Terminal (TTY)
access, to Interactive and Non-Interactive file transfers, to integrated console TTY
access, the toolkit allows your Windows team a relatively seamless interaction with
standard *Nix SSH services.
