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bio website shawnjgoff.com
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I've grown up with computers around me my whole life. I started programming when I was a kid, and stuck with it ever since. I came across Linux around 1999 and have enjoyed working with it ever since.

For a job, I get to write software that runs on embedded Linux devices. I do everything from working on low-level drivers to writing shell scripts and even web apps.


Oct
28
reviewed Approve suggested edit on How do I configure Emacs to use 'ispell' on Mac OS X?
Oct
28
comment Ask root for password when using su command
I doubt this is possible, and it doesn't make sense. Why do you want root to be prompted for user1's password? It doesn't actually protect user1's account from root when root doesn't know the password.
Oct
28
revised Make USB modem work on Puppy Linux 5.28
added 510 characters in body
Oct
28
answered Make USB modem work on Puppy Linux 5.28
Oct
28
awarded  Custodian
Oct
28
reviewed Close Debian Squeeze not whole of package contents installed
Oct
28
answered How to separate Awesome's `rc.lua` configuration into multiple files?
Oct
27
comment case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
@JamieKitson Say, what? Look again :-) I didn't know you had posted an answer other than the comment.
Oct
27
revised case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
Credit another answer
Oct
26
revised case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
added 15 characters in body
Oct
26
comment case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
@derobert - that's definitely better - I've somehow blocked out that feature from my brain because it's just not available in the environment I usually use. Edited answer to include it.
Oct
26
revised case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
get rid of `find -exec find` answer
Oct
26
comment case-insensitive search of duplicate file-names
@JamieKitson That will fail if you have filenames with newline characters.
Oct
26
awarded  Nice Answer
Oct
7
awarded  Enlightened
Oct
7
awarded  Nice Answer
Sep
26
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Bash error message on a mac using Perl
Sep
26
comment How to list files and directories with directories first
You can run ls --version to find out which one you have.
Sep
25
awarded  Nice Answer
Sep
21
awarded  Custodian