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A Perl enthusiast, I earn my living doing Unix/Linux system administration and light systems programming. In a former life I was an ALGOL systems programmer before finding my real love was for Unix. My education is scientific with a Master of Science degree.


Feb
17
revised What's the difference between a hard links and copied files?
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Feb
16
revised Understanding /etc/aliases and what it does
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Feb
16
revised Understanding /etc/aliases and what it does
Add `newalias` usage.
Oct
18
revised sed on OSX insert at a certain line
Correct original post to use `-n` instead of `-p` and add explanation.
Oct
4
revised How to make executable of all files excluding a few file types?
Add alternative solution.
Oct
4
revised How to make executable of all files excluding a few file types?
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Oct
4
revised How to make executable of all files excluding a few file types?
Address presence of other C extensions
Oct
1
revised Purpose and typical usage of /etc/rc.local
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Sep
14
revised Recovered deleted files on Mac by command line
Clarify orginal posting.
Sep
7
revised Comment all lines in a text file?
Add switch dropped when suggesting Perl alternative