Category Archives: Guides

Deleting Files with Special Character Names
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Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Have you ever accidently created a file with an unusual name and then tried to remove it, you will find this helpful.  All files in Linux are assigned what is called an inode number.  This unique number allows you to remove a … Continue reading →

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Motorola Razr Root for ICS OTA
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Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Here is a tar you can use to root your Razr phone if you have downloaded and installed the Ice Cream Sandwhich Over-the-Air update. UPDATE:  I have updated the installer to include the Superuser apk so you can more easily … Continue reading →

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MySQL Memory Tables
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Posted on June 25, 2012 by

In MySQL you can run tables just in memory.  These tables are great for temporary data since they are cleared out when MySQL closes, and since they are in memory they are accessed quickly. When you are creating a table … Continue reading →

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Extract the audio from a flash video
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Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Extract the audio from a flash video. ffmpeg -i video.flv -acodec copy track.mp3

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Unix / Linux: See Colourised Filesystem Disk Space Usage
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Posted on June 20, 2012 by

This is a neat little program which with give you a “graphical” display of the free space from the command line. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/unix-linux-bsd-pydf-command-in-colours.html

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