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Books have been written on the subject of awk and sed. Here’s a small sample of commands I put together over the years that are useful for everyday system administration tasks. Most of these tasks …

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Bash Scripts and MySQL

October 10, 2020 – 1:49 pm
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I frequently use MySQL to store data collected or processed by various shell scripts. The database comes in handy when massaging data with good old awk and sed gets too cumbersome.

CompTIA Fails It’s Own Linux+ Exam

June 4, 2011 – 3:52 am

The CompTIA Linux+ is a certification program designed for people who’ve heard of Linux but can’t yet figure out what it is. Still, one would imagine that people running CompTIA’s Web site should be able to answer at least some of the sample exam questions posted on their site. At the end of the practice exam there is a link that says “Click here for the answers”. But if you click on that link, you will find none…

LPI Invents Linux Commands

January 18, 2011 – 7:50 pm

It would appear that in order to obtain Linux Professional Institute’s LPIC-2 certification, one needs to know real Linux commands as well as imaginary ones. On the Sample Questions page for LPIC-2 Exam 2 the LPI Linux gurus pose the following question

Book Review: CompTIA Linux+ Certification Study Guide

March 29, 2010 – 4:06 pm

For all of you hungry certification seekers, today on the menu we have Brian Barber’s CompTIA Linux+ Certification Study Guide. The CompTIA Linux+ certification, as you may or may not know, is designed for novice sysadmins with six to twelve months of Linux experience.