convert ascii mysql db to utf8
how to convert ascii mysql db to utf8 ? I had a MyISAM mediawiki 1.11.0 database that needed to be utf8 to upgrade to the latest version. Before I could upgrade it I had to convert it to utf8. Here’s…
undefined function session_name()
undefined function session_name() to fix this on freebsd: you must install: /usr/ports/www/php5-session
tar directory mail attachment redhat
How do we tar a directory and mail it as an attachment in redhat? tar -cf data.tar .; mutt -s “Logs” -a . [email protected] < tar directory mail attachment redhat
redhat install uuencode
Note If you just want to see the yum command for Redhat install uuencode skip to the end. Background Information Uuencoding is a form of binary-to-text encoding that originated in the Unix program uuencode, for encoding binary data for transmission…
windows staged build to a non-staged build
Problem I went nuts trying to figure out what “staged build to a non-staged build” meant when my windows server 2008 sp2 to r2 upgrade kept failing. Why is this happening? Here’s what happening. Your original install was a staged…
bash diff alternative
How to setup a bash diff alternative nano -w /usr/bin/diff2 Copy and paste the below in to /usr/bin/diff2 #!/bin/bash # # name: diff2.sh # usage: . file1 file2 # To make available to whole system copy to /usr/local/bin # and…
best diff tools
PAYWARE Ultra Edit (win + linux) – Beyond Compare (win + linux) – Araxis Merge (win + osX) – ExamDiff Pro (win) – ECMerge (win, osX, linux) – MergePlant (win) – Changes (OSX) …
grep ifconfig list ips
Linux ifconfig Example Type the following command: ifconfig | grep ‘inet addr:’| grep -v ‘127.0.0.1’ | cut -d: -f2 | awk ‘{ print $1}’ FreeBSD/OpenBSD ifconfig Example Type the following command: ifconfig | grep -E ‘inet.[0-9]’ | grep -v ‘127.0.0.1’…
replace text in a file with perl
here’s how to replace text in a file with perl: perl -pi -e ‘s~OLDTEXT~NEWTEXT~g’ /path/to/filename
apache virtual host rename all *:80 *:443 httpd.conf
I needed to rename a bunch of apache virtual hosts to *:80 and *:443. Here’s an example that renames to httpd.confr and changes :80 and :443 to *:80 and *:443: # sed -ir ‘s/VirtualHost [0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}:80/VirtualHost *:80/’ # sed…