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Shell Corner: Littera Delenda Est (Part Two)
Ed Schaefer
In this month's Shell Corner, Royce Williams provides part two of his attack on removing unusual characters in filenames.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Regular Expressions: Python's Mechanization
Cameron Laird
In this month's Regular Expressions column, Cameron and Kathryn look at using the dynamic language Python to handle specific automation needs.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Elements of Efficient and Secure Service Provisioning with Solaris
Kristy Westphal
Westphal looks at the elements involved in building a server in Solaris 10 that will take advantage of all the available features.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Test Your Knowledge of Users and Groups
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett offers some questions to test what you know about user and group fundamentals.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Certification Changes and Updates
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett takes a look at the latest changes made to some of the more popular certification exams and what you need to know.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Examining SlickEdit 2007: Code Quick | Think Slick
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett takes a look at the latest release of one of his "favorite" utilities -- Visual SlickEdit 2007.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Regular Expressions: Good Works with Real Databases
Cameron Laird
Cameron and Kathryn discuss how sanitizing databases while learning a new software technology can be a rewarding experience.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Shell Corner: Littera Delenda Est
Ed Schaefer
Reader Royce Williams describes his experiences removing files with tricky characters in their filenames in part one of his article.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

More Forensic Tools
Kristy Westphal
Westphal takes a look at some old and new tools for forensic processing of hard drives.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Book Review: Beginning C: From Novice to Professional
Ed Schaefer
Ed looks at the latest edition of Beginning C. He explains why novices who want to learn "C" on a C99 compiler should read this book.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

From the Archives

Marcel's Linux Game of the Month : Fillets-NG
Marcel Gagn�
There is something I like about playing games that is, strangely enough, much the same as I enjoy when I read science fiction or fantasy. The medium lends itself beautifully to creating other times, places, and even worlds. Some of these worlds can be familiar � what we call simulations � while others are a bit more out there. My game recommendation for this month is called Fish Fillets Next Generation and it definitely fits into the out there category. Perhaps a little description to start with . . .
Tue, 8 Nov 2005

Book Review: Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals
Emmett Dulaney
Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals focuses on how Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technologies can be used to manage the network and keep intruders out. IPS are any monitoring systems that examine all network traffic and then act as forwarding devices for approved traffic (dropping unapproved traffic or forwarding it elsewhere for further/separate action).
Tue, 14 Feb 2006

Shell Corner: Performing Date Arithmetic with shift_date
Ed Schaefer
This month, William Robertson provides Korn shell script shift_date to "add or subtract a number of days from a date".
Tue, 30 Dec 2003

John and Ed's Misc Shell Tips: June 2005
Ed Schaefer, John Spurgeon
This installment of miscellaneous Unix tips contains: * Using tab characters in a Unix here document * Obtaining version information from a "C" binary * Using dummy columns to retain relative sort order
Mon, 20 Jun 2005

Book Review: Apache Phrasebook
Cameron Laird
Cameron finds this book to be a very helpful reference. Find out why he thinks you need this book.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

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