Matt Bradley is a tech freelancer and cryptocurrency expert who writes stuff down so that everyone can benefit from his experience for free. Follow him on twitter @cyberfellaltd
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could pipe the output from windows commands into non-windows commands like grep, cut, awk, sort etc that are available to you on alternative unix-based operating systems? Download and install GNUWin32 from here and the CoreUtils package here and Grep here that should do it. There are more packages available though here …
The following commands install the WoeUSB program used to create a bootable USB stick for the installation of Windows 10. First add the repository (assuming Ubuntu or Linux Mint OS) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install woeusb The WoeUSB GUI can be found in your Applications Menu but I don’t recommend it. …
If like me, you have a Dell laptop running linux and you want to bring your firmware up to date, you’ll realise that the executables downloadable from Dell’s support site require Windows OS to run. Or do they? The good new is No. They don’t. OK, so they won’t run on Linux either, but they …
RHCE 2: Manipulating files in Linux. The following blog post is a concise summary of how one can interact with files on a Linux system. In fact the information contained herein applies to all Linux and UNIX. By my own admission, if you learn everything contained in this one post of the many posts on …
READ THIS FIRST! On HP workstation equipment, you’ll likely need to enable VTX Extensions in the BIOS to allow for the execution of virtualisation technology. I use a hp EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini and the factory BIOS setting has VTX disabled by default. If in any doubt, check your BIOS now, or you WILL encounter …
INTRODUCTION Python is a simple, easy to learn programming language that bears some resemblance to shell script. It has gained popularity very quickly due to its shallow learning curve. It is supported on all operating systems. https://www.python.org/ INSTALLATION Installers for all operating systems are available here and on linux it tends to be installed by …
My super concise git notes Developed by Linus Torvalds, git is a… Distributed Version Control System (VCS) for any type of file Co-ordinates work between multiple developers Tracks who made what changes and when Revert back at any time Supports local and remote repositories (hosted on github, bitbucket) It keeps track of code history and …
As a compliment to my recent post “Data Migration using emcopy” http://www.cyberfella.co.uk/2014/05/02/emcopy/ I thought it only fair to follow up with an equivalent post for good ol’ robocopy. This has mainly come about having discovered an annoying bug in emcopy whereby it doesn’t ignore the directories specified by more than one /xd exclusion – it …
Here is a handy cheatsheet in troubleshooting failing backups and recoveries using emc’s Networker all taken from real-world experience (and regularly updated). If it’s helped you out of a pinch, and is worth a dollar, then please consider donating to help maintain this useful blog. [paypal-donation] Is backup server running? nsrwatch -s backupserver …
Who doesn’t love the word “Forensics”? It’s a word that brings out the inner geek in all of us, yet the reality is usually pretty grim – like when your only hard drive containing all your important files and photos fails. The first thing you should do if you suspect your hard drive is failing …