Author: Binny V A

A philosopher programmer who specializes in backend development and stoicism.

Word Meaning from Linux Command Line

Find the meaning of a word from dict using curl. System must be online for this to work. curl dict://dict.org/d:word

CSV Export/Import Functions in PHP

Functions to Export and import CSV data using PHP //*Get the result of the query as a CSV stream. function…

Firefox Profiles

How to access firefox profiles in Linux… #Open the profile manager. firefox –ProfileManager #Open firefox using the specified profile firefox…

Using Git – the Basic Commands

Initialize a New Project in Git… git init git add . git commit #Add a file git add file.php git…

Better Way to find Process ID of an Application in Linux

A better way to get the process id of an application. I recommend giving an alias for this command… ps…

Remove empty directories

Remove all empty directories within the current directory find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; perl -MFile::Find -e”finddepth(sub{rmdir},’.’)”…

Reboot Linux when hung

To Reboot Linux when hung hold down the Alt and SysRq (Print Screen) keys. While holding those down, type the…

Convert FLV file to MPEG

Convert FLV file to MPEG using ffmpeg ffmpeg -i myFile.flv -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320×240 myFile.mpg

Find All Connected Harddisks

<p class=”intro”>If you have many IDE harddisks connected to the system(but not mounted), this command will find it. This will…

Watch a Log File for Changes using tail

This command will let you watch a log file for changes as soon as they happen