Author: Binny V A

A philosopher programmer who specializes in backend development and stoicism.

Extracting DAA Image Files

I once got a DAA file from a P2P network. Initally I was at a lose about how to extract…

Searching text in a directory using find and grep

Use find and grep to search for a specific text in a directory. In this example, we search for files…

Caching Debain installation DVD/CD

Cache all your Debain installation DVD/CDs Put the first DVD in the drive and run this command apt-cdrom add Do…

Using Awk

Simple uses for awk Get the second column from the output ps aux | awk ‘{print $2}’ Use a different…

Install Win32Codecs in Linux

Win32Codecs is a collection of important codes to play videos in linux Download http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2 Extract into /usr/lib/codecs/

SourceForge Project Packager – from SVN source

This script will package your SVN code to a tar.gz file. Just give the name of the project as the…

Mount ISO Images

Mounting ISO Images in Linux mount -t iso9660 -o loop <Image_File> <Mount_Point> How to Mount ISO/MDF Images in Linux

Heading Fonts Styles

Some fonts/styles that could be used in headings – ie. <h1> tags. font:17px “Trebuchet MS”,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font:20px Georgia,Times,serif; [tags]font,style,heading,css[/tags]

Install Recoll

Recoll is a personal full text search tool for Unix/Linux. It is based on the very strong Xapian backend, for…

Writing tips

Omit unnecessary words. Make every sentence contribute to the point you want to make. Use paragraphs as your arguments. Go…