Local Perl packages

Determine what is the local PERL5LIB configuration: LIB=$( for d in `tr : ' ' <<<$PERL5LIB do if [ -w $d ] ; then echo $d ...

Linux Keyboard Tips

Miscellaneous hacks to use the keyboard under Linux. Special Characters on X11 The compose key, when pressed in sequence with other keys, produces a Unicode character. E.g., in most configurations pressing Compose e ``` produces é. Compose keys appeared on some computer keyboards decades ago, especially those produced by Sun Microsystems. However, ...

Bash Tips

Some bash one-liners: echo ${!X*} Will print all the names of variables whos name starts with X. To output the contents of a variable so it can be parsed by bash ...

Keep e-mail private

This is a handy tip. If you don't want to give out your real email address to register for a site and don't want to go through the hassle of creating a spam email address, just point your browser to Guerrilla Mail upon loading the page you'll have an automatically assigned email ...