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HOWTO Turn off Line Numbers in VI

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments

I always forget how to turn off line numbers in VI. The answer is: set nonumbers or set nonu. It’s all about the little things…

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Removing a File Beginning With Dash -

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I get this a lot from friends and Google is full of examples, but here it is again. If you have a file that begins with a hyphen (one of these: -) you’ll have a tough time removing it unless you remember something simple from Command Line 101. In most CLI environments, your shell has [...]

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Tags: How Tos · Unix · linux

Updating RedHat 9

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Simply: You can’t. up2date will not run and RedHat does not provide updated packages. In 2003 RedHat switched from RedHat9 to Fedora. If you have an old RedHat box, you will have to migrate to Fedora. If it is really old, you may just be out of luck. Next time keep up with those updates.

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Tags: How Tos · linux · redhat