Category Archives: shell

Ejecting optical media

Posted on March 23, 2014 by javavolker71

Sometimes the “Eject Button” to eject optical media like cd or dvd doesn’t work. This can happen due to a bad media inserted or else. How to get the damn thing out without opening the case? In the ol’ days … Continue reading →

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Scripting for Mongo

Posted on March 20, 2014 by javavolker71

Sometimes you want to automate certain tasks using scripts. MongoDB also supports this: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/write-scripts-for-the-mongo-shell/

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Quickly searching bashs history

Posted on February 21, 2014 by javavolker71

For me one of BASHs kill features is the possibility to quickly search the history of commands you entered: press CTRL + R and begin typing the command you’re looking for. Assume you want to (re-)install a maven project on … Continue reading →

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Using Homebrew to install software with OS X

Posted on February 15, 2014 by javavolker71

Homebrew is an easy to use tool for installing software to OS X. It’s a bit like debians apt but relies on git and ruby. I use it to install application servers like wildfly, databases or tools like maven. ruby … Continue reading →

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