Solaris: Create a mount point

Creating a mount point is a trivial yet poorly documented operation. This recipe describes creating a mount point appropriate for use with the mount command to mount a filesystem, cdrom, etc.

Using variables in Windows batch files

Regardless of the scripting language, the use of variables can greatly enhance the functionality of a script. This recipe demonstrated basic use of variables in MS-DOS or Windows batch files.

UNIX recursive directory listing

Listing the contents of a directory and all subdirectories, a recursive listing, is sometimes useful. This recipe describes some techniques for listing files recursively

Bourne/bash shell script functions

Writing functions can greatly simplify a program. If a chunk of code is used multiple times in different parts of a script, the code can be enclosed within a function and run using only the function name.

Determine current file position in vi or vim

Move or jump to specific lines in vi

Navigating large files is an important capability when using any editor. The vi editor makes it easy to move around.

Show line numbers in vi or vim

Displaying line numbers while editing a file can be handy. This recipe describes how to turn on and off the display of line numbers in vi and vim.

Checkout files from CVS

Version control systems are an important infrastructure component not only in software development but also in other contexts such as controlling changes to manuscripts or computer system configuration files.