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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; bash</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/category/code/bash/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Proxying all Linux Traffic &#8211; set web access for Ubuntu behind a proxy</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:22:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[export]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proxy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web traffic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1006</guid> <description><![CDATA[So that it&#8217;s documented&#8230; I&#8217;m using port 8080 as the default port as the likelyhood of your upstream proxy being on 8080 is high &#8211; else, typical proxy ports are, of course, 80, 800 (transpartent), 8000, 3128 (squid) To force your server to force web traffic via a proxy, just two quick things to set [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Search and view gzip&#8217;d files</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/search-and-view-gzipd-files/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/search-and-view-gzipd-files/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:09:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gzip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[search]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zcat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zgrep]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1004</guid> <description><![CDATA[You knew it already &#8211; but I keep forgetting &#8211; the power of zgrep and zcat both of which behave as their z-less counterparts. So, to search a gzip&#8217;d file, you can simply zgrep &#60;term&#62; &#60;filename.gz&#62;, or to cat/view it, zcat &#60;filename.gz&#62; Good to come back to in case of impending forgetfulness&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/search-and-view-gzipd-files/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card on an old kernel?</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/intel-gigabit-ethernet-card-on-an-old-kernel/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/intel-gigabit-ethernet-card-on-an-old-kernel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drivers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kernel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[server linux]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1001</guid> <description><![CDATA[For self-reference, mainly: For the Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection on an old kernel that doesn&#8217;t have the drivers compiled into it &#8211; get the driver and make install it on the platform you&#8217;re on, and to be sure (if it doesn&#8217;t get done for you) to copy to /lib/modules/2.4.36/kernel/drivers/net/ (your kernel may vary, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/21/intel-gigabit-ethernet-card-on-an-old-kernel/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Search all files for TEXT in bash</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/search-all-files-for-text-in-bash/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/search-all-files-for-text-in-bash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:12:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[files]]></category> <category><![CDATA[find]]></category> <category><![CDATA[text]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=974</guid> <description><![CDATA[To find all files by file name containing THE TEXT I SEEK: grep -lir "THE TEXT I SEEK" * Had to list it as I always forget. But you know that already&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/search-all-files-for-text-in-bash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On the fly compression of a tar-ball or mysqldump</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:47:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gzip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[locking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysqldump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[on the fly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pipe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tar]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=942</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just to jot it down lest I forget: Tar&#8217;ing the local directory and streaming the tarball straight to gzip: tar cvf - . &#124; gzip &#62; target.tar.gz MySQLdump&#8217;ing directly to gzip: mysqldump --opt --single-transaction -h HOST -u  USER -pPASS DATABASENAME&#124; gzip &#62; OUTPUT.sql.gz Using --single-transaction above to avoid locking restrictions on the tables, and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Create a Tar file from Directory and all Subdirectories</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/create-a-tar-file-from-directory-and-all-subdirectories/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/create-a-tar-file-from-directory-and-all-subdirectories/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:11:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[7za]]></category> <category><![CDATA[7zip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gzip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[keyless ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[login]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tar]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=852</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a simple one-liner that one tends to forget (that is, one that I forget as I untar more than I manually tar). So creating a tar file from directory and all subdirectories is as simple as tar -cvf file.tar directory To compress it on the fly, pipe it to your favourite compression application (compress, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/create-a-tar-file-from-directory-and-all-subdirectories/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Secure SSH Tunneling &#8211; at no extra cost</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:20:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[port forwarding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[putty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tunnel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=824</guid> <description><![CDATA[Assuming you have a Windows machine and you interact with Linux boxen at any stage, chances are high that you have used and interacted with PuTTY at one stage or another. That beautiful, less than 2 sec, 444K download of a tool (currently at version 0.60 beta) allows you to SSH, COM-direct, RSH, Telnet etc [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[SOLVED] mysql-server5.1.5.141-3ubuntu12.1 hangs on upgrade</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/15/solved-mysql-server5-1-5-141-3ubuntu12-1-hangs-on-upgrade/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/15/solved-mysql-server5-1-5-141-3ubuntu12-1-hangs-on-upgrade/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:34:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[10.04]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hangs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=818</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are a lot of words about the MySQL upgrade on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit specifically, perhaps the 32bit version too?) &#8212; it just hangs: You get the hopeful message: Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.1 but then nothing happens and everything just hangs. Seems like the issue is related to the install script &#8212; it&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/15/solved-mysql-server5-1-5-141-3ubuntu12-1-hangs-on-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Symlinks (symbolic links) in Samba Ubuntu for Windows</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:02:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[file sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=768</guid> <description><![CDATA[To enable symlinks in Samba for filesharing across platforms inWindows, modify /etc/smb/samba.conf and add in the [global] section: follow symlinks = yes unix extensions = no There has been some discussion about wide symlinks = yes However, due to the attack vector on Samba servers from Windows allowing file traversion, back in February 2010, you [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samba cheat sheet &#8211; Ubuntu</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:03:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cheat sheet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fileserver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[howto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[migration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[user management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows server]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=764</guid> <description><![CDATA[Samba. Whopping goodness. Here are a few notes that help in the setup &#8211; from user creation, to directory settings etc This blog post contains a few lessons learnt and thus by extension a migration plan from a Windows file server to a Samba-based one running on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I look at users, system [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Upgrade your Ubuntu Distro from the Command Line &#8211; Server or Desktop</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/01/upgrade-your-ubuntu-distro-from-the-command-line-server-or-desktop/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/01/upgrade-your-ubuntu-distro-from-the-command-line-server-or-desktop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:02:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-install]]></category> <category><![CDATA[command line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[version upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=759</guid> <description><![CDATA[What release / version are you running? cat /etc/lsb-release or cat /etc/issue But you knew that already &#8212; to upgrade the version of the Ubuntu installation you have is quite simple &#8211; just storing it so that I have it somewhere sudo apt-get install update-manager-core sudo do-release-upgrade And you&#8217;re done! Just give it time (about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/01/upgrade-your-ubuntu-distro-from-the-command-line-server-or-desktop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Install Webmin on Ubuntu</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/31/install-webmin-on-ubuntu/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/31/install-webmin-on-ubuntu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:58:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[howto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[install]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[webmin]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=753</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick note (as I keep forgetting, and a cut-and-paste solution is a quicker time to market) &#8211; but you knew that already. Installing Webmin is quite simple (download directly, or from the mirrors). Currently, 1.510-2 is the latest version &#8211; check on www.webmin.com for further details. As an aside, the book Webmin Kompakt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/31/install-webmin-on-ubuntu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Security Summit 2010 Wrap-Up</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synch.cc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security summit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=716</guid> <description><![CDATA[So the Security Summit 2010 has come to an end. Featuring speakers such as Moxie Marlinspike, Joe Grand and Jeremiah Grossman (again), it&#8217;s a pity to say that there wasn&#8217;t much new that was presented. With repeated concerns about input- and output-validation, as the OWASP Top 10 for 2010 highlight and were used as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Testing POP3 and IMAP servers from the command line in CMD or bash</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[command line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exchange]]></category> <category><![CDATA[imap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pop3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[telnet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=680</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s quite simple, really: POP3 (Exchange, dovecot etc) you know, IMAP (Exchange, dovecot, courier etc) you know &#8212; so this is just a recap, right? You know how to telnet into the machine &#8212; in Vista or Windows 7, you may need to install it separately using &#8220;Add/Remove Programs&#8221;, or just use Putty in Telnet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>If you&#8217;re itching for those GNU apps from Linux on Windows&#8230;</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dual-boot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[groff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mingw32]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wubi]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=632</guid> <description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re stuck on a Windows box. But you don&#8217;t want to install MinGW32? Can&#8217;t dual-boot to run Ubuntu or Debian on your Windows machine for some for that GNU happiness that sed, groff, wget, whois and all those happy apps bring with it?First of all &#8212; why haven&#8217;t you tried Wubi (pointing to Ubuntu 10.4 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dump MS Access data from Ubuntu</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/20/dump-ms-access-data-from-ubuntu/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/20/dump-ms-access-data-from-ubuntu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:10:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[access]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conversion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[data export]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=431</guid> <description><![CDATA[The mdbtools package for Ubuntu Jaunty includes a command called mdb-export.  This allows you to dump the contents of tblName from database.mdb to STDOUT in CSV format like this: mdb-export database.mdb tblName Output redirection to capture the output in a file is also supported (not that that&#8217;s a feature of the app, as you know): [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/20/dump-ms-access-data-from-ubuntu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wipe all mp3s and avis from the filesystem</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/08/wipe-all-mp3s-and-avis-from-the-filesystem/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/08/wipe-all-mp3s-and-avis-from-the-filesystem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:39:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[delete]]></category> <category><![CDATA[divx]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mp3]]></category> <guid
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