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UTF-8 and Euro Symbol

Sep 9, 2013 · 1 min read · oneliner

Quick and easy way to show that UTF-8 is configured correctly in shell and terminal emulator is to display the Euro symbol. If you don't see the Euro symbol, then UTF-8 is not configured correctly. 1linux:~$ perl -CS -le 'print "\x{20AC}"' 2€

SimpleHTTPServer

Aug 16, 2013 · 1 min read · Python

Whilst reading about BaseHTTPServer class as mentioned in the last post, I also came across the very useful SimpleHTTPserver which is most definitely worth recording as a one-liner. Everybody must have come across the situation where you're ssh'd into a headless server with no Apache installed or running on it, and you …

Who logs in the most?

May 16, 2011 · 1 min read · Linux Bash

I work in a firm with 10s of 1000s of Linux servers. A colleague had been emailed a list of servers and was trying to find out who owned them. At first, I suggested running last to see who last logged in but we realised this probably wasn't the best way to start the hunt. On reflection, the was a high chance that the …

Remote XDMCP Connection to GDM

Apr 27, 2010 · 1 min read · Gnome

I always forget how to do this. And it always takes me ages to find out what I did last time. Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add: 1[xdmcp] 2enable=true 3 4[greeter] 5RemoteGreeter=/usr/libexec/gdmgreeter