With the plethora of Perl books out today (375 listed at Amazon)
I was suprised to see a new Perl book on the scene, but after reading
it I was pleasantly surprised with its quality. For people who are starting out in Perl, or just need a good refresher, Simon Cozens \”Beginning Perl\” is a good choice.
Right [...]
Beginning Perl
Deleting or renaming files that start with a dash (-)
This is one that puzzles many novice UNIX/Linux users. From time to time, one comes across a file with a weird filename such as -abc.jpg and runs into problems when trying to delete it or rename it because the shell interprets the dash (-) as a special symbol after which it should expect a [...]
Installing Linux Mandrake
The first Linux distro I tried to install was Mandrake 6.0, I was coming from a Windows-exclusive
background. The hardest part of the install was getting the drive formatted to accept Linux at all.
I kept formatting my hard drive with Seagates “Disk Wizard” to empty the drive, and then I would
continually get “not enough room on [...]
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Linux in the server world
One of the guiding principles at LinuxNovice.org is the fact that not all Linux novices are computer novices, so we endeavor to provide information for developers and administrators who may not be new to computers, but are new to Linux
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