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Archive of entries posted on February 2010

Installing Sofware on Linux, easier and finding alternates.

There are already some great blogs on this, why write another one. Let me just point you to the best one here. Here are sites that will help you find the alternative to your favourite Windows programs: 1) http://www.osalt.com/ 2) http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software 3) http://www.linuxalt.com/ Sphere: Related Content Technorati Tags: Linux, softwares, Windows

Last access time for file

The C program will print the last access time for the file. This is quite helpfull program when you want to find old files. Modifying the source to take the filename as argument and take multiple arguments is left as an exercise. #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdlib.h> int [...]

Built-in lists in vim

Vimscript provides excellent support for operating on collections of data, a cornerstone of programming. In this third article in the series, learn how to use Vimscript\’s built-in lists to ease everyday operations such as reformatting lists, filtering sequences of filenames, and sorting sets of line numbers. You\’ll also walk through examples that demonstrate the power [...]