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One common requirement on *nix systems is to rename (or move-and-rename) more than one file, matching a wildcard. However, if you try to do this: mv ACK*.xml /code/xml/ACK*.xml.done it wont work for more than one file. By the way, this is one of those odd places where Windows command line works better! How to work [...]

In the past I have shown ways to run Linux scripts on windows based system. I have also talked about one use of the find command, in conjunction with grep command to search for files having a given text content (say a word) in multiple folders. Today I will show you another use of the [...]

This blogpost requires some familiarity with GPG. Today I want to share the scripts for running GPG in the batch (unattended) mode. You can have a password on the keys if you want, but since this is the automated mode, you may want to use keys without a password. Irrespective of whether or not you [...]

How to search file contents for a specific phrase using grep within multiple folders. Shows ways for both Linux and Windows.

How to run Linux scripts on Windows.

Portable software refers to programs that can be stored onto a media (such as USB drives, CDs, external harddisks etc.) and run directly from there on multiple computers. In other words, software that you can move from one computer to another without the need to re-install. There are a lot of sites that provide such [...]