After a long break I have some more ideas…. Will be posting them soon. For now, I leave you with a command to clear your current environment:

root@67 [~]# printenv | wc -l
26
root@67 [~]# env -i printenv | wc -l
0

This is very useful when you want to run a command ignoring any environment variables you have set. I use this command with curl nearly everyday to ignore the http_proxy environment variable I have set. Another, longer, option is:

root@67 [~]# http_proxy="" curl ....

I prefer env -i as its simpler.

Splitting Strings Natively with the Shell: Native vs Native

In my previous post on why to split strings with bash itself, I used set to split the string.

Irvine, CA – June 23, 2009 – Cisco® today announced a new Linux powered router, the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link (WRT160NL). The new model complements the existing Linksys by Cisco consumer router line-up and is essentially the next generation of the popular WRT54GL. The design of the product is similar to other Linksys by Cisco N-routers, but has integrated connectors for external antennae. Consumers that prefer external aerials can now enjoy the new Linksys by Cisco router design because of the integrated R-SMA antenna connectors.

Will this be the future of handheld technology? A touch screen tracking your moves without touching it, combine this with 3D technology and you have the future in your hands. It can detect the proximity of a finger at 20mm and it senses distance. A little off topic, but we see a linux device using this soon hopefully :-)

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