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Perl CGI Email Primer Tutorial

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Today we again venture into the world of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) on our Apache/PHP/MySql web server, this time to investigate using the Perl CGI to send emails via the Linux sendmail command. Found with the use of sendmail there … Continue reading →

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Linux Find and/or Locate Files/Directories Primer Tutorial

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Linux (or Unix) servers have two really useful commands which help the user find files and/or directories … locate and find. Doubt there are many people out there who have not mislaid a computer file at some time or other. … Continue reading →

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Java Command Line Arguments Primer Tutorial

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If you are writing a batch process and have reached a process part requiring a compiled program (perhaps because this part has some CPU grunt associated with it) you can do a lot worse than use Java and allow user … Continue reading →

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iWeb Primer Tutorial

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Quite a while ago now was into iWeb and its impressively quick methods to construct a five (or so) webpage website. It attracted me with its colour and pizazz. Ended up using iWeb to construct this domain’s landing page, and … Continue reading →

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Windows Text Editor Primer Tutorial

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Many computer users may think that in this day and age a good text editor would not be needed. As a programmer I’d disagree (and largely it will be people dealing with “sort of” non-proprietry text source (programming code) that … Continue reading →

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iPad Primer Tutorial

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Some people like to know as much about a new idea before they try something, as they can. If this is you, and you are curious about iPad tablets (by Apple), but not sure what they are like, you might … Continue reading →

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Rename Scenarios in Linux Shell Script Primer Tutorial

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Linux (or Unix) is a command line environment that is really powerful regarding file management. This power is no surprise as the basis of Unix and hence, Linux, is that files are at the heart of the design of the … Continue reading →

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Mac Messages Primer Tutorial

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The Messages application on Mac OS X (seen here on Mavericks (10.9.1)) is great for responding to notifications on a Mac without necessarily leaving the application you are in. Today an iPad sends a message (via the iMessage messenger service) … Continue reading →

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