Tips tagged tr


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Tip #892   Check memory and swap from command line

Want to check the amount of used, free and total memory and swap from the command line? This script displays memory and swap information. Fully posix compliant and should work with all 2.[2-6].* kernels .

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Tip #670   Clean a string for a filename

The command below can be used to convert a string into a valid filename. Uppercase letters are converted to lowercase, all difficult characters are removed and spaces are changed to underscores.

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Tip #668   Split a long URL

Ever wanted to look at a long HTML URL more easily, say to investigate a parameter. Here is a search from MapQuest.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=10%20Market%20St&city=San%20Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94111

We can split this using:

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Tip #614   Uppercase to lowercase with tr

The 'tr' command can be used to quickly convert uppercase to lowercase and vice versa. This is done with:

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