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MikeyB
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Systems Administrator, Consultant, Programmer, Linux geek, Computer geek, Networking geek.

I work for Net Direct, Canada's leading Linux solutions provider and largest Canadian IBM System x VAR.

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What are the dark corners of Vim your mom never told you about?
Apr 20, 2009
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Linux command to generate new GUID?
Jan 17, 2014
17
Is it possible for BeautifulSoup to work in a case-insensitive manner?
Mar 7, 2013
14
How to read line by line in pdf file using PyPdf?
Mar 20, 2010
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Number in python - 010
Aug 8, 2010
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pyqtgraph: add legend for lines in a plot
May 22, 2013
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unix - how to deal with too many args for cat
Apr 30, 2010
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Verify a file exists over ssh
Feb 3, 2010
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how can I merge 1 commit from a branch to another branch
Jan 26, 2011
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DNS protocol message example
May 19, 2010

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tar - Remove leading directory components on extraction
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Is it valid to have part of an IPv4 address set to zero?
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Why do we still use power supplies on datacenter servers?
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DIMMs: Single vs. Double vs. Quad Rank
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What options can be put into a SSH authorized_keys file?