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| UNIX tips: Become a better blogger with UNIX
Did you know that blogging and UNIX(R) go hand in hand? The native Web and text-processing tools of UNIX enable you to create your blogs quickly and easily. Discover some handy tips for improving your UNIX blogging skills.
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Articles | 10 Oct 2006 |
| UNIX tips and tricks for a new user, Part 2: The vi text editor
The vi text editor might seem counterintuitive to new users but, make no mistake, there is a good reason this 30-year old tool is still widely used by many of the best developers in the world. The vi text editor separates operations into insert mode and command mode, which gives you ultrafast access to key commands that can edit, insert, and move text in on-the-fly, user-defined segments.
Also available in:
Chinese
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Tutorial | 07 Nov 2006 |
| UNIX tips and tricks for a new user, Part 3: Introducing filters and regular expressions
Discover the power of UNIX(R) filters. In this tutorial, you'll learn about the grep family in depth, including the syntax of regular expressions in many UNIX utilities. You'll also find out more about the stream editor, sed, as well as examine the awk pattern scanning language through examples and explanations.
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Chinese
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Tutorial | 12 May 2006 |
| UNIX tips and tricks for a new user, Part 1: File maintenance tools
Systems administrators can use a number of programs to maintain files in a UNIX(R) system from the command line. In this tutorial, you'll
experiment with commands, such as cd, cp, and tar, to navigate a UNIX file system from the command line and work with files and directories. The cd command changes directories, cp duplicates files or directories, and tar quickly groups files into an archive. You'll also learn how to deal with file permissions and perform simple input/output.
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Chinese
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Tutorial | 26 Sep 2006 |
| UNIX tips: Productivity tips
Using UNIX(R) in a day-to-day office setting doesn't have to be clumsy. Learn some of the many ways, both simple and complex, to use the power of the UNIX shell and available system tools to greatly increase your productivity in the office.
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Articles | 21 Sep 2006 |
| UNIX tips: Learn 10 more good UNIX usage habits
As a follow-up to Michael Stutz's excellent article, this article provides 10 more
good habits to adopt that will improve your UNIX command-line efficiency. Learn
about common errors and how to overcome them, and discover exactly why these
10 UNIX habits are worth picking up.
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Chinese
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Articles | 27 May 2008 |
| UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
Adopt 10 good habits that improve your UNIX(R) command line productivity -- and
break away from bad usage patterns in the process. This article takes you step-by-step
through several good, but too often neglected, techniques for command-line operations.
Learn about common errors and how to overcome them, so you can learn exactly why
these UNIX habits are worth picking up.
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Articles | 12 Dec 2006 |
| UNIX tips and tricks for a new user, Part 4: Some nifty shell tricks
When writing a shell program, you often come across some special situation that you'd like to handle automatically. This tutorial includes examples of such situations from small Bourne shell scripts. These situations include base conversion from one string to another (decimal to hex, hex to decimal, decimal to octal, and so on), reading the keyboard while in a piped loop, subshell execution, inline input, executing a command once for each file in a directory, and multiple ways to construct a continuous loop. Part 4 of this series wraps up with a collection of shell one-liners that perform useful functions.
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Chinese
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Tutorial | 20 Feb 2007 |
| AIX tips for RHEL4 administrators
Are you broadening your skills as a Linux systems administrator into various flavors of
UNIX? Have you found yourself in charge of IBM UNIX servers on short notice? Get a rundown
of the differences and similarities between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and IBM AIX so that
you can perform day-to-day activities with ease.
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Articles | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Tips for implementing NPIV on IBM Power Systems
Chris Gibson shares some tips for implementing NPIV in an AIX and Virtual I/O Server environment on IBM POWER7 systems.
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Chinese
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Articles | 11 Oct 2011 |
| Tips on designing a preprocessor for C++ using Antlr
Learn how to use Antlr to create a C++ preprocessor. Using this approach to
create the C++ compiler, you don't need a separate preprocessor engine. Instead, the preprocessor engine can be integrated as part of the lexer.
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Articles | 20 May 2008 |
| Tips for implementing PowerHA in a virtual I/O environment
In this article, get tips on implementing PowerHA in a virtual I/O environment.
Take a look at the design and layout for a simple two-node PowerHA cluster, and
understand why the virtual network configuration is an important aspect of the PowerHA
configuration.
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Chinese
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Articles | 16 Feb 2010 |
| 10 tips for sensible systems administration
Benjamin Franklin: scientist, scholar, statesman, and . . . systems administrator?
Yes, 200 years or so before the birth of UNIX, Franklin scribed sage advice to keep
systems humming. Here are 10 of Franklin's more notable tips.
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Chinese
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Articles | 10 Mar 2009 |
| vi tips and tricks: Ten cool commands sure to impress your friends
Amaze your friends with cool vi tips and tricks that will improve the efficiency
of your file editing. This article takes you through ten of the less well-known vi commands
that should form part of any serious vi user's toolkit.
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Articles | 27 Jul 2010 |
| How to test REST APIs for IBM Systems Director using Java
IBM Systems Director is a platform management solution that is used to manage physical and virtual systems in a multi-system environment. It supports various virtualization technologies and multiple operating systems across IBM and non-IBM platforms. This tutorial explains basic steps, tips and tricks to automate REST API testing for IBM Systems Director using Java™ code.
Also available in:
Chinese
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Tutorial | 07 May 2012 |
| Maximizing Java performance on AIX: Part 3: More is better
This 5-part series provides several tips and techniques that are commonly used for tuning Java(TM) applications for optimum performance on AIX(R). A discussion of the applicability of each tip is also provided. Using these tips, you should be able to quickly optimize the Java environment to suit your application's needs.
Also available in:
Russian
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Articles | 10 Apr 2004 |
| Install and configure a development Web server in UNIX
Get a detailed, step-by-step approach to installing and configuring a development or
test Apache Tomcat server. Along the way, pick up helpful tips on how to build and
administer your Web or application server in a UNIX environment.
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Tutorial | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Expand the capabilities of your Tomcat Web server
This tutorial is a must-have guide for any Web or application server
administrator. Although the implementations are slightly different from Apache Tomcat and
other Web servers, this tutorial breaks down in a logical and concise way many
advanced administrative tasks necessary for successfully hosting, deploying, and managing multiple
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web applications. Learn how to set up,
configure, and secure your Tomcat server, and discover tips and tools for advanced
deployment considerations.
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Tutorial | 16 Sep 2008 |
| AIX linking 101
Are you writing or porting applications to AIX? Get a quick introduction to the most commonly used features of the linker and loader, plus practical tips and techniques. This short tutorial from AIX expert Gary Hook focuses primarily on the library search path.
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Russian
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Tutorial | 03 Apr 2002 |
| Fun with Sendmail on AIX
Using Sendmail on AIX may be considered a thing of the past, with all the
available choices for mail servers on the market. However, Sendmail
still has its uses. This article provides some tips and tricks for using Sendmail on AIX.
Also available in:
Chinese
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Articles | 06 Apr 2010 |
| Migrating to AIX 7.1 with nimadm
This article provides tips for migrating to AIX 7.1 using nimadm and general advice and guidance for ensuring a successful migration.
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Articles | 22 Oct 2012 |
| Solaris to AIX
Are you moving away from Oracle or Sun Microsystems equipment to IBM
System p servers? Are you more familiar with zones and LDOMs than HMCs and VIO
servers? This article provides practical tips for migrating from Solaris to IBM AIX
servers.
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Articles | 24 Aug 2011 |
| Maximizing Java Performance on AIX: Part 5: References and Conclusion
This is the conclusion of the 5-part series providing tips and techniques that are commonly used for tuning Java(TM) applications for optimum performance on AIX(R). We touch upon other interesting areas of Java performance tuning for AIX, look at a few case studies, and then end the series with a list of useful references.
Also available in:
Russian
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Articles | 17 May 2004 |
| Porting open source projects to z/OS UNIX, Part 1: Open source network retriever
Discover tools, techniques, and tips to improve your UNIX and z/OS software ports. This
article describes a real-word software port, with examples of how various porting
challenges are resolved. If you are a software developer porting software to UNIX, you will find these techniques invaluable in avoiding common pitfalls, resolving bugs, and improving your productivity.
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Articles | 13 Apr 2010 |
| Inline assembly - start from scratch
This article is for C/C++ programmers who use inline assembly and are working on the IBM® POWER® processor architecture. It presents two scenarios to introduce the basic usage and basic syntax of inline assembly for beginners. The article also poses intermediate-level questions and, by answering these, makes it clear how and why common mistakes can happen. Some tips are also included for coding practice.
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Chinese
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Articles | 20 Nov 2012 |
| Maximizing Java performance on AIX: Part 1: The basics
This 5-part series provides several tips and techniques that are commonly used for tuning Java(TM) applications for optimum performance on AIX(R). A discussion of the applicability of each tip is also provided. Using these tips, you should be able to quickly optimize the Java environment to suit your application's needs.
Also available in:
Russian
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Articles | 29 Mar 2004 |
| 10 steps to UNIX nirvana
Discover several time-saving tips and freely available tools that both new
and experienced C++ developers can use.
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Chinese
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Articles | 03 Mar 2009 |
| Remote kernel debugging in FreeBSD using serial communication
Explore how to remotely debug a FreeBSD kernel that is running on a target machine without affecting system performance. In this article, examine setting up the debug environment using serial communication port, compiling modified kernel code, debugging, and troubleshooting tips.
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Articles | 06 Mar 2007 |
| IBM PowerHA SystemMirror cluster migration to IBM POWER7
This article provides the tips for migrating an IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror cluster from IBM POWER6® to IBM POWER7® processor-based servers. This step-by-step guide describes how to migrate a high-availability (HA) cluster to POWER7, upgrade the cluster from IBM HACMP™ to PowerHA, and migrate shared cluster volume groups for fast disk takeover.
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Articles | 04 Apr 2013 |
| Maximizing Java performance on AIX: Part 2: The need for speed
This 5-part series provides several tips and techniques that are commonly used for tuning Java(TM) applications for optimum performance on AIX(R). A discussion of the applicability of each tip is also provided. Using these tips, you should be able to quickly optimize the Java environment to suit your application's needs.
Also available in:
Russian
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Articles | 03 Nov 2007 |
| Maximizing Java Performance on AIX: Part 4: What goes in
This 5-part series provides several tips and techniques that are commonly used for tuning Java(TM) applications for optimum performance on AIX(R). This article deals with situations where I/O or networks may become bottlenecks.
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Russian
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Articles | 03 May 2004 |
| Got performance impacts of interfacing COBOL with other languages? Reduce them!
Often businesses and government agencies need to interface COBOL with other languages as a more efficient way of updating their enterprise systems than replacing COBOL programs with those in other languages. In reality, COBOL interfaces come with some limitations. In this article, the author explains the performance impacts of interfacing COBOL with other languages and gives some tips to avoid becoming reactive to adverse impacts.
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Chinese
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Articles | 25 Jun 2012 |
| The VIO cheat sheet
Do you want to consolidate multiple AIX systems under a single System p server in
ways that maximize your investment return on disk and network resources? Have you been confused
about technical terms like SEAs, IVE, or NPIV? This article introduces you to the latest AIX
technology, virtual I/O, and provides a cheat sheet on how to set up a simple yet robust
server and client environment.
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Chinese
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Articles | 20 Jul 2010 |
| Port Fortran applications
Discover how to port Fortran-based High Performance Computing applications, such as computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling, weather modeling, and linear algebra packages, using IBM XL compilers and gnu compilers on large clusters. The solutions in this article are equally applicable in all types of porting work in Fortran or any UNIX(R)- or Linux-based systems. Though C/C++ and other programming languages are popular, with strong features and widespread use, Fortran is still the favorite for the scientific and engineering community because of its performance.
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Articles | 01 Apr 2009 |
| Tools to aid debugging on the AIX platform
This article discusses tools that assist AIX application developers in
debugging their applications. This is especially helpful when you have to work in a customer environment where you have less debug information.
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Articles | 20 Mar 2009 |
| Using cron to automate maintenance
To leverage round-the-clock computing, tasks must run at all hours of the day. You could
punctuate your sleep with waking interludes to log in and run this command or that
command on
dozens of machines, or you can enjoy your forty winks and turn the work over to the
ubiquitous cron, a daemon, or perennial process, to execute commands on a schedule. From
very often to every so often, cron happily minds the clock and runs jobs day or night. Learn
how to configure and maintain cron, and discover just some of its many uses.
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Chinese
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Tutorial | 07 Oct 2008 |
| Practical AIX troubleshooting
What do you do when things don't exactly work as planned? How do you tackle those
really good, head-scratching problems in AIX where servers don't seem to work right? In this
article, you'll learn the basic skills of troubleshooting AIX in practical, day-to-day situations.
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Chinese
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Articles | 19 Jan 2011 |
| Speaking UNIX: Managing multitudes of machines the mild-mannered way
Cloud computing may currently be all the rage, but there is a silicon lining
to each calculating cumulus: hardware and software require very real upkeep. Learn
how to manage gobs of machines right from the command line.
Also available in:
Korean
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Articles | 14 Sep 2010 |
