Network grep “ngrep” on macOS
Sometimes it is very practical to use grep, to find a specific regular expression in some files. It would also be very practical to have the grep functionality on the…
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Delete Applications on a Mac
On a Mac, you basically pull your application, you do not want anymore, into your trash bin. That's it. But there are always some config files left in the ~/Library…
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tcpdump TCP/IP packet sniffer
Sometimes you need a powerful sniffer on your system. Every Mac and every Linux system got it. You just have to use it. tcpdump The only thing you have to…
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Clear DNS cache on a Mac
Every Mac caches resolved DNS queries. Sometimes you get entries which create problems. To get rid of them you have to options: reboot the machine. This is the bad one.…
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Reset MySQL root password
Sometimes you do not remember a password anymore. Like me just before. I cannot remember the root password of the one MySQL database. Well, that is not really a problem.…
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Cisco err-disable recovery
Did it also happen to you, that a port of a remote switch went to err-disable and you had to drive to that location to reset it? Or you have…
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