How to Split a Large File Into Smaller Files on OSX or Unix
Use the split command.
split -l 1000 name-of-file output/directory
You can set the number of lines (the "-l" flag) to split on and also the location of where the split files should be saved. Note, the output directory must already exists....
Written by Sean Behan on 10/08/2013
Git Untrack Already Tracked Files
To remove files that are currently being tracked by git, you have to remove them from the "cache". Note, doing this will NOT delete the file on your local machine. It will still be there but not be tracked.
git rm -r --cached supersecretpasswords.txt
Yo...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Resolve ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for Error in MySQL
If you run into this error when trying to create a user in mysql, chances are you already have this user account created.
create user 'someuser'@'localhost' identified by 'somepassword';
ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for 'someuser...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/02/2017
How to Get Your User's SHELL and PATH Information
How to find your user SHELL and PATH on Linux
echo $PATH
echo $SHELL
Which will print the paths to the screen
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
/bin/bash
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Install Ferret, the Full Text Search Engine with Your Rails Application
Ferret is a full text search engine based on the popular Lucene Engine, which is originally written for Java. There is a great tutorial available here: http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/2/19/acts-as-ferret-tutorial
Assuming you have the plugin installed, act...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
