I’m a MS Windows user when i’m in office. For all file management tasks, I rely on Total Commander. It is a great file manager. Copying, deleting, moving file is so much easier between the 2 panes and with additional plugins, I can add more functionality like viewing contents of zip or iso file as well. […]
Archives for May 2011
Task: List the contents of a .gz file
A reminder for myself. Q: How do i view the contents of a .gz file? A: $ tar -ztvf <filename>.gz A command to see the structure of the gunzip file before i uncompress it. Leave out the -z to list .tar file and use -j for .bz2 file.
Drinks Order v0.5
I have completed a prototype of the application which i had been wanting to develop since i first pick up android development. I came across the idea for this application by chance. I was at a cafe and I heard a middle aged guy near my table saying to his friend that it would be […]
Interest on cloud computing
I have a keen interest in cloud technology and have been following its trend inSingapore. I am aware that IDA is has identified the potential of cloud computing is attracting cloud vendors to invest and host their services here with initiatives such asCloudInnovationCenterand recently theGreenDataCenter. Cloud There has also been ongoing promotion to encourage organizations […]
When is it best to use “for”, “while” & “do-while”?
This is the explanation i gave when i was asked how to identify the scenario suited for these 3 flow statement: I think I’ll use the flow statement that best fit the context of my problem. If i need a finite loop, my first choice would be the for loop. Actually, if you are not […]
