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Re: [Wlug] HSI Vent Maybe Help?

by Gregory Avedissian

Hi, Ted! Welcome to Wormtown. Sounds like you got some good support from Verizon, if the person actually helped you after you said you were using linux. I've never had good luck with that. Sometimes I lie and say I'm using windows, and sometimes I tell the truth. Mostly, I don't call Verizon tech support because, 1. I rarely have problems with the service, and 2. when I do, they're generally less than helpful. Ignore the CD they gave you. Assuming they gave you a combination modem/router, all you have to do is open a web browser and put in the address, 192.168.1.1 to get to the router setup utility. If you can get to that point, a Verizon tech can step you through it. With DSL, it's just a matter of setting it to PPOE and entering your Verizon username and password. (and turning off or securing the open wireless and maybe even remote administration that are default settings, and possibly turning on the firewall.) What model modem did they give you, and are you using a separate router? Greg Ted Nebus wrote: > Hi! > > I am new to the area, and a long time Linux user (not uber geek, just user). > > I signed up for Verizon HSI. I finally got service yesterday, I rushed > hope plugged in my equipment, and called up to tell them their > "start-up" CD won't work. I wanted to know how to work around that. > > I worked through the menu, and entered non-Windows, Non-Mac OS X > operating system. I was actually excited to find out that I had that > option! When I got through, I explained my problem, and after he asked > me to spell "Debian" I knew I was in trouble. After putting me on > hold, he told me that he had to check his notes, and gave me a number, > and told me to call it, because I have a Mac. I explained to him that > I don't have a Mac, and then he said to call the number. > > I called, and it was the number for Linksys customer support. > > I called back, and fortunately got through to someone who knew that > Linux was an operating system. He said they don't support linux, but > then helped me anyway. Ultimately, they found out my line is broken > and a tech will be coming. > > Why would Verizon give me false hope that they support non-PC and > non-Mac operating system? Is there a more linux-friendly HSI provider > in Worcester? > > Thanks for hearing me out, > > Ted > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Nov. 4, 2009

HSI Vent Maybe Help?

by Ted Nebus

Hi! I am new to the area, and a long time Linux user (not uber geek, just user). I signed up for Verizon HSI. I finally got service yesterday, I rushed hope plugged in my equipment, and called up to tell them their "start-up" CD won't work. I wanted to know how to work around that. I worked through the menu, and entered non-Windows, Non-Mac OS X operating system. I was actually excited to find out that I had that option! When I got through, I explained my problem, and after he asked me to spell "Debian" I knew I was in trouble. After putting me on hold, he told me that he had to check his notes, and gave me a number, and told me to call it, because I have a Mac. I explained to him that I don't have a Mac, and then he said to call the number. I called, and it was the number for Linksys customer support. I called back, and fortunately got through to someone who knew that Linux was an operating system. He said they don't support linux, but then helped me anyway. Ultimately, they found out my line is broken and a tech will be coming. Why would Verizon give me false hope that they support non-PC and non-Mac operating system? Is there a more linux-friendly HSI provider in Worcester? Thanks for hearing me out, Ted

Nov. 4, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by Randall Mason

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Brett Russ <icycle(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Randall Mason <clashthebunny(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname > > "$file"`" "destination_path"; done > > Good suggestion. For this to work, I think you need to add the '-l' > (lowercase L) option to grep such that it only prints *names* of files > with matching lines instead of every matching line in the file. Brett brings up a good point here. I think all of the above have had lowercase L's in them, but it looks like an uppercase i. Copy and paste solves this problem, but you could then run into the issue of all on one line problems. I'm sorry I didn't specify that. All of my above command should be run on one line and the RFl is AR-EF-el. And, > to avoid seeing lots of errors with moving directories with multiple > matching files, add a test to the dirname to see that it exists before > trying to move it. > > Something like this: > > grep -l -RFI "moe" <search-space> | while read file;do dd=`dirname > $file`; [ -d $dd ] && mv $dd <destination>;done > I was trying to figure out an elegant way of doing this with sort and uniq, but decided that it wasn't that big of a deal, but this is great. I'll have to remember this. I was only coming up with things that involved using xargs and dirname, but I never tried anything because I've run into issues with xargs not working by element and only working with entire lists. > > -BR > > Randall Mason

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by Brett Russ

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Randall Mason <clashthebunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, I keep forgetting which email address I signed up with... > > I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have > spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite > troublesome. > > grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname > "$file"`" "destination_path"; done Good suggestion. For this to work, I think you need to add the '-l' (lowercase L) option to grep such that it only prints *names* of files with matching lines instead of every matching line in the file. And, to avoid seeing lots of errors with moving directories with multiple matching files, add a test to the dirname to see that it exists before trying to move it. Something like this: grep -l -RFI "moe" <search-space> | while read file;do dd=`dirname $file`; [ -d $dd ] && mv $dd <destination>;done -BR

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by jrm8005＠gmail.com

There's also a useful tool in ``moreutils'' called vidir, which lets you filter out directory names in a pipeline and view them in an editor/pager > Sorry, I keep forgetting which email address I signed up with... > > I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have > spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite > troublesome. > > grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname > "$file"`" "destination_path"; done > > Randall Mason > randall(a)mason.ch > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Randall Mason <randall(a)mason.ch> wrote: > >> I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have >> spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite >> troublesome. >> >> grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname >> "$file"`" "destination_path"; done >> >> Randall Mason >> randall(a)mason.ch >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Adding to that: >>> >>> for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; \ >>> do echo mv -v $(dirname "$FILE") destination_path ; done >>> >>> Remove the "echo" and repeat if it looks Ok. >>> Uses dirname to move the containing directory. >>> >>> -Jamie >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, James Gray wrote: >>> >>> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> >>> wrote: >>> > > Looking for some guidance; >>> > > >>> > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and >>> > > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each >>> > > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to >>> find >>> > > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move >>> > > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to >>> > > another location... >>> > > >>> > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this >>> > > happen. >>> > > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match >>> 3923 >>> > > times within the text file(s)... >>> > >>> > I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't >>> > want to have *my* files moved around. >>> > >>> > for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" >>> > destination_path ; done >>> > >>> > ~James >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Wlug mailing list >>> > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >> >>

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by Randall Mason

Sorry, I keep forgetting which email address I signed up with... I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite troublesome. grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname "$file"`" "destination_path"; done Randall Mason randall(a)mason.ch On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Randall Mason <randall(a)mason.ch> wrote: > I would add quotes and use while, just in case the directory names have > spaces and such. "for" splits on any whitespace, which could be quite > troublesome. > > grep -RFl "moe" somedirectory/ | while read file; do echo mv "`dirname > "$file"`" "destination_path"; done > > Randall Mason > randall(a)mason.ch > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com>wrote: > >> >> Adding to that: >> >> for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; \ >> do echo mv -v $(dirname "$FILE") destination_path ; done >> >> Remove the "echo" and repeat if it looks Ok. >> Uses dirname to move the containing directory. >> >> -Jamie >> >> >> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, James Gray wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> >> wrote: >> > > Looking for some guidance; >> > > >> > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and >> > > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each >> > > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to >> find >> > > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move >> > > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to >> > > another location... >> > > >> > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this >> > > happen. >> > > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match >> 3923 >> > > times within the text file(s)... >> > >> > I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't >> > want to have *my* files moved around. >> > >> > for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" >> > destination_path ; done >> > >> > ~James >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wlug mailing list >> > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > >

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by Jamie Guinan

Adding to that: for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; \ do echo mv -v $(dirname "$FILE") destination_path ; done Remove the "echo" and repeat if it looks Ok. Uses dirname to move the containing directory. -Jamie On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, James Gray wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> wrote: > > Looking for some guidance; > > > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and > > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each > > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find > > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move > > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to > > another location... > > > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this > > happen. > > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923 > > times within the text file(s)... > > I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't > want to have *my* files moved around. > > for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" > destination_path ; done > > ~James > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] grep, maybe

by James Gray

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Maurice <mauricep(a)cds-cumberland.org> wrote: > Looking for some guidance; > > I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and > thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to > another location... > > I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this > happen. > I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923 > times within the text file(s)... I think this should do the trick. I haven't tested it cause I don't want to have *my* files moved around. for FILE in $( grep -lRF moe somedirectory/* ) ; do mv "$FILE" destination_path ; done ~James

Oct. 29, 2009

grep, maybe

by Maurice

Looking for some guidance; I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and thousands of folders) that I need to search a text file within each folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to another location... I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this happen. I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923 times within the text file(s)... Any ideas??? -- -Maurice Pelletier Child Development Services - Cumberland County 50 Depot Road Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-8881 (voice) 207-781-8855 (fax) www.cds-cumberland.org "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..." -Moe

Oct. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Job Posting: Implementation Engineer, Boston, MA

by Tal Cohen

Good thing we don't sell dictionaries :) Tal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Wright" <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Job Posting: Implementation Engineer, Boston, MA >> From: "Tal Cohen" <wlug(a)cohen123.com> >> >> This position just opened in our organization and I >> thought some people in the group would be >> interested. It is a customer facing, multi-fasceted >> role: > > Did you spell "faceted" wrong, or will the sucessful > candidate wield the fasces as a symbol of absolute > power? > > -- Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 27, 2009