for i in `ls -1 | grep -v <filetokeep>`; do rm -rf $i; done

More exactly, it'll convert from “AA BB CC” to “0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC” with each line having 8 bytes.

hexdump -v -e '8/1 "0x%02x, "' -e '"\n"' <filetodump>

Colour directories, binaries (etc) using ls –color=auto.

Take a screenshot

$ xwd -root -out scrdump

View a screenshot

$ xwud -in scrdump 

tar -xvf <thetar.tar> <thefile>

tar -xvf <thetar.tar> -C <thedir>

• to generate a .s: gcc -S -c foo.c
• to output combined C and assembly: gcc -c -g -Wa,-a,-ad foo.c > foo.lst
• to assemble a .s: as -o foo.o foo.s. Use -gstabs for debug and -a to print memory listing.
• to assemble a .o: gcc foo.o -o foo

Set configuration in ~/.pinerc.

To access a Google Mail account with IMAP:

personal-name=<YOUR NAME>
user-domain=gmail.com
smtp-server=smtp.gmail.com/submit/user=<YOUR GOOGLE USERNAME>@gmail.com/novalidate-cert
inbox-path={imap.gmail.com/user=<YOUR GOOGLE USERNAME>@gmail.com/ssl/novalidate-cert}Inbox

All other entries can left by default.

Solaris 10	OpenSolaris 2008.11	Ubuntu
CSWemacs	SUNWgnu-emacs and SUNWgnu-emacs-x	Works fine
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get emacs	pkg install SUNWgnu-emacs SUNWgnu-emacs-x	apt-get install ??

• Homepage: See here
• The configuration file is ~/.emacs
• To reload .emacs: M-x load-file ~/.emacs

;; turn on font-lock mode
(global-font-lock-mode t)

;; enable visual feedback on selections
(setq-default transient-mark-mode t)

;; always end a file with a newline
(setq require-final-newline t)

;; stop at the end of the file, not just add lines
(setq next-line-add-newlines nil)

;;to display time
(display-time)

;;to set the cursor color
(set-cursor-color "red")

;;to set the font
(set-default-font "7x14")

;; foreground
(set-foreground-color "white")

;;to set background color to black
(set-background-color "black")

;;to manage the geometric size of initial window.
(setq initial-frame-alist '((width . 87) (height . 42)))

Evince is a PDF, PS (etc) document viewer.

Solaris 10	OpenSolaris 2008.11	Ubuntu
CSWevince	Works fine	Works fine
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get evince		apt-get install ??
installed in /opt/csw/bin	installed in /usr/bin	apt-get install ??

Mrxvt is a nice terminal, with support for transparency and tabs (though I usually do not use tabs !). The only problem is that is doesn't support unicode yet, so French accents are quite ugly

Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:

mrxvt*vt0*saveLines:   1000
mrxvt*loginShell:   false
mrxvt*scrollBar:   true
mrxvt*scrollbarStyle: rxvt
mrxvt*transparent:   true
mrxvt*shading: 85
mrxvt*transparentScrollbar: false
mrxvt*transparentTabbar:    true
mrxvt*transparentMenubar:   true
mrxvt*background:   darkblue
mrxvt*backgroundFade:   60
mrxvt*fading:      0
mrxvt*tabForeground:   lightgreen
mrxvt*itabForeground:   lightgreen
mrxvt*itabBackground:   black
mrxvt*bottomTabbar:   true
mrxvt*windowsSwitch:   false
mrxvt*showMenu:      false
mrxvt*hideButtons:   false
mrxvt*xft:      true
mrxvt*xftFont:      DejaVu Sans Mono
mrxvt*xftmFont:      DejaVu Sans Mono
mrxvt*xftWidth:      normal
mrxvt*xftSize:      12
mrxvt*cursorBlink:   false
mrxvt*geometry:      80x25
mrxvt*cursorColor:   red

URxvt is a unicode rxvt… so it supports French accents ! It also supports transparency.

Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:

URxvt*xft:      true
URxvt*scrollBar: true
URxvt*vt0*saveLines:   1000
URxvt*loginShell:   false
URxvt*scrollbarStyle: rxvt
URxvt*transparent:   true
URxvt*shading: 60
URxvt*transparentScrollbar: false
URxvt*transparentTabbar:    true
URxvt*transparentMenubar:   true
URxvt*foreground:   orange
URxvt*background:   darkblue
URxvt*cursorColor:   red
URxvt*geometry:      80x25
URxvt*scrollColor:   orange
URxvt*font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Normal:pixelsize=15
URxvt*mouseWheelScrollPage: true

This is the simplest, lightest, THE original XTerm

Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:

XTerm*font: 9x15
XTerm*foreground: lightgreen
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*scrollBar: true
XTerm*vt0*saveLines:   1000

Packages from BlastWave install in /opt/csw. The default Solaris installation (with the entire distribution) includes several software, installed in /usr/sfw. For instance, gcc is in /usr/sfw/bin.

• firefox3 (from Solaris4you)
• gam_server is similar to fam. It is contained in SUNWgamin. Do not remove this package unless you accept to break dependencies with gnome-vfs.
• gftp (CSWgftp)
• gnupg (CSWgnupg)
• subversion: SUNWsvn
• tk (CSWtk): this is a graphical toolkit for Tcl. It's required by Gorilla Password Safe.
• top (CSWisaexec): if possible use the 64-bit version in /opt/csw/bin/amd64/top
• Webmin (WSWebmin) : a neat tool for administration via the web. There's a Solaris package available. Installs in /opt/webmin by default.
• OpenSSL : requires m4 ! Also, sometimes ar is not found (/usr/ccb/bin) : either add that directory to the adequate path, or create a link to /usr/bin.
• wireshark (CSWwireshark): like ethereal.
• Xorg headers: SUNWxorg-headers
• XnView (tar.gz): a good image viewer which runs on several platforms including Solaris. To install the soft, unzip the package. Then modify the ./install script and modify directory /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XnView to /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/XnView (Solaris 10 u5). To launch XnView, run /usr/local/bin/xnview.