Re: [PLUG] An obscure (at least to me) useful tool

2019-05-22 Thread Russell Senior
I've used the -n option to cat recently to get line numbers. E.g.: cat -n README.txt I don't remember using nl before. On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:15 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > Those of you who are professional system/network admins probably know about > the little tool, 'nl,' that numbers

Re: [PLUG] SSD Advice Needed

2019-05-22 Thread Chuck Hast
Ahh, field day, yes I can see now exactly what you are looking for. And yes some of your users will be just barely able to turn their computers on so it will need to be simple, I can see that. I generally do tech stuff for field days (been a while) and one DX-pedition (Cocos Island Costa Rica) but

Re: [PLUG] SSD Advice Needed

2019-05-22 Thread Michael Barnes
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:35 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > Michael, > May I ask what amateur apps you are going to be using? gprsd and some > others sound like something with > aprs, or it could be with winlink, or a packet radio stack. I am using > MMDVM on a RPi and it writes a LOT to > the little

[PLUG] An obscure (at least to me) useful tool

2019-05-22 Thread Rich Shepard
Those of you who are professional system/network admins probably know about the little tool, 'nl,' that numbers lines in text files . For non-professionals like me it's a great find as I work regularly with text files and it solved a problem more quickly than by