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@deltheil
deltheil / libcurl_dns.md
Last active March 15, 2019 00:54
libcurl options to control DNS lookup (cache, timeout, resolving time, etc). The short URL for this page is: http://git.io/libcurl-dns.

Easy handle interface

Options

Info

@ogrrd
ogrrd / dnsmasq OS X.md
Last active September 12, 2026 05:57
Setup dnsmasq on OS X

Never touch your local /etc/hosts file in OS X again

To setup your computer to work with *.test domains, e.g. project.test, awesome.test and so on, without having to add to your hosts file each time.

Requirements

Install

@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active August 22, 2026 05:03
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@sumardi
sumardi / gist:5559896
Created May 11, 2013 12:56
Subdirectory checkouts with Git sparse-checkout
# New repository
mkdir <repo> && cd <repo>
git init
git remote add –f <name> <url>
git config core.sparsecheckout true
echo some/dir/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
echo another/sub/tree >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
git pull <remote> <branch>
# Existing repository
@leifg
leifg / Vagrantfile
Last active December 5, 2025 09:30
Add a second disk to system using vagrant
file_to_disk = './tmp/large_disk.vdi'
Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
config.vm.box = 'base'
config.vm.customize ['createhd', '--filename', file_to_disk, '--size', 500 * 1024]
config.vm.customize ['storageattach', :id, '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller', '--port', 1, '--device', 0, '--type', 'hdd', '--medium', file_to_disk]
end
@gmhawash
gmhawash / gist:4043232
Created November 9, 2012 01:54
Reset jenkins password
0. SSH to server
1. Edit /opt/bitnami/apps/jenkins/jenkins_home/config.xml
2. set userSecurity to false: <userSecurity>false</userSecurity>
3. delete
<authorizationStrategy> and <securityRealm>
4. /etc/init.d/bitnami restart
@cosimo
cosimo / parse-options.sh
Created September 21, 2012 09:31
Example of how to parse options with bash/getopt
#!/bin/bash
#
# Example of how to parse short/long options with 'getopt'
#
OPTS=`getopt -o vhns: --long verbose,dry-run,help,stack-size: -n 'parse-options' -- "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Failed parsing options." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
echo "$OPTS"
@earthgecko
earthgecko / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh
Last active April 25, 2026 07:50
shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string
#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active May 5, 2026 07:20 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active September 13, 2026 20:28
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname