Yearly Archives: 2010

Use your browser to decode base64 encoded data

October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment

If you are dealing with base64 encoded data you may find useful to know that any modern browser can easily decode it using the Data URI scheme. All you need is pass the encoded data to the browser in the same way as you would enter a regular URL, but of course using the correct structure of the data URI scheme.Continue reading →

Disk management in Linux

April 20, 2010 | No comments

If you need to manage your disk or just check the disk space usage of a Linux powered computer, here are some suggestions for both graphical and command line interfaces.Continue reading →

CLI search and replace in multiple files

March 11, 2010 | No comments

Here is a quick tip about how to find and replace a text in multiple files, from CLI.In this example you have some text files (.txt) with urls like “http://example.com, http://another-example.com…”. What you are trying to do is to replace all “http” references with “https”.Continue reading →