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Posts tagged 'bsd'

2660 words in 3 posts over 23 weeks, 6 days

ksh Indicator Light

201 words by attila written on 2022-02-15, last edit: 2022-02-19, tags: bsd, cli, hacking, ksh, linux, monitoring, shell, telmex

Sometimes you need an indicator light. I used to find them comforting on the computers of yore.

GREEN: everything's fine my hearties
YELLOW: maybe put your coffee down and...
RED: yep no that was too late ... read more

ttyplotisms

1572 words by attila written on 2022-02-20, last edit: 2022-02-23, tags: bsd, cli, monitoring, shell, ttyplot, unix

One of my tmux monitoring windows with ttyplots showing various network conditions

I live on the command line in text mode everything important is safely tucked away in tmux sessions on my laptop and various servers. As a result of this stubborn tendency I have naturally wasted a lot of ... read more

ttyplotisms: the journey continues

887 words by attila written on 2022-08-02, last edit: 2022-11-22, tags: bsd, cli, monitoring, shell, ttyplot, unix

Video capture of my screen running the 5-sec ttyplot when all is well

Since I wrote the ttyplotisms post I've refined my fu as my network has gotten worse. Yes worse. It has been months now and Telmex still can't get our DSL working for more than a couple ... read more