For future reference: echo “This does not give \n a new line” does not work. I had used printf sometimes but the -e switch also works for echo: echo -e “This gives \n a new line”
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nslookup mx records
$ nslookupDefault Server: dnsserver.comAddress: 111.222.111.222 > set q=mx> mymailserver.domain.com
Killing Memory Hogs
On an old server I temporarily added the following script as a cron job to find and kill processes using too much memory. This is just a stop gap until we get to the root of the problem. #!/bin/bashfor i in `ps -efl | grep “httpd” | awk ‘{ if ($10 > 16000) {print $4″… Read more »
Crontab -e returns a number
On a solaris system I sometimes try to edit the crontab file with crontab -e and all I get in return is a number (signifying the number of characters by the ed editor I believe). # crontab -e4025^C?The crontab file was not changed. I need to Ctrl-D to exit.To get the ball rolling again: EDITOR=vi;export… Read more »
