Ubuntu : 3 posts

Removing ^M characters on ubuntu in VIM

Remove ^M characters in VIM by replacing \r with nothing. ^M is really \r. Use :%s/\r//g
Posted on Nov. 6, 2010, 1:16 p.m. | Read More >

Replace a String in Multiple Files in Linux Using Grep and Sed

This is the quickest way I've found to search for and replace every occurrence of a string in multiple files in linux. 
grep -rl matchstring somedir/ | xargs sed -i 's/string1/string2/g'
example: 
grep -rl 'windows' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/windows/linux/g'
Posted on April 25, 2010, 10:27 p.m. | Read More >

ATI / NVidia Dual monitors with Ubuntu 8.04

Set up dual monitors in Ubuntu 8.04 for both ATI and NVidia based graphics cards without configuring xorg.conf or manually editing any other files. This should work for most ait or nvidia based dual monitor setups with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Note: This is a bit outdated, newer versions of Ubuntu support this out of the box
Posted on July 21, 2008, 10 p.m. | Read More >
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