Tag Archives: osx

Tip #6: A better OSX terminal means better productivity.

by on October 6, 2012 in Linux, OSX, TIPS

First off, let me say that I live and breathe the terminal. Almost 2 decades playing in unix and linux gives me a strong love for it. I know I am more productive than a pointy clicky loser. BASH ftmfw! (and when I am stuck admin’ing windows systems, powershell, which I am not ashamed to say I have a newfound fondness for.)

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Easily convert/clean Powershell UTF-16 output to UTF-8 on Mac/Linux

by on July 18, 2012 in Linux, OSX, Powershell, TIPS

I work with Powershell quite often. I make healthcheck systems for apps such as NetBackup, and others. I use it for day to day administration of NetApp and vmware.

One problem I always have with it jumping between customer environments is the fact that the default text output is UTF-16. This looks like a bunch of junk when I view it in terminal on my Mac, and also it is not easily grep’able, or less/more’able.

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Tip #3: Adding additional networks to VMware Fusion 4/5

by on January 18, 2012 in Cisco, OSX, TIPS, VMWare

So, you are studying for a networking certification. Maybe CCNA or CCNP, maybe F5 or Juniper. You need multiple interfaces to run GNS3/Dynamips or your favorite networking tool. Alas, the default configuration of VMWare Fusion just has the basic VMnet1 and VMnet8. Here is how to fix that!

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