Category Archives: Unix

Accidentally typing :X in vi

Posted on 21/03/2011 by jamietshaw

If you press Esc then :X in vi, it asks you for some text that will be used to encrypt the file. Usually you meant to type 😡 (save and exit) but caps lock was on. To not encrypt the … Continue reading →

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Installing and setting up phpMyAdmin

Posted on 19/01/2011 by jamietshaw

This is unusually straightforward for open source software. From Unix command line: wget phpMyAdmin-3.3.9-english.tar.gz (or use curl instead of wget) tar -xvzf phpMyAdmin-3.3.9-english.tar.gz (on the webserver) ln -s phpMyAdmin-3.3.9-english phpMyAdmin (so you can access the better-named ‘phpMyAdmin’ and have it point … Continue reading →

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