The need

If you work with Linux machines and you don't use a terminal multiplexer you're doing it wrong.

What is a terminal multiplexer?

It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

The Solution

I use …

Linux scripting is a skill every network/system engineer should learn in the early stages of the career. Plenty of guides available in the interwebz, The Bash Academy is a good start.

A particular type of scripts are the one-liners: just a line of code to solve a problem.

This is the latest I've used while testing …

The Problem

Notes, code and configuration snippets, links, screenshots... where/how to save them and allow and easy/fast way to tag/search them when needed?

The Solution

In my opinion the best software for notes is Onenote today.

One note has a better integration with Windows 10, it's free, supports multiple platforms …

The problem

In my last post about Linux at command I talked about notifications on my mobile.

In most of my automation scripts I prefer notifications to come to my mobile instead of via email or SMS (really? in 2015?) because:

• it is always with me
• I check it thousands times a day (I know you too ;-) )
• it is a …

Another post on Linux commands, short and simple but very useful: at.

The problem

As IT pros we are all comfortable with the change window concept.

This window usually opens at night or during the week-end and sometimes the change actually just requires a few commands on a Linux machine.

The automation

The at command …

After a few posts about Windows software now it's time for Linux.

The problem

Working with the Linux bash sometimes requires to type long commands multiple times. Isn't that a motivation strong enough to look for a better way?

The automation

Linux alias is quite self-explanatory, it allows to create command aliases …

The problem

Install software on Windows and keep it updated is a boring and repetitive task.

Linux and BSD/OSX users can install software from packages and keep it updated with a simple apt-get update;apt-get upgrade command.

Wouldn't it be great to have the same feature on Windows?

The automation

Chocolatey is a …

The problem

As many IT professionals I work quite often on the command line with many command prompts open.

Windows lacks a good native command prompt software so usually you see monitors filled with black terminals that are hard to manage and track.

The automation

ConsoleZ allows multiple tabs and to split tabs …

The problem

Security today is a main concern for every computer user. One of the first problem is how to manage password.

I see many creative solutions around: post-it or paper only, use of the same password for all services, a spreadsheet inside an encrypted zip file... none of them appear safe or efficient.

The …

The problem

I manage many networks and quite often I work at customer site.

For every site I need and IP address, gateway, Wi-Fi network, sometimes proxy, a printer and many other unique network settings.

Change IP address on Windows is a process that takes too much time and many clicks.

The automation

I used to use …

I read this blog post from Mattias Geniar and I think he gave a name of a concept I had in my mind from years.

It started a while ago when I tried to find a more efficient ways to do my daily work and it got bigger and bigger up to be almost an... obsession.

Obsession is actually a negative word related do some sort of …

One of the more annoying things of the windows command line is the lack of Shift+Ins to paste the clipboard.

A bit of googling made me discover a very useful software called AutoHotkey.

While I'm just beginning to use it it proved to be the perfect tool for the job.

This simple script allows use Shift+Ins to paste the …