/download/integrations/file1.exe
/download/us/update/patch/file1.exe
/download/us/cab/file1.exe

So I decided to use the bash shell to read each line and run wget quick and dirty.  Here’s the script:

cat c:\\test.txt | while read line; do wget “URL/${line}”; done

While running it I just used the Windows clock to get an approximate time difference.

That’s it!  Hope this helps. 

:1,$s/old/new

vi is a free software screen-oriented text editor computer program written by Bill Joy in 1976 for an early BSD release.

Peace!  \m/

From their blog entry:

 Due to its great popularity, we have decided to translate the Windows PowerShell course book to English. So if your mother tongue is not German, maybe you are interested in the English version instead. The book gives you a short introduction with many exercises about the interactive part of Windows PowerShell as well as some hints how to use other objects like WMI, .NET or COM objects like Excel or Internet Explorer.

The book is available for free and you can share it with all your colleagues or friends if you leave it as it is. The books can be used with or without the demo files available at this blog as well.

Enjoy!  =0)

Follow along to try it out:

1. Open PowerShell and type in the following:

PS C:\> $logs = [System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::GetEventLogs(’servername’)

This will create a new EventLog object that uses the GetEventLogs method, which by the way, accepts a machine name as an argument. This is exactly what we’re looking for.

2. If the command did not return any errors, continue with the following:

PS C:\> $logs[0]

You should get something like this:

Max(K) Retain OverflowAction     Entries Name

10,240      0 OverwriteAsNeeded      838 Application

The [0] after $logs is simply an array of the different types of event logs, which in this case, [0] equals the Application logs.

3. Next, the bread-and-butter – filtering:

PS C:\> $logs[0].entries | where `

>> {($_.Source -eq “Orion”) -AND ($_.TimeWritten -ge $recent)}

>>

By using the where object, we’re able to filter what we’re specifically looking for. In Zahid’s case, he wanted to grab the most recent logs that are only related to “Orion.”

Take note that this will only work if you’re an administrator on the remote server.

Hope this helps. =0)

Ruby is a programming language from Japan (available at ruby-lang.org) which is revolutionizing the web. The beauty of Ruby is found in its balance between simplicity and power.

What’s cool about the Try Ruby! website is that it’s an interactive web-based Ruby shell. And on top of that, it also offers a quick 15-minute tutorial as you go along.

Here’s a screenshot:

Pretty cool, ey? Lastly, here’s an excellent help-and-documentation website, specifically for Ruby if you want to delve and read more on it.

Catch you later. =0)