How to set ZSH as your default Shell
You may have installed ZSH and every-time you open your terminal, it opens BASH by default.
How do you set your default shell to open as ZSH? …
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How to Base64 Encode/Decode in the Terminal/CLI
If you need to either Encode or Decode a Base64 value, there are many ways to achieve this, one of them is directly from your commandline itself!
How …
Read Article →How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Vim
There are a few different ways to enable Syntax Highlighting in Vim.
Option 1 – Edit ~/.vimrc
Add syntax on to your local ~/.vimrc
echo "syntax …How to view the Encoded Authorization Failure Message in AWS
You may come across a message that reads similar to the following:
<meta charset="utf-8">Encoded authorization failure message
A full …
Read Article →How to Generate a Random AlphNumeric String in Linux/MacOS
If you need to generate a random AlphaNumeric string from the Linux/MacOS Command-Line, then you can use the following script:
dd if=/dev/random bs=8 …What temperature does your Mac CPU idle at?
Sometimes you will find that your Mac is running very hot, and you may want to keep track of it over time to see if it’s persistent or only a …
Read Article →How to Fix the ‘Bad Interpreter’ Error from AWS and Python 3.7
This error often looks something like:
.zshrc: /usr/local/bin/aws: bad interpreter:
/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.6: no such file or directory …Key-Value CLI Arguments in Python
If you have a CommandLine application (CLI) written in Python, you have a number of ways that you can take arguments from the user.
You could take the …
Read Article →How to solve AttributeError: ‘int’ object has no attribute ‘split’ – make: [sharedmods] Error 1
If you get the following error while trying to install something via Homebrew
AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'split' - make: *** …
How to Push a Docker image to AWS ECR
By default, Docker pushes its images to Docker Hub.
While Docker Hub is a great way to share both your public and private images, you may find the …
Read Article →How to Restart Sound Driver on a Mac
So for some strange reason, your audio has stopped playing through the Macbook Pro speakers, but if you plug in an external audio device, it still …
Read Article →How to tell what the CHMOD value of a file/directory is
chmod alters the permissions for a file or directory, you could allow full read/write access to a file or directory by running the following command: …