Tips and Tricks

Unix - Windows - Mac

end of line issues:

  • Unix LF character
  • Windows CR LF characters
  • Mac CR character

CR Ascii code 13, Hex code 0D LF Ascii code 10, Hex code 0A

Processes

Show process tree

pstree -pAau <PID>

Encoding

Suitable for SMTP used:

  • 7-bit
  • base64
  • quoted-printable

HTTP natively supports:

  • 8-bit
  • binary

uuencoding generates a line at the beginning and a line at the end

Character Sets

Transformation with the tool 'recode' possible.