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The easiest way to use Bash shell on Windows

By JC | October 5, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment

I want to use the bash shell on windows in place of the command prompt. I’ve tried the Linux subsystem for Windows and it’s not what I’m looking for and Cygwin just doesn’t feel right. My search led me to

UBNT AirFiber CLI Commands (AF-5x)

By JC | February 13, 2018 | Comments 13 comments

Here are all of the commands that you can issue on an Ubiquiti AirFiber Radio from an ssh terminal connection. I found myself always googling and digging through the ubiquiti forum to try and find the command I needed. I compiled all the known AirFiber commands here in one place. Enjoy!

Samsung releases magician command line tool for linux – Samsung SSD drives

By JC | February 16, 2015 | Comments 4 comments

Magician DC

Magician is Samsung’s disk management and diagnostic software for it’s line of SSD solid-state drives. Magician allows you to benchmark your drive, upgrade firmware, check S.M.A.R.T, configure drive encryption, and over provisioning.

Until now, this tool has only been available on Windows PCs, today the linux command line version of Magician is available and supports linux distros RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu.

Samsung describes this new tools as follows.

Samsung SSD Magician DC software is designed to help users with easy-to-use disk management and diagnostic features for server and data center usage. This software is only for Samsung SSD products.