Following a symbolic link in linux

Sometimes a link is pointing to a link, that is pointing to a link etc. It is a pain to resolve all the links and find which is the final file.
But there is a command that you can use to make things easier, and it is called readlink.

readink -f filename will traverse all the paths and print out the final filename

Moving a zfs pool from one disk to another

If we want to move a zfs pool with their full layout from one disk to another we can use the following approach

zfs snapshot -r pool_A@migrate
zfs send -R pool_A@migrate | zfs receive -F pool_B

zfs unmount oldpool/myfilesystem

And take a new snapshot.

zfs snapshot oldpool/myfilesystem@snapshot2

you can now do an incremental send of the difference between the two snapshots which should be very quick.

zfs send -i oldpool/myfilesystem@snapshot1 \
             oldpool/myfilesystem@snapshot2 | zfs receive newpool/myfilesystem

Converting markdown presentation to pdf

If we want to convert a presentation from markdown to pdf, while keeping the slide format we can use the following command:

pandoc -t beamer -s -o habitat-presentation.pdf habitat-presentation-pdf.md 

Resuming an interrupted scp tranfer

If we stop an scp tranfer, we can resume it by using rsync in the following way:

rsync -P -e ssh local_file user@host:remote_file

Copying streams to video/audio files using vlc

If you ever need to save a stream (either audio or video) to a file, you can do it by using vlc.

You will find more details here: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vlc-streaming.html

Wifi analyzer

If by any chance, you would like to see what is the wifi state around you, in order for example to pick the best channel for your own wireless device, and you do not have a wifi analyzer in an android device, you do not need to look far.

NetworkManager has got you covered. Just execute:
nmcli d wifi

on your linux console and you are done.

Gimp and rule of thirds guides

Ever wanted to use rule of thirds guides in gimp?

Here is a simple guide that works just fine: http://registry.gimp.org/node/13536