Luke Reynolds

Using a custom Red Hat repository - in this case from a Red Hat DVD

Creating a Redhat package repository

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If your Red Hat server is not connected to the official RHN repositories, you will need to configure your own private repository which you can later use to install packages. The procedure of creating a Red Hat Linux repository is quite a simple task. In this article, we will show you how to create a local file Red Hat repository as well as a remote HTTP repository.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to use official Red Hat DVD as repository
  • How to create a local file Red Hat repository
  • How to create a remote HTTP Red Hat repository

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Learning about the awk command through various command line examples on Linux

Learning Linux Commands: awk

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In the case of this article, the Learning Linux Commands: awk title might be a little misleading. And that is because awk is more than a command, it’s a programming language in its own right. You can write awk scripts for complex operations or you can use awk from the command line. The name stands for Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan (yes, Brian Kernighan), the authors of the language, which was started in 1977, hence it shares the same Unix spirit as the other classic *nix utilities.

If you’re getting used to C programming or know it already, you will see some familiar concepts in awk, especially since the ‘k’ in awk stands for the same person as the ‘k’ in K&R, the C programming bible. You will need some command-line knowledge in Linux and possibly some scripting basics, but the last part is optional, as we will try to offer something for everybody. Many thanks to Arnold Robbins for all his work involved in awk.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • What does awk do? How does it work?
  • awk basic concepts
  • Learn to use awk through command line examples

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