Commands that I found Useful on 07/14/2010

I was trying to make a bunch of csv files into one in a specific order. First, make the family file:

touch family.csv

Next suppose we have files called husband.csv wife.csv child1-childN.csv. Then we say:
cat husband.csv wife.csv child*.csv >> family.csv

Flash Issues

For a new installation of Ubuntu 64bit, there are issues with Flash. If you install via Adobe, you get the 64bit version, which can't view most videos on Hulu. So you have to get the 32bit version with the nswrapper. That stuff can be found in Synaptic. Once you do it, you have to run:

nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

in a terminal to get Firefox to find the plugin.

Now you can watch Hulu and all other Flash (with some glitchiness). However, embedded youtube and Flash videos won't work. To get that to work, open a terminal and do the following:

WORKAROUND 3: Open a terminal and enter:

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer

Then add: export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 before the last line of text