Computer science thoughts

Welcome

On this website, you will find some of my texts translated from french:

several tips and scripts simplifying operations or correcting computer software problems
some thinking and strategy games
différents texts around computer science
my personal utilities as well as others that I appreciate

Eric Quillévéré

Latest utilities & scripts

Talend: what does "Component variable are used in the copied elements" mean?

Talend

On Talend Studio, you may get the message "Component variables are used in copied elements, do you want to rename them automatically?" when copying and pasting components. What does this message actually mean? The...

Linux command line: configure the 'Page up' key to auto-complete from the command history

Linux

On Ubuntu, here is a script that allows you to use the auto-completion of your command line from data already entered previously (therefore present in the history), by using the Page Up key. This functionality is...

Linux command line special characters

Linux

There are some Linux command line special characters that are not self-explanatory at first glance. It is important to understand them because these are key elements in handling the input and output of commands. In...

WGET and CURL on Windows

Various tools

wget and curl are two programs present mainly on Linux focusing on downloading files from the command line. They have been adapted under Windows and offer the same commands as their equivalents under Linux.