Work has been quite busy recently that I haven't had time to post any new discoveries.
So I will start slow with some personal needed tricks I picked up recently and then I'll add a work related process.
First up.
I wanted to be able to start a mp3 file on my home computer from work.
Problem : I only have access via ssh protocol.
I found a few ways to stream the file to my work computer using vlc, but that was not what was needed and will eat my bandwidth, not what I want.
Solution : Use mpg123
So you just ssh into the server and command is :
mpg123 song.mp3
Gave my girlfriend a fright when music started blaring out of my home computer, ha ha.
Next a simple work related process.
I received a .MDB file from a client. (Access database file)
So as I run Linux I did not have and do not want to have Access installed on my PC.
Therefore I needed to convert file into a better usable format.
Solution : Use mdbtools
Steps to follow are install mdbtools with :
sudo apt-get install mdbtools
Then once completed you need to run this to see what tables are within the file with :
mdb-tables file_1.MDB
Then using the result of the above command execute this to export the file to text :
Done.
Have a good weekend and I hope this is usefull to someone else one day.
