One way of leveraging the shell is to run a subshell. That's simply getting a parent process to kick off a child process, wait for the result and do something with it. This tip gives you three examples which I've found handy on the command line. You can probably think of many others.
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For a peek inside IBM’s thinking around how the company rolls out AIX fixes like Technology Levels and Service Packs, Jay Kruemcke, AIX product manager at IBM for Power Systems, posted an explanation on his
The secret product manager blog site.
Kruemcke says he’s been getting a few questions about the fix and update process, such as, “Why does a new Service Pack come out at the same time as a new Technology Level?”
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If you're wondering what all the “Big Data” buzz is all about, you have to read IBM’s Big Data FlashBook. It's a great explanation about cost-effective solutions to the three Vs that are the characteristics of big data: volume, variety, and velocity.
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