Tools of trade.

So when i install a new server. I always install couple of tools. very spiffy and saved me tons of time. (literally) when doing things like changing 100 plus strings in a (conf or host) file, or making RPM's and DEB files from compiled tar ball.

so here are the tools.

1) RPL (homepage):-

Overview
rpl is a UN*X text replacement utility. It will replace strings with new strings in multiple text files. It can work recursively over directories and supports limiting the search to specific file suffixes.
rpl [-iwRspfdtx [-q-v]]

2) Checkinstall (homepage):-

After you ./configure; make your program, CheckInstall will run make install (or whatever you tell it to run) and keep track of every file modified by this installation, using the excelent installwatch utility written by Pancrazio 'Ezio' de Mauro (p@demauro.net).


soon i will add more here.