Author: Asad Yaseen

In the United States, the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday is likely to be different than it has been in the past. Many families won’t be getting together in person. Countless family traditions will be suspended or adapted to cope with pandemic life. Aunt Lucy won’t be making her famous mashed potatoes this year because she’s staying home. And instead of traveling over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house, you may break bread virtually…

With how heavy the world has been feeling lately, it has been easy to ‘hate’ on 2020. I have become overwhelmed by it all at times, but one of the best ways to ground myself has been to reflect on what I am grateful for.   As we head into the Thanksgiving break here in the states, I wanted to share what I am thankful for – even in a year that has challenged us all…

When Cisco’s global workforce went home to work in March 2020, many of us found ourselves with extra time. No commute. No travel to customer or partner offices. No field service calls. Conversely, those who found themselves busier while juggling different demands at home needed an activity to find some balance. Leadership encouraged us to use the found time to develop new skills and to volunteer through Time2Give, a Cisco program with paid time off…

The Linux sort command can arrange command output or file content in a lot more ways than you might realize–alphabetically, numerically, by month and randomly are only some of the more interesting choices. In this post, we take a look at some of the more useful sorting options and explain how they differ. The default The default sort might seem fairly straightforward. Digits come first, followed by letters and, for each letter, lowercase characters precede…