So you’ve got a mysql server with an unknown number of isam tables and you need to convert them (the easy way)? Here’s how:

find /var/lib/mysql/ -name “*.ISM” -print > convert.txt

emacs convert.txt

replace: “/var/lib/mysql/” with “alter table “

replace “.ISM” with ” type = myisam;”

replace “/” with “.”

Be careful to include the spaces where I have them.

The run:

mysql -u root -p < convert.txt

So for years I’ve lived with the problem of not having my ssh key passphrase loaded when I re-attach a screen session.

Today I finally, figured out how to fix this. When you log into the new ssh session, do not enter the passphrase, just control-c out of it. Then do screen -r -d like normal, you’ll find that your key is still loaded.