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Awk responds differently based on how an empty argument is specified
I seem to have stumbled on something which is probably a bug in awk, but it could also be a bug in my understanding of bash/awk.
I was trying to debug issues where the output of a python program was ...
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Exclude long lines from grep results
How do I exclude very long lines from grep results?
I often grep through lots of .js files (-r) and some of them are compiled, so they consist of a single line usually a couple thousand characters ...
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Setup HP MicroServer as Homeserver for NAS and other stuff
I've got a brand new HP Proliant Microserver N40L here, which I want to use mainly as a NAS system (because it has four hard drive bays) but since it also is a full-featured homeserver with enough RAM ...
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What to do if kill -9 doesn't work?
I've got a pesky process (in this case, a stranded process that was supposed to be running in iPhone Simulator (now long quit).
97442 ?? 0:00.00 (MyProcess)
I've tried everything I can ...
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HDTV 1080p HDMI/Component to VGA 1024x768 conversion yet maintaining aspect ratio
My first post to StackExchange and I didn't find my specific question previously listed.
Question:
I recently inherited an older XGA, 1024x768, 4:3 ratio LCD video projector. The projector only ...
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Writing to Net and Cleaning up in Show Full Processlist in mysql, what does it mean?
Sometimes when i run show full processlist, it come with these in status, ie:
with this query:
select count(*) as ...
could it be some problem?
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Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 wont install
I was having some issues with this so I uninstalled everything associated with VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4 and reinstalled everything, well except Service Pack 1, which will not install. Without it ...
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Excel 2002 won't activate
I installed Excel 2002 on my Windows 7 machine and activated it. I then uninstalled Excel 2002 and installed the Office 2010 trial to see if it's worth paying for the upgrade (I don't like it btw). I ...
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How to re-run the last app exited on windows 7?
How many times you've exited an application just to realize that it was still needed?
Web browsers solve this with CTRL+SHIFT+t for recently closed tabs. Is there something similar on windows 7 for ...
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Can a free VPN collect personal information?
I was using a free VPN to access a Germany-only site and forgot I left it on. Then I used my credit card to make online purchases; now I'm concerned about whether who ever runs the free VPN knows my ...
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match up 2 lists - excel?
I am wondering if there is any tool or script someone has that will match column B to column A based on substrings (or otherwise). Preferably generic enough so it just accepts the 2 columns as input ...
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How to use the Dell PowerEdge as a normal server?
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950. How do I set it up to be a normal computer?
When I try to install ubuntu it does not see any of the harddrives.
I read somewhere that I have to set up RAID before I can ...
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How to use Volume Shadows Copy and Robocopy on Win7?
I’d like to backup my system with Robocopy and Powersell but Robocopy is not able to copy opened files. Volume Shadows Copy seems a solution but I don’t find any clear and simple explanation how to ...
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How to unload a Windows driver?
I'm looking for a cmd-line solution to stop a Windows driver that I had installed manually.
The installing procedure was the following:
sc create MyDrv type= kernel start= demand binPath= ...
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SVN - merging Word 2007 tracked changes
I have a local copy of a Word 2007 document that I have added many tracked changes to. Unfortunately, at the end, I should have made these tracked changes to a same document that exists already in my ...
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When using the Cocoon addon for Firefox, I can't log into any websites
I've installed the Cocoon addon for the first time today, and created an account. In case you haven't heard of Cocoon, it's supposed to make your web-browsing more secure.
When Cocoon is active, ...
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Choppy playback over network from one machine but not the others
I am suddenly experiencing very choppy/laggy playback from my laptop when streaming video over the local network. This is from my new server (Win 2008 R2), from the old server (also Win 2008 R2) there ...
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Linux: Browsing Windows file shares with a tree view
In the Thunar file manager, tree view does not expand for 'Network' section even once I click device name,
It is possible to browse .gvfs, but it has problems with file deletion ('can not find ...
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less emulate a TTY to preserve piped color output
When you pipe something through less, the program usually discards color codes because it's not outputting to a TTY. So you have to add --color=always to the options for it to work.
ls -l ...
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Listing all firefox keyword at the one time?
This thread Search keyword conflict in firefox illustrates how it possible to see what keywords your bookmarks have in firefox. However, when you select Bookmarks / show all bookmarks and add the ...
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.profile not running when I start a bash terminal
When I start a bash terminal, my .profile is not being executed. I do not have a ~/.bash_profile or a ~/.bash_login, so .profile is supposed to run, right? What else could be wrong?
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Google Chrome Bookmark Synch overwrote my bookmarks--how can I get them back?
This is a strange one.
I have had bookmark synching turned on for two OS X machines for some months now. Today, I noticed that my bookmarks have disappeared. It seems that an older version of the ...
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receive udp stream and restream in mp4
I have a hardware streamer transmitting H264 over udp.
I need to re transmit for silverlight (in mp4 container).
What free software can i use (preferentially for windows) ?
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Why can't I use "echo $1 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
in a simple bash script? It gives me error
echo: write error: Invalid argument
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Deleting file with reserved characters via SSH
While developing a server-side application, I accidentally created a couple of files that are named similar to this: files.json
Even after I add the necessary backslashes to try to rm those files, ...
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How to add videos on the 2.0 Dropbox Android client?
I've been using Dropbox's Android client for a some time now, but just recently updated to version 2.0.1.
On a previous version there was a menu item for "Add Item", which then had a secondary menu ...
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how to reset a ServeRAID 8k-l adapter?
I screwed up a firmware update on my Adaptec IBM ServeRAID 8k-l adapter. And I've read somewhere that I can reset/ restore the original firmware by having a jumper on some pins on boot time - but I ...
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is it important to pair RAM by manufacturer?
I have a pair of mismatched RAM sticks in my laptop (slots 3 & 4 in the following image):
I have a matching Micron stick, but getting at the Hyundai to replace it is going to be a pain (unlike ...
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Binding Super+C Super+V to Copy and Paste
For some time I've been interested in binding the Windows Key (Super_L) on my keyboard to Copy and Paste for no other reason but convenience and consistency between my desktop and my MacBook.
I ...
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Windows Vista crashes, one of the fans might not be working
My computer has been crashing lately so I did a test with SpeedFan. Here's a screendump.
This isn't telling me much except that one of the fans might not be working. The picture is taking no other ...
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How to know if the BIOS in my Macbook Pro is running in EFI mode or BIOS emulation mode when in Linux
I totally replaced OSX with Linux.
In Ubuntu 10.10, how can I tell which mode the BIOS is running in?
Is it better to have it running in EFI mode?
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Where are Space and BackSpace defined?
I would like to put the right-arrow key on Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-BackSpace to see if that is comfortable for keeping me on / close to home row when I'm not in VIM. Here is the top stanza of my ...
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AIX chgrpmem command fails over SSH
Using an SSH connector in JAVA, I am trying to run this command:
sudo chgrpmem -m - tstusr1 adm
The command is executed but I'm receiving an error message in my logs:
Command exited with error ...
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Finding a port number for an NAS resource on mac book
I have an external drive connected to a network using an Addonics NASU2 adapter. Let's say the IP address of the drive is 111.111.1.111. I can see the drive in a Finder window identified as ...
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How come sites like Google/Facebook/etc. don't get DDOS'd even though they receive so many requests?
Something I don't understand:
(Tens/hundreds of?) thousands of people simultaneously try to connect to a site like facebook.com or google.com.
From what I understand, they must all necessarily ...
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How can grub pass any custom variable into system enviroment?
I want to identify which menu entry has been lauched in rc scripts.
So is it possible to pass any variable into my system via kernel argument?
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File sync and version control on LAN with a Drobo?
I work in a office with another video producer and we have a networked drobo. Currently we are using Backuplist+ to sync files to a common folder between our Mac Pro's. Works fine, but it's hard to ...
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Network routing issue
Here is the situation.
I've turned server ns1 (a dual-homed linux box) into a router by enabling ip_forwarding on it (echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward)
Server ns1:
eth0: 10.10.0.200/24 ...
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command line alias versus .bash_profile alias
when I create this alias from the command line everything works fine
alias ejecta='for I in 1 2 3; do /usr/sbin/diskutil unmountDisk disk$I;done'
When the same alias is created in .bash_profile. the ...
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create a private network with router
I would like to create a private network off of my works production network. I'm going to be testing some software on this network. And I can't have any traffic from the test boxes interfering with ...
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Starting program on boot with screen
Here is my script in init.d (Debian Linux)
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/blah
#
# Some things that run always
touch /var/lock/McMyAdmin
# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case ...
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Issues with my SelectionChange
I can't seem to get it to work right
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim LastRow As Long
If Not Intersect(Target, ...
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Problems powering up and using special function buttons on a Lenovo Ideapad Y570
My laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad Y570 with Windows 7 installed.
When I press the power button to start the laptop, nothing happens. The battery is fullly charged and in any case AC power is also ...
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How do I choose what shows up in PuTTY title bar from Linux?
In the PuTTY configuration there's an option in Terminal->Features called Disable remote-controlled window title changing. Without that enabled, the title bar of PuTTY will change every time I press ...
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How can I automate converting AVIs to mp4 and stuff them in iTunes?
I know I can use Handbrake to do this all by hand, but I'd like to automate the process. I'm on a Mac, so as a first step, I've tried downloading ffmpeg for the Mac but it's a nightmare to get it ...
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Where does yum save the rpm's it downloads?
Is there a temporary folder I can find the RPM's that yum downloads to install programs? During an installation yum shows the exact name of the RPM file but I don't know how to find it. How can I ...
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Loading table dynamically loses style rules [migrated]
I am loading a page with table in a generated div in jquery. The loading goes fine, but the table loses its styles. I have tried to apply styles on the loaded page, on the landing page, and even ...
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Microsoft Windows Licensing, transferring from old to “complete” new PC
In an question i asked, it seems that one phone call will help to transfer the licensed copy of windows to the replaced hardware
Microsoft Windows Licensing, Validity/transferring between ...
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Using the middle mouse button to switch between workspaces in Gnome
In XFCE when I put the mouse over the workspace switcher in the taskbar and roll the middle mouse button, it switches the workspaces.
When I do this in a Gnome session, nothing happens.
So now what?
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CUDA Make command gives error
I had to reinstall CUDA, however I am getting this error when compiling the SDK.
I go to ~/NVIDA_SDK/C and run the make as: "sudo make"
It runs for a while then it gives me this error:
make[1]: ...
