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How to list all commands in a package?
I just downloaded the w3c-markup-validator package from the universe repositories, but I can't seem to figure out how to run it. How can I list the new commands available?
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cp linux command options
how i do i copy all files from dir to another dir and escape file already exist and not overwrite it , using cp command under linux centos
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curl windows command line [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Run cURL commands from Windows console
I saw this questions
I downloaded the CURL and placed it under C. Still I can't run it from CMD (with or without full path). as ...
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File Permission change in Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Change Windows 7 file permissions from command prompt
How can I change file permissions in Windows 7 using a command?
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Unix zip command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Zipping folders and their contents into a .zip file in Linux
I need to zip a file on Unix machine. File is about 200MB. What is the best compression tool? and provide me ...
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Which command should I use to make .jpeg from .flv using ffmpeg?
The below command creates jpeg out of .mpg, but fails to create jpeg out of .flv.
How can I do that?
$ffmpegpath = FFMPEG_PATH;
$input = "video_file/orig/fdgdf.mpg";//Lady.flv";
$output = ...
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diskutil command not found in OS X terminal
I am using Mac OS X 10.6.4 and am struggling with the command:
diskutil
Whenever I type in diskutil the terminal says:
-bash: diskutil: command not found
Does anyone know what the problem might ...
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Enso Launcher: dead or lives on? where?
I just discovered Enso Launcher, and seems it's a tool I always dreamed about (even tried to made some part of its functionality myself).
But it seems, it dead now, and community Enso is only fork of ...
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Ubuntu: mount drive on boot
Ubuntu: I want to execute a mount command when my computer boots up, where/how do I do that?
Looking at fstab, how would I run the command:
mount -t cifs -o ...
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How do I change my gdb path in Unix?
My professor posted this online for a lab this week, but I missed the tutorial and didn't find how to do this. Does anyone know? It is just a simple command line thing, but I have been hunting around ...
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Unexpected behavior in Bash
From man bash:
A simple command is a sequence of optional variable assignments
followed by blank-separated words and redirections, and
terminated by a control operator. The first word specifies the
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How do I install a font from the Windows command prompt?
Is it possible to install fonts from the command prompt on Windows? If yes, what is the command?
I tried copy [fontname].ttf C:\Windows\Fonts\ and it said copying was complete, but I could neither ...
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midnight commander : how to invoke drop down on directory history list
I use mc 4.1.36 (C) ported to windows(I use Vista). I would love to be able to navigate through the list of directories that I've previously visited using the drop-down except that I don't know how to ...
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Run command in the background/menu bar
Instead of running a command in terminal, is it possible to run it 'in' the menubar in the background?
To keep the firewall open within the network I am in I use curl to ping a url every 5 minutes, ...
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Vim - how do I map tabedit command to enable cycling through file names?
I use the command :tabe **/<file-name-pattern> all the time to open files in the current directory and subdirs in a new tab in vim. The command enables toggling through similar file names until ...
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Windows command find : looking for a string OR another
Using the find command, I'd like to look for a string or another.
It seems this is not possible, but I'd like to make sure I didn't overlook a way to do it.
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How to define new commands in emacs
I keep forgetting emacs terminology for Select All, so I'd like to add a new emacs command so that I can type M-x select-all RET and have it run mark-whole-buffer.
I tried adding this to my .emacs ...
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Vim equivalent to Emacs C-i?
Does Vim have a command equivalent to Emacs' Ctrl-I?
Emacs has an extremely useful shortcut "C-I" which fixes indentation of the current line (or selected lines.)
For example, suppose you write this ...
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Windows 7 - Open Command Prompt Window
The CMD function is supposed to open a new command prompt window, however in Windows 7, it opens another inside of the existing one so if you typed in exit, it will simple exit the most recent one ...
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How to make a new file on Windows in CMD?
I need a .cmd file that creates a new type of file when I click it. Is this possible? For example:
Click .cmd file
CMD pops up asking what file do I want to create...(eg: .css, .html)
Then creates ...
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Windows single character wildcard returns more than expected
I'm trying to do a directory listing of files with filenames consisting of 8 characters followed by a period and a file extension in Windows command shell. The wildcard pattern I'm using is ...
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Where can I find all Linux commands?
Do you know where can I find all commands like dig, mount, grep, cat, etc. All those built-into bash and Ubuntu Linux?
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Command similar to Linux's 'clear' in Windows
Is there any command available in Windows command prompt which has the same effect as 'clear' in Linux terminal? That means ability to clear the command window from outputs of previous executions. In ...
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The parent of the root directory
After cd .. at /, why are we still at /?
Example:
pradeep@pradeep-laptop:/> cd ..
pradeep@pradeep-laptop:/>
Is there a specific reason for this behavior?
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How to create multipart rar file in Linux?
How can I create multipart rar file in Linux using the official console rar client?
RAR 3.90 Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Alexander Roshal 16 Aug 2009
Shareware version Type RAR -? for help
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Why I cannot use the 'size' command in FTP?
I made a screen shot of my operation as below on WinXP.As the remotehelp says,the size command should be implemented.But I got a invalid command .How can I fix this problem?
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Command line Bin to local Printer
I am trying to run a bin file from the command prompt to a local printer connected via usb. The line I am using is:
C:\Users\Administrator>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /b PAItx2002f /a %windi
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replace windows7 system files
when,i often use cygwin & mingw,so much command like: find,convert,rm..etc.
but,i don't need windows7 inner commands. can't rename for windows7 commands, You need permission to perform this ...
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How can I select an html tag's content in Vim?
Is it possible to select an html tag's content in Vim? For example:
<p>I am a silly butterfly</p>
I would like to select "I am a silly butterfly"!
I know that you can use vi" to select ...
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How can i add “shortcuts” in linux?
How can i add shortcuts like 'rst' for restarting the tomcat in the terminal?
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how to copy a file from linux to windows with scp command?
I would like copy a backup file from image vmware linux to windows but i don't know how to process it ?
i tried :
scp /source/backup.tar.gz admin@x.x.x.x:/c:\ProgrammefilesC:\Documentsand ...
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rar command line for creating .zip files
Is there a way to use the rar command line to create .zip files?
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Execute remote shell commands on windows XP embedded
The following situation:
We have Windows XP Embedded clients that have all admin shares disabled and only have read-only shares (for security reasons).
What we want to do is run remote shell (dos) ...
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Command line tool for connecting to wireless (Ubuntu)
I was wondering how to connect to wireless in a Linux command line environment -> I'm looking for a ncurses like program to do this, not a bunch of commands and files to edit. Is there one?
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How to display Unix time in the timestamp format?
I'm looking for a way to display my time in Debian Linux as a timestamp, e.g.
1279628325
I can't find any options to do that with the date command. Any ideas?
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Windows XP/7 Disabling Users Accounts via. CMD
How can I disable a user account from the command line?
In Windows XP or 7.
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Opening Command Line ('cmd') From Explorer
Say I want to go to my documents folder and open a cmd session that starts in that folder. How might I do that? :)
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Is there Linux command to remember directories?
Is there any Linux command which remembers directories I changed, and shows its stack with interacting operation to choose a directory such as pushing an arrow key on keyboard? This must be different ...
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Explanation of command to uppercase the first letter of a filename
I'm trying to learn to rename files with the command line, and after browsing around a lot of pages I finally found a command that uppercases the first letter of a file, but the problem is that I want ...
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Command to find the source package of a binary?
I know there's a which command, that echoes the full name of a binary (e.g. which sh). However, I'm fairly sure there's a command that echoes the package that provides a particular binary. Is there ...
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How to find username on remote computer?
I have the IP addresses of some computers on my network. Is there any command line tool like PsExec, which can take the IP Address as input and find out the username of the currently logged in user? I ...
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sudo moo commands in mac [closed]
I have gone through following link. It's pretty interesting. It gives listing of some funny commands over ubuntu & Linux. I am eager to know about commands like these on mac.
Does any one know ...
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How to change key mappings in Cygwin's Vim
I'm using Vim under Debian, Win Vista and WinXP (the latter two with Cygwin).
To handle tabs more easily, I mapped <C-Left> and <C-Right> to :tab(prev|next). This mapping works like a ...
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How to print Linux command output to a file?
I am creating a script to sync my important documents between two system. I want my script to generate a log file for the last action. can you suggest me a way to achieve this.
Question: If I execute ...
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Is there a program that can colourize the output of any linux command?
Or would I have to write my own? What's the best language for building a tool of this kind?
I'm kind of new to linux, but I'm guessing that you could pass the output of a program to a particular ...
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1answer
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Find where packages have been installed using rpm
CentOS 5.3
I have been installing some packages using
rpm -ivh package
However, I am just wondering what command I can use to find the path of where the packages are installed.
Many thanks,
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bash shell script which adds output of commands
Let's say I have a command called foo which prints a number to the screen when called:
$foo
3
Let's also say I have another command called bar which prints another number to the screen when called:
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Can I “reprogram” an American Express USB drive?
I recently received a USB drive that looks like a credit card as a promotion. The drive portion flips out to plug it in. When you plug it in, it opens the run dialog, and opens a URL to an American ...
