For questions concerning the generic use of computer files.
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Remove file extension in OS X using Terminal
Problem:
I have some 200+ files named something in line with "DSC01852.JPG.jpg". I would like to remove the file extension so the result becomes "DSC01852.JPG".
Any suggestions? I looked at the mv ...
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Need help sorting
Ok, I get a report every day, a passenger manifest. It is just given in the order that they take the reservation, not the actual time for the passenger pick up. Each order contains 4 lines. Line 1, ...
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Removing the “Open File - Security Warning” in windows 8?
I like to study a lot of code from various sources from around the internet, and a big part of that involves downloading and opening the files to view the source code.
Now every time I try to open ...
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Method to regularly transfer files from directory
I have images that I scan into a directory in Windows 7 that need to be uploaded to a network share. I know there are several methods of doing this, but I'm wondering if you all know of some options ...
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Unix moving/removing files from subdirectories
if there are several subdirectories in the current working directory, i would like to move only specific filetypes or possibly all the contents of those directories, to the working directory. and ...
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How to see media files (namely `flv`) details/info in Windows 7?
I see that for many media files, under Properties/Details there are some needed info like audio/video bitrate, but it seems limited - for example it does not work for flv.
Is there a way that would ...
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Powershell script to update XML file content
Please help me create a Powershell script that will go through an XML file and update content. In the example below, I want to use the script to pull out and change the file path in the ...
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How to recover data on a Mac Pro OS X Snow Leopard
I will probably have to replace my hard drive. I have a disk that will restore files (from a previous HD replacement), but the technicians didn't supply me with the serial number, so I can't use it.
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How do I create a mixed mode CD/DVD or ISO from bin/cue files and data files?
I have a bin file and a cue file for audio, and some data files. I would like to burn a mixed mode CD for this, preferably with a free utility. However, most of the stuff I have read online refers ...
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Bash - Recursively move all files in folders with given name to their parent directory
I have a document library where all of my files are in folders based on category name but then they are also all in subfolders called 'pdf' as well. Is there a way in bash to scan through all of the ...
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file://server… list all files and directories [closed]
does anyone know how to list all files and directories in sites such as:
"file://server..."?
for examples:
"file://w3.wb.td.com/sites/TDSSD1/ie/gettsclientservices/clientonboarding/Equities/"?
I ...
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Mac app: want to copy system files out of the protected location, and failed [closed]
In my Mac program, I want to copy the file located in /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/xx.plist to another disc.
Presumably it will failed, and it is.
I use the api of ...
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What does it mean when a file is blocked in Windows?
When some files are downloaded from the internet, they are blocked. Some files can still be opened even if they are blocked...
I can see whether a file is blocked by opening the file properties ...
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batch file for 3day and monthly backup
I have to create a batch file it should function like this
It should take a backup every three day with date folder name"c:\wamp\xyz" of this folder
after very 10 backup that is a month. so at the end ...
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unable to read from file .Text format unknown [closed]
I'm unable to read data from this file .. .Its a .dat file & i tried opening using notepad. But after opening I'm unable to read from it.The words are not in English . I tried changing the font ...
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Associate a file type to an application, but with parameters [duplicate]
I like to associate .bla files with c:\myapp.exe -myparam:
Example : when I click on d:\hello.bla, I would like
c:\myapp.exe -myparam:"d:\hello.bla" to be launched.
How to do such file type ...
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transfer hundreds of files specified on a list between two servers
I need to download 800 files from a server to my server. These files have different names and they're in different subdirectories in the remote server, but I have their names on a list.
How can I do ...
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Windows cannot find '?.exe' - some apps only
Lately, I've been having this problem where Windows was informing me that a file did not exist. For example, if I were to open up my-image.png from explorer, it would tell me that it wasn't found. ...
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Setting Up Computer Server [closed]
My friends and I want a to setup a server where we can just dump all our music files. I would use my computer for the storage space, and my friend (who lives somewhere else) should be able to access ...
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How to view how much RAM NTFS file cache is using? Any way to see what files are cached?
In effort to figure out why there's a general system performance degradation (Windows OS desktop/application lag) in the below issue (which may be memory-related), I would like for a way to see ...
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Does moving files around my computer causes data corruption?
I've got a silly question floating in my head:
If I have a file in C:/test1 and move it to C:/test2 then to D:/Other and so on... again and again, may the file become corrupted? What about making ...
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Wants to create a Batch file with following conditions
I'm having one great challenge according to create a batch file. Here is my situation I'm having folder full of folders and files(note all the files are in ".apf" extension). I want to create a empty ...
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OSX / Unix: move odd or even numbered files
I have a folder with a range of numbered files (camera images) and I'd like to move every other image into a different folder, so either all the odd numbered images, or all the even ones. How can I do ...
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How do I actually open a program from a batch file? All it does is open a command prompt with that file name [duplicate]
I'm currently trying to learn Batch file scripting so maybe I'm just not seeing what I'm doing wrong but I am just making a very simple batch file that opens up a text file.
Here is the code I am ...
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Inform the User when a specific file updates or changes (SOLVED)
The other day I tried to make a batch file that will tell the user the Contest of a file when
a specific text file updates/changes here's my code so far it doesn't work for some reason :S
@echo ...
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How to delete a file in linux that does not have any/garbage file persmissions?
How do I delete a file that does not have any file permissions ? I am not able to delete file forcefully or as superuser.
Please refer the screenshot:
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Newlines while saving variable to file - bash
I have mulitiple ip adresses in a variable.
ActiveIPs= 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3
I want to save them to a file like this
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
how do i do this?
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How can i automatically (silently) copy files off removable devices?
I'm looking for a way to automatically have my computer copy all files (or specific files based on extension) from removable devices plugged in (USB sticks/HDDs/phones etc) to a designated folder on ...
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One hard drive local to one computer but connected to server
I would like to have one dedicated hard drive for my files (but not OS installation) at my home computer, and I would like to make those files available anywhere via a file server. I want fast file ...
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What exactly is an XPS File & Does It Play Any Role in Computing Today? [closed]
Whenever I print a document whether it be Word, Powerpoint or Excel etc, I always see an option called Microsoft XPS Document Writer.
What exactly is an XPS file, is there any reason to actually use ...
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Why does the “Recent Items” folder get so large when it only contains shortcuts
In Windows 7, the Recent Items folder is located in C:\users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items.
The folder is called "Recent Items" when you use file explorer and is called "Recent" ...
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OS X File number
I just noticed in File Viewer (random all-files reader) on OS X, that all files have a Misc. attribute called "File Number". It contains values like 17022656, 17022354 and 435457.
I tried to look ...
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How to reverse text file in Windows
Please help me, how reverse/sort row in text file with batch in Windows?
Example:
I have text in this format
15/04/2013-07:10:30 lalala
15/04/2013-07:10:30 Text text
15/04/2013-07:10:30 1 lala ...
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How can I reverse a text file in Windows? [closed]
Please help me, how reverse/sort row in text file with batch in Windows?
Example:
I have text in this format
15/04/2013-07:10:30 lalala
15/04/2013-07:10:30 Text text
15/04/2013-07:10:30 ...
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How can I revert file association to default [duplicate]
I have tried to open ex4 file by double clicking but could not open it and the dialog box pop up says to find appropriate program from the web. Meanwhile I tried to open the file with 'notepad' by ...
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JPEGs of the same resolution have different sizes
I have a collection of photos taken from my digital camera. All of them were taken with the same settings (same resolution etc...). However all these pictures have different file sizes. Why is this? ...
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How to create a batch file that will run cmd and a exe with parameters
How to create a batch file that do following:
For example program name is hi.exe will do the following:
Run hi.exe in cmd with arguments hi.exe -f%l%.
Instead of %1% I want user to input the ...
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Copy and chmod/chown at the same time
I have a log file owned by root that I want to copy into a directory owned by another user for him to analyse it (it must be uncompressed first).
Currently I'd have to
# cp log.xz ...
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aoss is preventing file logging - logging argument commands
I am using an application which requires aoss. The results are required to be appended to a file. When I write these commands, the file is always empty:
aoss multimon -a DTMF | tee test.txt
aoss ...
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determine when unsaved Notepad file was created
I have an open notepad file on my machine which I don't recall making. Is there a way I can determine what time and day the file was created (registry key or whatnot)? I haven't saved it yet because ...
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RSync move files to a different directory if they were deleted on the server
So right now I use rsync to synchronize files with a server. Sometimes the files on the server are deleted (I know about the --delete option and I do not use it) and those files are left in my local ...
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How to download large amounts of files via ubuntu
I am trying to download around 15,000 individual user files from an FTP backup space. I know the files exist because if I put a certain username that was not downloaded with the regular wget it can be ...
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Cant download 15,000 files via ssh linux [duplicate]
I have used wget, ncftp ftp etc, They all list around 5000 files at some sort of limit. I tryed using wget to get an exclusive file that didnt show up in the regular wget download and it worked. I ...
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Recover corrupted file after power outage
I am working on a PHP project for a customer. While I have edited the code, I had a power outage in the whole home. When my computer back I tried to open the main php file , but I get weird null ...
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Changing directories in Bash shell with large file names
I have to navigate through a series of directories containing software installers. I've written a small bash function that gets me to the main folder that contains all of the builds, but the file ...
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Copy 10 million small files between remote servers (over web), linux systems, no SSH on source
Here is the situation:
Need to copy aprox 10 million of small files (1k - 50k each) from a single directory, between 2 remote servers over the web. Tried with FTP and SCP but failed since all files ...
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Recover modified file
I'm using sublime text 2 to sync between local and remote site version. Something went wrong, and a source file became empty (0bytes). Is there
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removing special characters from entire directory structure
I would like to know whether it is possible to REMOVE special characters recursively in powershell from all files in an entire directory structure?
for example if I have a file called:
my ...
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How can I set XP to show details when I try to save or load a file?
This answers for folders but does not work for "file save, file open" windows.
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Lost file in Linux with the move command
I have lost a file while attempting to move it. I accidentally put three periods after the file name when I meant to put two. The command I ran was 'mv file.txt ...'. Ive used the find command to look ...
