For questions concerning the generic use of computer files.
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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 ...
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How to print file from batch?
If I use NOTEPAD /P c:\myfile.txt, it can't print the file because the batch file starts with @echo off.
Does someone know how to print the file?
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What does a green colored file name mean? [duplicate]
I downloaded a .zip file the other day and extracted it using 7zip from my desktop to my laptop over my home network, when it finished, its filename and the filename of its contents was green.
What ...
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view video bitrate of a flv file in linux,how?
Is there any command to check the video bitrate of a flv file in debian/ubuntu ? I have some flv files and I want to find out their video bitrate.
I check 'file' command It only says 'Macromedia ...
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One Way Syncing between two folders using a third folder
I want to create a one way sync between Folder A and Folder B so far so good and RoboCopy does the job. But Some of the files in Folder B will be moved to Folder C (not controlled by this system) So ...
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What are the correct options to use to verify video files using ffmpeg.exe in Windows 7?
I have thousands of video files to check/verify if they have an error or a warning. A firm just digitized them over old tapes (VHS, Umatic ...) All these videos are in mp4 format and i want to check ...
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In windows looking for a filtered directory
Imagine a large number of files, organized in folders (thousands of folders)...there are multiple types of files in each folder (PDF, ZIP, DOCX, etc.). I'm looking for a tool that can show the ...
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Display different icons for different properties of a file (in the Windows Explorer)
Is it possible to set an icon for files with a specified extension ( .abc ) but not from an icon file? What I mean is if I can have a program (.jar or .bat) to decide the icon of these files. In the ...
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Setting custom icons based on files' contents
I'd like to have a custom icon for the files with extension .extension the same way images do. In the windows explorer I see a preview of images as their icon. Instead of having a general icon for ...
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Where the data related to firefox urlbar.autoFill is stored?
Attention! This question is not about auto filling the forms
and/or passwords!
In firefox (just like chrome) when I type in s in the address bar, it automatically fill the rest to ...
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changing the ownership of a file in linux
I have a file "test" on an Ubuntu system owned by the root. The ls -l option is shown below.
$ ls -l test
-r--r----- 1 root abacus 373 Nov 12 19:19 test
I know that only the owner of a file can ...
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What is the best way to merge two sets of files, but for duplicates to select the older file in Windows?
I have stumbled into a dumb usage case. I want to merge two folders in a particular way (I guess these are called folders now, I still think of them as directories, but whatever). The folders have ...
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Fastest way to keep two files in sync?
I care only about the same file stored in two different machines. I would like to keep changes in sync and as fast as possible. Would rsync as a daemon be up to it? Or is there something else I can ...
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Rename a file based on the owner - linux/Unix
I have several files in a folder that all follow a naming convention of:
rs1.txt
rs2.txt
rs3.txt
Some of these files were produced by myself, and some were produced by my colleague.
I was ...
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How Can I convert .SGM File
there is a *.sgm file. It is my data set I want to convert it to any other type of data set, which make me able to have access to it with program like WEKA. Weka mainly support *.arff file.
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How to open an .exe file with -dev mode? (not the shortcut )
I want to start Company of Heroes game with the -dev mode but not through the shortcut but using the original exe. Is there any way to bind the exe with this code so that it opens all the time using ...
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UNIX command to sort the file by the following words, from major sort key to minor sort key: word 3, word 1, word 4
Need help with the UNIX command below to sort the file by the following words, from major sort key to minor sort key: word 3, word 1, word 4. (words are separated by white spaces)
sort -t -k3 -k1 ...
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How to I setup a folder to pass files on without holding them?
Is it possible to create a folder where Whenever a file is placed in it, the file is automatically copied to another specified location and then the original file is deleted?
What I'm trying to do ...
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Is there a way to keep track of unopened/unchecked files?
I'm looking for a way to keep track of unopened/unchecked received/downloaded files via various means, browsers, torrents, DC++, hosting sites, etc.
Let's say that I'm a bit overwhelemed, and ...
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How to delete “Program Files” folder in Windows 7
OK ... here is the deal ... I replaced my current drive C with a brand new drive and installed Windows 7 on the new drive. I took the old Drive C: and added it to a different SATA port and made it ...
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Windows Directory Structure
I couldn't find a Windows stack exchange so I am asking this here.
I know how a *nix directory structure is set up and how directories are pretty much just lists of files. I can open them with a text ...
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Can I change the properties of all files to show info similar to the folder templates properties?
I use Windows Explorer every day to manage large groups of files. I modified the folder templates in Windows 7 to display the properties that are important to me. (Ex: Name, size, length, date ...
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Trying to read a text file content and set variables values from that
I have a batch file that creates a text file with its output like the following:
RESULT=0&SECURETOKEN=SmH3kciXiVkiwD0i70CwKYgAR&SECURETOKENID=2013031414280240&RESPMSG=Approved
The ...
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how do I on OSX copy a folder from an external drive to my hard drive and only add the new files?
say I have on the external drive:
A/file1.txt
B/file2.txt
B/file3.txt
and on my hard drive I have:
A/file1.txt
B/file2.txt
I would like to drag and drop the whole folder over to the hard drive ...
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What is the most reliable way to send a big file between two Windows computers via network? [duplicate]
The file is around 170GB. I wouldn't upload it on the FTP, and download it. It is not reliable, sometime, connections drop, and it will have big trouble. So, is there any better way to do so? Anyone ...
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Are there File Managers where I can show connections between files in the same directory?
Without creating new directories, is there a file manager that can illustrate relationships between files/folders in the same directory?
For example, I would like to turn something like this:
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Windows 7 to Windows XP file sharing permissions issue
I have a Windows 7 machine set up as a simple data file sharing system. I have 8 folders being shared between multiple machines. The issue I am having is that after a while, any Windows XP client ...
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How to get continuously updating environment variable in batch file
I would like to access the updated environment variable in 2nd Batch file, which is changing continuously using 1st batch file.
The e.var changing continuously using 1st batch file but I am getting ...
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Issues with windows AUC when trying to configure Apache web server
Win7 64bits up-to-date (March 7th 2013)
I get apache 2.2 installed and it worked fine in the past (weeks/month/years ago), with php5.
To day I needed apache for some tests so I run it (apache ...
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msys-1.0's dd on windows
msys-1.0 (MinGW) has an implementation of dd usable on windows (dd.exe) but windows does not have file representations of drives to use with dd. Or does it? Afaik dd operates on files.
Is there a way ...
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How to prevent OpenOffice from running file recovery every time at startup?
Whenever I start my computer and start OpenOffice, the file recovery option is always displayed.
How do I turn this off?
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Linux: Alert user when a file changes
Here's a more general use question.
How can I monitor a log file for specific changes, and use a "notify-send" alert in Ubuntu to alert when said changes occur?
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I'm attempting ...
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Is this setup.txt file important? [closed]
I have this file txt file in local disk c:/
I do not know what it is but it makes my drive c: look ugly. Can I move this somewhere elseor delete it? Is it important?
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Accidentally deleted all Visual Studio 2012 Win32 files. I need advice
So, I have Visual Studio 2012, and I found that there was no windows form application. No problem, I found that I could download the files and follow the instructions, to get the windows form ...
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(Some Program that lets me) Manually Sort Folders in Windows 7
I want to have some convenient way of remembering the order I put certain folders in, without being forced to rename them.
Some of these folders may get deleted and new folders also get added, so ...
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Convert Large HTML to DOC?
I am programmatically converting an existing HTML file that has been dynamically created to a MS Word document. I've ran into a situation where the MS Word Document object fails to process the HTML ...
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Edit files from a batch script
How would I edit a file from a .bat file that changes the contents of a file located somewhere on the hard drive.
For example there is a file on my desktop, can I make a .bat script that will add a ...
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Can I create a socket file on mac?
I am missing /tmp/mysql.sock. It has signature srwxrwxrwx. Is it possible to create this file by hand?
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Finding a file I hid from myself [duplicate]
OS is Windows 7, 64-bit, although that’s probably irrelevant.
I’m having trouble finding a file I was hiding from myself.
It was an RTF file and compressed into RAR; then I renamed it and removed the ...
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Send one/multiple files to multiple servers
I often need to send files from my computer to a bunch of servers, who are on the same domain and on Windows OS.
The files are always uploaded at the same place (like C:\foo\bar) in each servers.
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No Ruby icon on '.rb' files after Ruby installation with RailsInstaller on Win XP. How to associate?
At first time I installed Ruby using RubyInstaller for Windows. And in the process of installation there was a checkbox whether I want to have .rb files to be Ruby files. If I agree all the .rb files ...
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Mac Pro Lion 10.7.5 will not receive bluetooth file from Macbook Leopard 10.5.8
Since late 2008, I have been running a 2.2GHz / 3,1 / 4GB MacBook, now at 10.5.8. A few days ago I bought a 2.66 GHz / 1,1 / 6GB Mac Pro, now at 10.7.5. I can not seem to get the Lion Mac Pro to ...
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How can I combine two file streams into one?
I've got two separate programs running that each generate a log file (one is the output of device attached to a serial port, the other is the debug messages sent from a program commanding the ...
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System Variable containing Selected File in explorer.exe
I need to get the path of a selected file in explorer.exe.
I need it from something System Variable or somewhere as I can read in with a java application.
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File exists but cannot be executed from another folder
On my Fedora 16 machine, I have an executable file named 'WarpImageMultiTransform', and I can run it when I cd into the folder that contains it:
[huangchao@localhost bin]$ ./WarpImageMultiTransform ...
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.MTS file player?
I've been searching, and I can't find a good .mts video file player. The first search on google leads to such a player, but it doesn't work properly (at least for me- the sound goes on, while instead ...
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File apparently doesn't exist when attempting to delete it
A month or so back, I untarred the Linux source in a folder in Cygwin (I was curious as to whether or not it would compile with MinGW 'cause my other computer running Linux is a slow single core ...
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File Possibly Corrupted
I have a question on another stackexchange site and it was mentioned that my file might be corrupt. Is there a way to verify this? I have access to mac/windows and the file will not open on either ...
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Media file can be played after deleted?
I have experienced the following paradox many times, and I don't understand how it happens.
I open a big music/video file (say 100 MB), and when it starts playing, I delete it (permanently). In spite ...
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linux - insert numbered list of files into middle of another list of numbered files
I have a folder (apple) containing files
doc001.jpg
doc002.jpg
...
doc010.jpg,
Another folder (banana) also contains files
doc001.jpg
...
doc150.jpg
How can I insert the contents of ...
