GNU is a 'nix operating system developed by the GNU project. GNU is normally used with the Linux kernel.
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How to Combine find and grep for a complex search? ( GNU/linux, find, grep )
I'm trying to do a text search in some files that share a similar directory structure, but are not in the same directory tree, in GNU/Linux.
I have a web server with many sites that share the same ...
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Make GNU screen survive reboot
I am using GNU screen a lot. I find it very annoying that everytime the server has to be rebooted I lose all my sessions (even if I know in advance, I need to set-up everything again).
I've searched ...
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Unix tools: what if a file is named minus something?
I'm always wondering: most GNU/Unix tools take options in the form "minus something", sometimes followed by an argument. What if you got a file named minus something?
$ ls
-f
$ rm -f
$ ls
-f
$ mv -f ...
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GNU GRUB - Misaligned display/screen
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 - and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 recently - Ubuntu installed the GRUB (version 2.00-7ubuntu11) boot menu. When I first got Ubuntu, I changed the default OS ...
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save bash history, regularly
I have bash set up to save history, to a file. It does this whenever bash exits [properly]. As sometimes bash does not exit properly the history is lost.
So the question is can I set up bash to save ...
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Call but not download a page with wget
I was wondering if there was any argument that allowed me to use wget and "call" a page, but without downloading the page.
The problem is that when you call wget on a page, it downloads it to the ...
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Gnu Tools for Windows
I was looking for Gnu Tools for Windows and came across two links:
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
and
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
Does anyone know what is the difference between them and ...
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Can GNU sed (for Windows) handle Unicode? If so, is it a code-page/locale issue, or a switch?
I've been using GNU SED on and off for a couple of years now. It spins me out a bit sometimes, but it does a good job... for single-byte char sets!
I now and then notice references to GNU SED being ...
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Best way to get 'linux command line tools' on Windows
I'd like to download the basic stuff like 'rm -rf'.
I used to just download cygwin, but are binutils or some other alternative better (if all I need are the truely basic stuff ... I'm trying to think ...
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OpenSolaris and NTFS
Is there any way to mount NTFS partitions in OpenSolaris? This is the main issue preventing me from testing it out for more than a day. I need to be able to mount my external. I have vast experience ...
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Installing GNU Prolog on Mac OS X (getting a Bus Error)
Just installed gnu prolog on Mac OS X 10.4 but it is not working. When I go:
% ./gprolog
Bus error
Anyone have any ideas?
