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Terminal cuts off command output from last? [closed]

I am working on bash script and when my script reach and execute command. I am expecting longer output in terminal but it just shows 20 to 25 lines as output and rest of lines disappears. Please help
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gnuplot plot points connected by line, nearest point instead

I have a number of points out of a countour plot of a circle. Unfortunately the points are ordered by coordinate position. If I plot the data with "lines" as style data, gnuplot draws lines through my ...
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How to understand block size / line size?

I want to understand the theory behind block size and line sizes. I know, for instance, that a block size = 2^(number of bytes offset within the block), is it correct? Can you tell me where to look ...
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Drawing a dashed/dotted line with an arrowhead in Photoshop CS6

I am using Adobe Photoshop CS6 and I am trying to draw a dashed/dotted line with an arrowhead. This is the sort of thing I am looking for: Using the line tool I can successfully draw an unbroken ...
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Mac: command line to convert pages document opened in Preview to PDF

Considering that there is no iWork installed and there is no "Preview.pdf" in the pages file package, how do I: convert the pages document to PDF from command line? I can open the pages document ...
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Automating Unix Command Line Application that Asks for Input

I'm trying to automate a Unix command script and pipe the output to mailx so I can know if I need to manually edit files before FTPing them. A lot of this is automated, but due to a bug I need to ...
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Samsung Monitor - moving visible (scan?) lines at an angle - VGA related?

I just picked up a new Samsung S24b300hl LED LCD 23.6" HDMI Monitor and it's being used with an older laptop with only VGA output. The picture quality is excellent when looking at it from a normal ...
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Weird black fading rectangles appearing on my monitor… Any clue?

Around 3 months ago I started noticing these weird black-faded lines that appear in the left side of my monitor. I'm 100% sure the issue is on my monitor because when i take a screen capture while the ...
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How to select non contiguous lines of code in Notepad++?

What key enables the selection of non-consecutive lines in notepad++ ? I have some Matlab code I have edited with notepad++. I would like to select distinct (non consecutive) blocks of code in order ...
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Parsing two input files and comparing line existence

I need to take two text files and check to see if a line that exists in File A doesn't exist anywhere in File B. Each line in File A that does not exist in File B should be copied to an output log. ...
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Create multiple files and name them from command line

I need to create 300 blank files and put them in a folder on my server then name them from a list in a txt file, I have SSH access, so is it possible to do this using command line?
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Remove lines ending with a specific format in Notepad++

I've got a simple array in Notepad++: bla.vmt" bla.vtf" bla_exponent.vtf" I want to get rid of the lines ending with .vmt and _exponent.vtf.
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Batch replace specific line #s in an xml with specific text (lines) from a 2nd xml file in Windows 7

0 down vote favorite First of, I'm not a Coder or Unix guy, I'm using notepad++ v6.18 on Win7, so I'd ask that you "dumb it down" for me please :) I've noticed that on the left side of each line ...
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After 10-20 minutes of gaming, my screen has black stripes on it, and has moved a bit to the left

The problem began when I re-installed Windows 7 64-bit. The reason why I re-installed it, was because my computer was too slow on start-up, and had many viruses, so I wanted my computer to be clean. ...
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Is there a way to include individual file names in the master file I make in CMD line?

I have thousands of .prt files that I'm combining in CMD using "copy /b *.prt newfile.prt". I'm importing those into Excel, and it works just fine, other than I would love to include the individual ...
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Set a shortcut's “Start In” directory in batch file

In my case, I have an executable in a different folder to the data, and am linking them using shortcuts with the Start In dir modified, for example: C:/Test - Data dir C:/Test/3 - Exe dir Shortcut: ...
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Re-purpose CAT5 phone line to ethernet [closed]

Here is my situation -- I do not have much knowledge surrounding phone/Ethernet power networking beyond setting up a modem/router with hard wiring/wifi. I've looked up and bought an Ethernet jack ...
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Create a 7-Zip including only specified folder and excluding certain extensions. No scanning

I'm trying to create a 7-Zip archive that would compress a certain folder (only specified one!) while excluding a certain file extension. I've come up with this: "PATH-TO-7Z.EXE" a archive.7z ...
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Word 2010 - Styled paragraph separating into separate numbered lines [closed]

USING WORD 2010 I have a style "Heading 4 Par" which is a style based on Heading 4. It is a numbered style. My problem is when I apply the "Heading 4 Par" to say a 3 lined paragraph it separates ...
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How can I see more output lines in terminal?

If I give a command that has a lot of output lines in terminal, about 400, I can only see the last ~200 if I scroll up to the top. How can I go further up and see more output lines? I don't want to ...
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How do I tell what line thickness was used in a Word table?

How can I see what the line thickness setting is for a column in a table? If I go into Borders & Shading it doesn't tell me. I could click on the line, but then it changes it to whatever default ...
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Comparing 2 (or 3 Files If Possible) “Line By Line”

I want to find out the differences of 2 (or 3 files if possible) line by line. Diff utils can do this, however it gives inaccurate results. Because, 2 files have exact number of lines which is "134". ...
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Computer Freezes Up With Vertial Lines Across Screen and Audio Spazz

Here is a (terrible) photo (angled looking down) of the stripes: Notice the purplish vertical stripes that appear evenly about 1/10 of the time. My computer is randomly freezing up and showing lines ...
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Selecting range of lines in Notepad ++

How do I select specific range of lines in Notepad++ quickly? I have a text file that has over 1M of lines and I need to delete some fragments from it, but selecting lines manually just takes too much ...
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Remove first N lines from an active log file

Is there a way to remove the first N lines from a log that is being actively appended by an application?
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Screen shows only vertical colored stripes (red, green or blue) on black background

First let me point out that this has never occurred when booting Windows. So I don't think it's damage on the hardware. So, I'm booting my Inspiron 1501 laptop running Debian, and the XDM (X Display ...
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Typesetting the document which fits into marked fixed lines

I have to typeset the article such as that the output should be printed on the fixed marks that are 1.36 cm apart. In other words, the printing sheet has marked lines which are 1.36 cm apart. I have ...
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How do I use multiple commands to install setx from the command line?

just wondering how I can install setx from the command line. I want it to be a silent install with a specified directory. I know that if I type /? after the .exe it will give me the various options, ...
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Dashed lines added in Word 2010 display on screen but do not print

I am trying to make rules lines for my literacy student. The lines (solid, dashed, solid) look fine on the screen, but when I print the page, only the solid lines are printed. I am using Word 2010. I ...
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How can I make the following conversion in VLC from the commandline?

I find the command line documentation a little overwhelming, given that I know almost nothing about codecs and the like... So the following is exactly what I'm doing in VLC (1.1.11) and it would be ...
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How many characters are in one line?

Hy guys. I got a noob question, tried to look on the internet without success. Look the following notice: Linux kernel exceeds 15 million lines of code Now, how many characters are in one line ? I ...
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What is the shortest most readable way to print the n'th line of a file?

Its about Unix and Linux. Yes, there are many solutions to that, e.g. see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/011. Some of them are fast as hell (not reading the whole file) and some are slow but ...
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How to force vim to end all lines with a single linefeed character (LF)

As the title says, I need to force vim (in my case gVim) end all lines with a single linefeed character (LF). How can I do this? I'm trying to follow the standards for PHP coding, specifically ...
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excel 2007 adding mean value and variance to histogram

I have to visualize a trend and I was wondering if it is possible to show a red line over a range of data for the mean value(data range) and the variance(data range). Example: Data: a,b,c,d,... ...
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bash xterm : how to get command line before typing enter

I try to define a custom behaviour of the backward-kill-word function in bash xterm. For that, I need to catch the command line before validate it. For instances, if I type sdcds/edfdD sdf/sdf without ...
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Is there software to detect omission of thin lines in image when it is reduced in size (e.g. chinese characters)?

Is there software to detect omission of thin lines in a bitmapped image (jpg etc.) when it is reduced in size (e.g. chinese characters)? For example if the physical dimensions of an image are ...
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How to list files by file owner in Unix command?

I need to list all of the files my WD sorted alphabetically by the file owner name. Does ls have something for this?
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Learning Command Line Basics for Linux [closed]

I'm just starting to use Github and am not very familiar with using command line. Are there any good online resources for someone who is truly starting out? I would really hate to nuke an entire ...
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How do I insert line breaks into a text file - not programming, not fixed width - via find & replace

This is a different question from someone else's similarly-titled question. Neither Excel nor OpenOffice allow users to specify line delimiters, so I'm trying to replace semi-colons with line ...
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Monitoring the microphone level with a command line tool in Linux

I am looking for a tool that will tell me, in less than half a second, if the microphone is picking up any sound above a certain threshold. (I plan to then mute the Master channel with another command ...
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MySQL Command Line Client option not appearing under MySQL in Programs

I use Windows 7 OS and downloaded both SQL Server 5.1 AND ODBC driver to go with it, and successfully installed both and configured an SQL Instance. However, I now (or before installing ODBC) have no ...
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passing on command line options in bash

I have a question. I have a script, a kind of long script written in bash aprox. 370 lines. That has several functions and in those functions the user has to enter information which is then stored in ...
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Context Menu Items and command line programs

I am currently trying to create a context menu item so that you can click on an executable file and select a scan option from the context menu, a command line program will then be launched with the ...
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notepad ++ match and delete

I have the following text in notepad ++ 192.168.0.1 37 ms N/A 192.168.0.2 Dead N/S 192.168.0.3 ...
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How to simplify a polyline in AutoCAD?

I have a polyline (lines only) which has about 500 points in it. I would like to reduce the number of points in it. How can I do it in AutoCAD? (or may be some other application)? P.S. Polylines were ...
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Create Command line shortcuts in Windows 7

I'm using jsDoc to create documentations for my JavaScript files. The command I use is > java -jar jsrun.jar app\run.js -a -t=templates\jsdoc mycode.js What I want is to create a batch or ...
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Command Line Midi to Wav converter

I was wondering if anyone knew of a command line midi to wav converter?
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Linux command line utility for watching log files live?

What's a good linux command line utility for watching a log file live? It's probably obvious but I totally forgot it.
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Method to automatically dial a phone number (NOT like an autodialer)

I am working on a security camera system as a favour for some people I know. One aspect of the system is that, once movement is detected, a phone number is called (I am not trying to spam call anyone ...
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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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