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Lookup and return value based on sub-string match
Is there a formula or script that will match sub-strings from one column in another column and return the full value of the sub-string match? e.g.
Input
COL_a COL_b
name ...
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Windows XP alt-tab: How to restrict options to certain applications, in certain order and exclude others?
In Windows XP, Alt-tab keypress sequence to select applications, how can I ensure that certain applications always appear, in a certain order, with others always excluded?
Background for asking is ...
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In terminal, take value of numbers into account when using ls
When listing directories in Bash, I would like the value of numbers to be taken into account.
Currently this is the output I get:
$ ls
test_1.txt
test_11.txt
test_12.txt
test_2.txt
test_3.txt
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How to reverse the order of multiline text sections separated by blank newlines/line breaks?
How to reverse the order of multiline text sections separated by blank newlines/line breaks...
..., with a simple command or application, preferably without programming?
I don't want a sort, but a ...
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How do I reorder the pages opened on startup Google Chrome?
I've got a number of pages set to open when I start Google Chrome (1), but I'd like to change their order. There's no option on the Options dialog Basics tab for reordering the pages (2):
Where ...
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Reorder applications and other login items on OS X
How can I reorder aplications and other login items on OS X 10.6 since System Preferences doesn't give us that power.
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Comma separated values (literally, not csv) in the same cell in excel, put in individual cells
I have a column of cells in excel which contain mails, some only contain one mail as they should but others, have more than one email per cell in this format:
one@example.com, two@example.com, ...
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Where does Windows Explorer store the ordering of file item menus, like Start & Quick Launch?
In the Favorites menu for example, Windows Explorer allows the user to move files and folders around within each sub-menu, and "remembers" the ordering. Where is that ordering information stored?
The ...
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How to affect order of firefox addons?
For example, one add-on changes URLs (Long URL Plase), the other shows additional information for them (WoT), but for unchanged URL.
How to make "Long URL Please" run before "WoT"?
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Upstart Help: Change Ubuntu 10.04 Service Boot Order
I am having an issue with the order in which services start up in Ubuntu 10.04. My workstations are configured to use winbind to connect to my Domain Controller for authentication.
The problem is ...
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GNU sort by case-sensitive
The sort utility in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) always sort by case-insensitive, just like if you specify --ignore-case to it.
The two sort just give the same result:
echo -e "c\nb\nB\na" | sort
echo -e ...
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How do I create a tar file in alphabetical order?
I want to create a tar file where all of the directories and files are processed in alphabetical order. This is for the entire directory hierarchy that's being tarred up, so it would start by ...
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Why I lose bibliography numbering when I switch to IEEE - Alphabetic Order style in Word 2007?
When I use IEEE - Reference Order style for my Bibligraphy table I get the references numbers OK. Well formated as [2].
But when I switch to Alphabetic Order style I lose the numbers, and in their ...
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Change icon order for .ico file
.ico file contains icon with various size in particular order. Is there any utility to change this order in .ico file?
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Mac OS X software always order files alphabetically rather than by type
I have noticed many Mac applications sort the files alphabetically rather than by type. A good example would be Coda by panic.com. The files in the file menu are organized alphabetically. I ...
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How to reorder Empathy IM Client Contact List Groups?
Does anyone know how to manually rearrange the default contact list groups so they aren't in alphabetical order?
I'm using Empathy 2.30.0.1 Ubuntu 10.04.
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How can we control the device driver load order in Windows XP? [closed]
We are trying to install both an HP scanner and a Kodak scanner on an XP machine and the problem is that HP's scanner driver always places itself into the first and default scanner device position. We ...
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What's the logic behind the Ctrl-Tab order in Internet Explorer 7?
Using Ctrl+Tab in Internet Explorer 7 (on Windows XP) seems to follow no sequence that I can work out.
Using Shift+Ctrl+Tab even jumps around with no clear logic in what tab order is being followed.
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Windows “save” dialog listing files in reverse alphabetical order by default
Imagine this: no matter which software, when I hit "SAVE", the file explorer dialog that appears is listing my files in reverse-alpha order. This happens by default on all folders and is just an ...
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How can I have Excel reorder my rows correctly?
Sorry for the vague question. Let me explain.
I am pulling data from my company's database. One of the columns is the line number on a Sales Order. However, the way our system works is that if an SO ...
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Does the order of command options in linux matter?
For example, when I entered either:
gcc -O hello.c -c
Or
gcc hello.c -c -O
Both did not complain.
Does the order of command options matter?
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Albums order in iTunes: order by artist, then by year
I use iTunes (in OSX) with the grid view, and the albums are by default ordered by artist.
Within each artist, the albums are ordered alphabetically by album name.
I'd like to have an ordering by ...
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What's up with tab order on my Mac?
So, I just got my first Mac. It is slick, and I feel like I don't know how to do anything, but overall it is a great machine. However, I am becoming frustrated with the tab order in most web pages.
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Windows Task Manager process ordering
Is there any rhyme or reason to the default ordering of the Windows Task Manager processes tab under Windows XP? It seems totally random.
And when sorting by CPU or memory, why do they default to ...
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How do you sort bookmarks in Safari alphabetically?
I have a lot of bookmarks in Safari and I would like to sort them alphabetically. It's a pain to do it manually, and I don't seem to find a "Sort alphabetically" menu option.
Is this at all possible?
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How do I reorder the playlist items in the VLC playlist window?
In the VLC playlist window, I can't seem to drag the items around to change their order. Is that normal? In every other media player I've used before, this is possible.
At the moment I'm resorting to ...
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SATA disks boot order?
I have a computer with 4 SATA disks connected, 2 to the motherboard and 2 to a PCI-card.
I've moved all the disks from other computers so 2 of them already has windows installed, the other 2 has just ...
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How do I Reorder Recent Items[Applications] in Start Menu?
I am using the "recent items" feature of the Start Menu in Win7, but the only problem is the most used items are closer to the top, while the least used are at the bottom.
I think it would be more ...
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Sorting files (images) and then renaming them automatically according to the sort
We want to sort image files in a directory and want them to renamed according to the order we gave.
Is there a tool that can do this?
(os: windows xp)
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Move icons around freely in Windows 7
I just installed a pre-RTM build of Windows 7 that I downloaded from Microsoft, so this may have changed in the RTM version, but I do not think so. (EDIT: Same thing in the released version.)
In ...
