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Get part of script run directory in bash
I'm running a Bash script that's buried in a directory on my system. I need to be able to get the first section of the directory path.
The path returned by $0 in my script is as below. The ...
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function to automatically remove special characters from file names during saving in MacOS X
I'm often creating PDF files from web pages in MacOS X (10.6) and very often I have the problem that the automatically proposed file name (based on the name of the web page) contains many special ...
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What SQL can be used to extract a first and last name from a mixture of name fields
Name field can be a mixture of formats, for example: Mr. First Last, Mr First Last, First M Last, First M. Last, First Last Snr, First M Last Snr, First Last-Last, etc.
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VI make every first letter that comes after a underscore uppercase
Found this site:
http://unix.t-a-y-l-o-r.com/VMswitch.html
And it works for the first character but my lines are line this
this_is_a_string
And I would like this
This_Is_A_String
Any ...
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How to extract two numbers from two strings and calculate the difference in Bash?
I have a text file which contains (among others) the following lines:
{chapter}{{1}Einleitung}{27}{chapter.1}
{chapter}{{2}Grundlagen}{35}{chapter.2}
How can I
get the 2 lines from this text ...
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Tool to manipulate text in web form fields?
I'm looking for a way to manipulate text in form fields. For example, if I have a large textarea "body" field, from my browser I want to be able to highlight a piece of text in that textarea, for ...
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Shell: Find and replace word
I have a string in my shell script which is in a fixed format : '[STATUS REPORT] PROJECT'.
When user executes my shell script he will be asked to provide a value for 'PROJECT'.
I would like to ...
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How can I format a text field in Microsoft Access Report Designer?
I have a field (a string) that looks like this: '0000000840509001' when printed on my report. I want it to look like this: '84-05-090.01'. Is there any way to do this at the report design level?
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Delete all occurences of any word matching a partial string in sed
Assume that I have the following line:
group blue:green yellow green redtomblue black !greyTOMwhilte !purple redblue
I need to delete from it all words that contain the string "tom" or "TOM" using ...
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Extract emails from gmail
I have a website with a contact form.
Once the user fills in the form, an email is being sent to my gmail in the following syntax:
From: Contact us form
<contact-us-form@example.com>
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Reverse Name order in Notepad++
I have a load of names in a file in the format Lastname, Firstname:
Williams, Hywel
Williams, Mark
Williams, Roger
Williams, Stephen
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Is there a simple way of reversing them in ...
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How to extract part of a string, in Windows batch file?
If I have a variable in a batch (cmd) file that looks like "Abc_123", and I want to end up with a variable that has just "123", is there any built-in way to do this?
I'm not terribly picky about the ...
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How to convert a single line of Hex numbers into a multi-row Excel table?
I'm currently at some hex strings in a video game's data files. The structure is:
XX 01 YY YY (then repeats)
Where:
XX is the item's cost
01 is unknown (it won't matter)
YY YY is the item's ID.
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What the best program for string manipulation [closed]
I would like to know the best program (Surely a text editor) to make string manipulation like string substituion.
By the way, I would like to do the next:
String manipulation of type String ...
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String manipulation of type String substitution in mathematical expression
Imagine something like
exp(49/200)+(x-49/200)
I want to pass as argument of the function "roundn" whatever operation that is not a addtion or a subtraction
So my expresion became
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Replace cell formatting with text in Excel?
I received an Excel document that has data that looks like the following:
A B C
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1 |F:\folderName | | |
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How Do I Parse a String?
I am new to bash, and I am creating a script that loops through the files in a directory and based on part of the filename, does something with the file, so far I have this:
#!/bin/bash
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Any Excel function that will reverse a string?
Are there any built-in Excel functions that will reverse a string?
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How do I do a string replace in all PHP files recursively on Linux?
I have a function name that was misspelled, and I want to change it. The function is called in many places of the project.
How can I do this with a Linux command on SUSE?
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Excel string extract
I have a string in a cell:
ABCDxxxxxEFGH
ABCD and EFGH are constant, xxxxx is of variable length.
I want to write an excel formula to extract xxxxx.
