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Gnuwin32, makefile, mkdir -p?

The CMD mkdir does not support -p switch anymore on Windows 8+ systems. That's why you get this error. As I said in the comment, don't expect that one makefile/script will run on both Windows and ...
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use bsdtar to generate zip file

From https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdtar&sektion=1: -a, --auto-compress (c mode only) Use the archive suffix to decide a set of the for- mat and the compressions. So, you ...
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Sed for windows

Appreciate this is an old question however if you have Git Bash installed you can use a lot of unix features (sed /ssh / scp/ grep) in a Windows environment.
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what's the least-painfull way to have less on Windows?

What's the least painful/least intrusive choice for making less available [on Windows]? Arguably, the least painful/intrusive choice is the individual GnuWin32 less package. It is basically just less ...
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sed without regex

Q: Is there any formula to escape the special characters? Q: Is there any universal rule for escape sequence? A: You can use the corresponding hex code for special characters, in cases where just ...
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