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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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How to use the Dell PowerEdge as a normal server?
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950. How do I set it up to be a normal computer?
When I try to install ubuntu it does not see any of the harddrives.
I read somewhere that I have to set up RAID before I can ...
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How to use Volume Shadows Copy and Robocopy on Win7?
I’d like to backup my system with Robocopy and Powershell, but Robocopy is not able to copy open files. Volume Shadows Copy seems a solution but I can’t find any clear and simple explanation on how to ...
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How to unload a Windows driver?
I'm looking for a cmd-line solution to stop a Windows driver that I had installed manually.
The installing procedure was the following:
sc create MyDrv type= kernel start= demand binPath= "C:\MyDrv....
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Linux: Browsing Windows file shares with a tree view
In the Thunar file manager, tree view does not expand for 'Network' section even once I click device name,
It is possible to browse .gvfs, but it has problems with file deletion ('can not find trash ...
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less emulate a TTY to preserve piped color output
When you pipe something through less, the program usually discards color codes because it's not outputting to a TTY. So you have to add --color=always to the options for it to work.
ls -l --color=...
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Listing all Firefox keywords at the same time?
This thread, Search keyword conflict in firefox, illustrates how it possible to see what keywords your bookmarks have in Firefox. However, when you select Bookmarks > Show all bookmarks and add the ...
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.profile not running when I start a bash terminal
When I start a bash terminal, my .profile is not being executed. I do not have a ~/.bash_profile or a ~/.bash_login, so .profile is supposed to run, right? What else could be wrong?
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Google Chrome Bookmark Synch overwrote my bookmarks--how can I get them back?
This is a strange one.
I have had bookmark synching turned on for two OS X machines for some months now. Today, I noticed that my bookmarks have disappeared. It seems that an older version of the ...
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Bash Script: Invalid argument
Why can't I use echo $1 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness in a simple bash script?
It gives me the error: echo: write error: Invalid argument.
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Deleting file with reserved characters via SSH
While developing a server-side application, I accidentally created a couple of files that are named similar to this:
<?php echo $_GET[\'team\'] ?>files.json
Even after I add the necessary ...
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is it important to pair RAM by manufacturer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any benefits to using identical memory modules?
I have a pair of mismatched RAM sticks in my laptop (slots 3 & 4 in the following image):
I have a matching ...
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Binding Super+C Super+V to Copy and Paste
For some time I've been interested in binding the Windows Key (Super_L) on my keyboard to Copy and Paste for no other reason but convenience and consistency between my desktop and my MacBook.
I ...
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Windows Vista crashes, one of the fans might not be working
My computer has been crashing lately so I did a test with SpeedFan. Here's a screendump.
This isn't telling me much except that one of the fans might not be working. The picture is taking no other ...
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How to know if the BIOS in my Macbook Pro is running in EFI mode or BIOS emulation mode when in Linux
I totally replaced OSX with Linux.
In Ubuntu 10.10, how can I tell which mode the BIOS is running in?
Is it better to have it running in EFI mode?
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Where are Space and BackSpace defined?
I would like to put the right-arrow key on Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-BackSpace to see if that is comfortable for keeping me on / close to home row when I'm not in VIM. Here is the top stanza of my symbols/...
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How come sites like Google/Facebook/etc. don't get DDOS'd even though they receive so many requests?
Something I don't understand:
(Tens/hundreds of?) thousands of people simultaneously try to connect to a site like facebook.com or google.com.
From what I understand, they must all necessarily ...
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How can grub pass any custom variable into system enviroment?
I want to identify which menu entry has been lauched in rc scripts.
So is it possible to pass any variable into my system via kernel argument?
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File sync and version control on LAN with a Drobo?
I work in a office with another video producer and we have a networked Drobo. Currently we are using Backuplist+ to sync files to a common folder between our Mac Pro's. Works fine, but it's hard to ...
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Network routing issue
Here is the situation.
I've turned server ns1 (a dual-homed linux box) into a router by enabling ip_forwarding on it (echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward)
Server ns1:
eth0: 10.10.0.200/24 (...
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command line alias versus .bash_profile alias
when I create this alias from the command line everything works fine
alias ejecta='for I in 1 2 3; do /usr/sbin/diskutil unmountDisk disk$I;done'
When the same alias is created in .bash_profile. the ...
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create a private network with router
I would like to create a private network off of my work production network. I'm going to be testing some software on this network, and I can't have any traffic from the test boxes interfering with ...
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Starting program on boot with screen
Here is my script in init.d (Debian Linux)
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/blah
#
# Some things that run always
touch /var/lock/McMyAdmin
# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case "$...
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How do I choose what shows up in PuTTY title bar from Linux?
In the PuTTY configuration there's an option in Terminal → Features called Disable remote-controlled window title changing. Without that enabled, the title bar of PuTTY will change every time I ...
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How can I automate converting AVIs to mp4 and stuff them in iTunes?
I know I can use Handbrake to do this all by hand, but I'd like to automate the process. I'm on a Mac, so as a first step, I've tried downloading ffmpeg for the Mac but it's a nightmare to get it ...
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Where does yum save the RPM files it downloads?
Is there a temporary folder I can find the RPM's that yum downloads to install programs? During an installation yum shows the exact name of the RPM file but I don't know how to find it. How can I ...
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Microsoft Windows Licensing, transferring from old to "complete" new PC
In an question i asked, it seems that one phone call will help to transfer the licensed copy of windows to the replaced hardware
Windows Licensing: Validity of transferring between burnt/working ...
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Using the middle mouse button to switch between workspaces in Gnome
In XFCE when I put the mouse over the workspace switcher in the taskbar and roll the middle mouse button, it switches the workspaces.
When I do this in a Gnome session, nothing happens.
So now what?
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Microsoft Outlook 2010 does not show upcoming appointments
I see the message, "No upcoming appointments." However, there are upcoming appointments (even some for today) and they don't show unless I click on the calendar.
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Search exe file for English words
I am trying to find out if there are open source components in an app I found online. I have skimmed the file in a Hex editor but can't spend the hours that would be required going line by line ...
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Does change of tcp_keepidle or any of the tcp parameters require a reboot(AIX)?
AIX 5.3
oslevel -r
5300-12
We require to change the tcp_keepidle value using :
no -o <tcp_parameter>= <...
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Preserve icon with rsync
I was under the impression from here among other research, that rsync was the command used to sync directories and any contents they have.
I have tried the following commands:
rsync -avzr ~/...
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Skype and Bluetooth audio - very weird behavior
I'm having a very curious problem with Skype audio that has me
stumped. Here's the setup:
I am on my desktop system, which is Intel Core i7, Win7x64, lots
of memory and disk.
I use a Bluetooth ...
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Failed sharing my first file with BitTorrent
I read some tutorials, but for some reason, I can't download the file:
On the source PC (ie. the one that has the file I want to share), I launched uTorrent, chose File > Create New Torrent, and ...
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Disable Drag-&-Drop in Windows Explorer (left column only) [duplicate]
I'd like to disable drag-and-drop in Windows Explorer but only on when the source is the left column (directory tree), however.
Better still, I'd like to enable drag-&-drop ONLY when I'm dragging ...
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Which CD-based antivirus can scan ICH10 RAID1 array?
I need to scan my Windows 7 system while booted from CD. However, my system is installed on ICH10 (Intel Matrix Storage) RAID1 array. I tried AVG Rescue CD, however it didn't detect my RAID array.
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This line in .vimrc causes vim to open in "c" mode?
I cannot understand why having this line:
nmap <C-[> :tabprevious<cr>
... causes vim to open up immediately in "c" (change?) mode. This is one half of a pair of mappings that I like to ...
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Fuse installation issue: "cannot remove `/sbin/mount.fuse': Permission denied"
I have non-root access to a SUSE enterprise linux system. I need to use FUSE but the FUSE libraries are not installed on it (fuse itself is installed on it though). Hence I am attempting to install ...
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How to rename and move files to new directory
I would like to rename a file that is uploaded to another server from extension .txt to .txt_mvd and move to a different directory for archiving in a Windows batch mode. Can anyone help with what the ...
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How can I set sound to mute by default, but automatically "un-mute" when I plug in headphones in Windows 7?
I want my Windows 7 machine to autmatically un-mute when I plug in headphones, and then return to mute when i unplug them.
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Debian never use router gateway address in resolv.conf
Debian never use router gateway address in resolv.conf
How could I setup Debian to (never use router as Domain Name resolver)does not display the router gateway address (nameserver 192.168.1.1) in /...
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How to know which RAM slots are in use in a Macbook Pro?
I'd like to upgrade the memory of a 15" Macbook Pro. It came with 4GB out of the box, but I don't know if it came as 1x4GB or 2x2GB.
Is there a way to know that, before unscrewing the computer?
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How to restore Windows Firewall after some malware deleted its service?
Yesterday I visited some web site, and apparently got infected via some Flash exploit. Microsoft Security essentials immediately kicked in, and displayed a warning about four items:
> Trojan:Win64/...
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Why won't WIndows XP recognize my network adapter?
I have used Everest to determine that my network adapter is a RealTek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter and installed the appropriate driver. But I can't see any Local Area Connection in my Network ...
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Auto save all visited pages in Firefox [closed]
I searched for this on Google, but I could not find it. So is there any add-on which automatically saves all the pages I visit in some cache, so that I can access them in offline mode also?
I am ...
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In Firefox, how can I open new tabs when the spinner is green?
I'm currently using Firefox 10.0, but I've had this problem as long as I've been using the broswer - so most of 3 and the later versions of 2.
When I am browsing the web, firefox will exhibit this ...
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Batch producing PDFs from a sequence of URLs/multiple URLs
Does anyone know of a way of making PDFs from a sequence of URLS/multiple URLs for webpages? For example, I want to print individual PDFs from a batch of webpages via their URLs. Is there an ...
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Grep fail to ouptut to a pipe?
I'm having problems with grep filtering of make output. In particular,
make target 2>&1 | grep -E --color=never "^make.*"
works as expected, but the following will print no output to the ...
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Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates
I recently installed a bunch of updates from the Windows update site. Now, some of the previously installed enterprise Java applications on my computer are not functioning properly, so I would like ...
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Using a Linux/Unix terminal to copy many files to a new location
I'm trying to use the a Linux terminal to copy many files to a new location. I tired the command:
sudo locate -i file_I_want | xargs cp $1 /place_I_want_everything_copied_to/
Which, gives an error. ...
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