Questions tagged [arguments]
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Too much arguments shown when used LOOKUP
I'm using formula LOOKUP in EXCEL 2013 as shown below:
=LOOKUP(1,0/(($B3=Master!$A:$A)*(F$2=Master!$B:$B)),Master!$C:$C,"")
But now it's jump out said I entered too many arguments for this ...
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BBEDIT multi-fil search : how to add "OR" argument in the find window?
Hi trying out latest BBedit on Ventura Apple silicon.
Have been wrapping my head around the (im)possibility to search for different strings at once in the find window, in order to have each occurrence ...
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I am trying to make a formula in excel using if blank statement for multiple cells. Possibly two different arguments
My current formula is =IF(ISBLANK(J2),M2*AB2, IF(J2>1, AC2))
Important to note my formula in M2 is =IF(ISBLANK(L2),"",L2-G2)
AB2=250 AC2= 550
The code runs as G2 gets a delivery date ...
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Excel Conditional Formatting - Using Formula as Part of a Cell Reference
I am trying to use conditional formatting to highlight a cell if it is blank and a cell in the first column of the same row is not blank. For example, if the conditional formatting is for cell D4, I ...
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Too Many Arguments
I want to add at the end of this statement if(al2="", today()-ak2,"not enough info to calc), but I am getting a "too many arguments" message. Can anyone help me? I think that ...
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Zsh: Passing multiple arguments to command (ls) from a variable ($LS_OPTIONS)
I am trying to customize ls command adding arguments to $LS_OPTIONS
The ls alias and LS_OPTIONS are defined in the default config file:
export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
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alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'
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Is there a way to pass an ffmpeg command from a text file in Windows?
I was wondering if there was a way to pass one (or multiple) arguments from a text file for ffmpeg.
I tried a bit here with this in powershell (expecting it to work like linux but to no avail
ffmpeg -...
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How do I pass arguments to `youtube-dl.exe`
I have newly installed youtube-dl.exe
How do I pass arguments to it that normally appear as
www.example.com?A=1&B=2
and also
headers
that appear as -H
Without change this gives an error:
is not ...
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On Windows 10 taskbar, can I make multiple entries having different launch arguments to same exe?
One of the limitations of the post-xp Taskbar (and Start menu) is that the entries are keyed only on the exe file, and any exe can only have one entry. That means that unlike shortcuts, you can’t have ...
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Too many arguments with IF (another one!)
I have a very complex set of arguments. I can get my spreadsheet to partially work but not fully and have to use an additional column and make manual adjustments. If anyone could help me just have a ...
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Run an exe from batch file with parameters
My younger brother loves to play a game on Sega Emulator: Gens.exe
He uses some cheats as well in the game-genie section of the emulator.
Opening game rom and adding cheats later on, is difficult for ...
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in CMD using Start to run another program, How do I pass along parameters to the called program?
I want to call another program and return while it is running
I can use this
start /MIN "Updating Local Utilities" UPutils ^&^& exit
and that works great.
But I want to pass ...
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compiling ffmpeg with fixed arguments? [closed]
I would like to compile ffmpeg with fixed arguments, ie:
ffmpeg -i rtsp://localhost/live -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f flv rtmp://remotehost/live
I can't for security reasons call it from an external ...
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Can we skip a argument in the (%*)?
How can I skip an argument like %~1 in the %*?
@echo off
title
cls
:loop
set /p command=
call :command %command%
goto :loop
:command
if "%~1"=="title"(
%~1 %*
)
goto :eof
I'm ...
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PowerShell: How to get the name of the selected file?
I run a PowerShell script from the context menu on a selected file. But I struggle to find the way to simply get the file name of this file.
The file name selected is 1.mp3 which is inside the ...
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How to pass multiple arguments?
How to pass multiple paramaters for Start a program action in Windows Task Scheduler for a batch file? There's no built-in syntax hint...
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bash script: passing arguments to mkfs
I'm writing a bash script to format my partitions. One of the commands I want to run is the following:
mkfs.btrfs -f -m single -L root /dev/sda1
So I have split that command into the options part: -...
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Dynamic Arguments for Task Scheduler
I am trying to schedule a task that runs a command with dynamic arguments.
So for example, instead of the word "Arguments" at the end of the command below, I need to pass the following arguments:
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Using the "%~dp0" with command line arguments not working
Been concocting a deployment script for a software, which needs to install Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable, in silent mode, from a moving source (aka, the folder might be on a key, on a server, ...
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How to use the command "read" on a Shell script which reads its arguments from stdin
First of all, thank you for your help in advance and sorry in case this was answered before. I have not been able to find it.
For helping to understand my question, I have written the following ...
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how to pass path 'cd' portions to a shell function?
I'm trying something like this:
function projects(){
cd;
cd Documents/projects/$1;
}
but it doesn't work. What I'd like is to pass the name of the folder to add to the base path (so resulting in,...
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List of arguments for scheduled task
When you edit the action of a Scheduled Task, there's the option of "Add arguments".
The software I use right now has the argument
-cp .\Acquisition.Jar et.EPC
I've been googling for a while and ...
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How to receive a parameter in a batch file
I have asked a question, Use an environment variable to point to an "Open With" program, which received a fantastic answer.
To add myapp.exe, residing in %MYAPPSDIR%, to the Open With ...
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How to handle the arguments flags for an .exe file? [closed]
Suppose that I'm using a program with a login page. And lets call it a.exe. Whenever I execute a.exe I face a login page with empty fields such as Username, Password, Application Server, Database ...
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Why does the ls command require a dash before its parameters but for tar command, the dash is optional?
I am new to Ubuntu and I am trying hard to understand the command line.
When I want to see the contents of a tar file I use:
tar tf tarfile.tar
But when I want to see a listing of all file if I ...
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Passing different set of arguments to the different commands in a linux bash script
I am writing a bash script foo.sh that runs too commands bar with first input argument, and baz with the second argument:
#! /bin/bash
bar "$1"
baz "$2"
Now I want to make foo.sh more flexible, ...
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Batch arguments for SSH Secure Shell in Windows 7?
I installed SSH Secure Shell to connect to my remote server, and I want to automate the process of updating my website. I was going to make a batch script to automatically push and pull from my site ...
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How can I convince an older person to at least **try** to learn how to use a PC? [closed]
I have no clue if this is the right forum.
My father who is in his mid 50's basically always asks me to fix things, help him with random IT related things.
It is definitely fine to help, but most of ...
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How can I run an application with arguments from Windows Explorer?
Is there an easy way to launch an application from Windows Explorer with arguments? Or do I have to actually run them from the command line?
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Command line 7Zip to extract file by specified result path
Is it possible to make 7Zip extract one file by name from archive to specified full path (including new filename)?
I've found only:
7zip e <archive> -o<resultDirectory> <filemask>
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