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Set default editor [duplicate]
I would like to configure a program named howdy which allows you to login using your face.
For this I need to edit the config file to add the path to my camera.
However when I execute sudo howdy ...
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What is the Unix equivalent of `cat` for TempleOS?
If I want to cat or a list the contents of a file on the page, what is the TempleOS-equivalent of that command?
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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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shell - multiple text insertion into each line of a file
I have a text containing coordinates of points such as x, y and z, I would like to change each line to be like:
Point{ (1000+linenumber) } = {x , y, z};
What I want is: for example for line 212 ...
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Prevent cat from opening a binary file
Is there a way to prevent or prompt you when trying to cat binary files?
Oftentimes I need to work with log files or data files, some of which are text and others not. It's easy to get mixed up, and ...
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Combining multiple data files with header while also adding a data column
I have multiple tab delimited data files that are separated by month in the format jan06.txt, feb06.txt, ..., dec07.txt.
Within each file, it looks something like:
Header1 Header2 Header3 ...
Data1 ...
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What will happen when I 'cat' 'ksh'?
I used the following command in my unix box.
$ cat ksh
And it gave a rolling log of latin and greek letters and symbols and it kept on going with no signs of stopping. Eventually I had to close my ...
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cat file that contains escaped characters to netcat
I'm trying to test a webserver with some HTTP request written in a file.
GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n
Right now I'm feeding that file to netcat like this:
cat files | nc localhost 80
However, the \r\n ...
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Linux shellscript combine all files without for loop
I have hundreds of files in one directory, is there a simple command or pipes of command I can use to append them together? I don't want to use any loops.
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