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Linux / OS X tar incompatibility – tarballs created on OS X give errors when untarred in Linux
When I tar up files on my Macbook and untar them in Linux, I repeatedly get the following warnings/errors:
tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.ino'
tar: Ignoring unknown extended ...
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How do I get the size of a Linux or Mac OS X directory from the command-line? [duplicate]
What command do I use to find the size of all the files (recursively) in a Linux or Mac OS X directory?
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What is the equivalent of the Linux command "sudo fdisk -l" in MacOS?
In Linux, the command sudo fdisk -l produces an output that lists all the disks and partitions in the computer. Here is an example:
If I try to use sudo fdisk -l in MacOS X 10.7.5, the output is the ...
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How to pipe text from command line to the clipboard
I'd like to do something like
dir *.* > clipboard
ie. get to get the standard output of a command line program copied to the clipboard. Can this be done on a standard XP machine without ...
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How does Mac's command line compare to Linux?
I love Ubuntu Linux - especially the commmand line. But I have to admit that, at least for now, Windows is more user-friendly - there's more software for it, more drivers, and more stuff just works.
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Replace OS X's shell commands with the linux versions?
The commands available by default in the Terminal in OS X, don't seem to behave like their linux versions. How can I replace all of them with the actual GNU linux commands?
For example sed -i ...
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What is the terminal command other than ctrl + c to exit a running Node.js program in a macOS?
In Linux terminal if I run a command like:
$ node httserver.js
The command runs and by doing ctrl + c the program is terminated and new line comes in terminal for us to enter a command.
I felt ctrl ...
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Command line tool to identify audio file specs
I'm looking for an audio file equivalent to ImageMagick's identify command.
For example, with identify, I can get brief information about a bunch of images:
% identify b*
banner1.jpg JPEG 134x614 ...
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How to force ls terminal command to show results in Bytes while I have set the default to ls -h in bash profile?
I am following the snippet here to improve my terminal command in Mac OSX.
It sets the default value of ls results to human-readable by exporting alias ls='ls -GFh' to bash profile file. This is very ...
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How do I recursively remove subdirectories and files, but not the first parent directory?
I'm able to use the following to remove the target directory and recursively all of its subdirectories and contents.
find '/target/directory/' -type d -name '*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
However, I ...
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How do I get GNU screen not to start in my home directory in OS X?
GNU Screen (screen) behaves differently on OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) compared to Linux (at least Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Gentoo) and OS X 10.4 (Tiger). In 10.5 and 10.6, new screens (...
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Unzip returns "Unsupported compression method 14"
I recently downloaded a large number of GIS data files from a government agency to a file server and need to unzip all of them via the command line. However, unzip filename.zip is returning "...
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What does an arrow ("->") symbol mean on the command line?
I'm working with Terminal (Mac OS X), but I think this is a built-in part of Linux. Sometimes, when I execute a command, Terminal returns a new, indented line with just -> on the line. It seems ...
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How to run a bash script via absolute path?
I have a file:
/Users/danylo.volokh/test/test_bash_script.sh
Content is very simple:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "-- print from script"
I'm in folder "danylo.volokh"
This command runs fine:
Danilos-...
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In Bash (Mac/Linux terminal shell), can the up and down arrow keys be made to function as they do in text editors?
In text editors, if I press the up and down arrow keys, it moves the cursor between lines of text.
In Bash, if I’m typing a long command that spans multiple lines and I press the up and down arrow ...
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