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How do I copy text from vim on a remote host in Terminal, to local MacOS clipboard?
I've googled the heck out of this but nothing I try solves the problem. Help?
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I'm running vim on a remote linux machine, which I ssh to in Terminal.app.
I have root on the remote machine, so ...
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What are the uses for all computer/host/dhcp names?
This question is meant to be specific to a home network.
Windows, Linux, and MacOS computers all have a host name. In addition, MacOS computers have a computer name and a local host name. And when a ...
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Mac Partitioning Error (-69624)
I'm trying to create a partition on my Mac so I can run Debian, but whenever I try to partition my disk I get this error:
I've factory reset my Mac, and tried partitioning in recovery mode. I'm not ...
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iterm2: Any good way to clear a plain-text password from terminal screen without deleting entire scrollback? [duplicate]
I occasionally need to set env vars with passwords or pin numbers or the like, and they appear in my backscroll. No one looks at my terminal or anything, but it would be nice to be able to clear my ...
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scp: ambiguous target when attempting to copy directory with an apostrophe and spaces in the name
I am trying to use scp to copy a directory by using ssh through windows terminal to connect to my mac and then use scp to copy a folder to my raspberry pi; I have tried many variations such as
scp -r &...
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FAT32 partition unusual storage usage on MacOS
I have Linux installed on a second partition on my MacBook Air M1 running MacOS Ventura. To share data between the two systems, I shrunk the system partition in MacOS, then booted into Linux and ...
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How can I make Samba's vfs fruit work with large macOS extended attributes on a Linux kernel?
I have a macOS client (12.6.7) with APFS filesystem that supports large extended attributes (one attribute value being over 68 MB in a test).
I have a NAS server with Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS with ...
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Samba can not parse path when connect Time machine
I used freshtomato on Netgear R7000, and I wanted to make it as a time machine, so i installed Samba and Avahi, so I can find my hard drive in system preferences of macOS. But, mac keept asking me the ...
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How to publish binary executables as homebrew taps for both MacOS and Linux?
I have a CLI tool, written in Rust, which I have successfully compiled and uploaded as my own Homebrew "tap" on GitHub at https://github.com/RandomStudio/homebrew-tether
Installation is as ...
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Where does Firefox save images, by default?
Firefox has the prominent configurable option where to save files when I select the "Save Link As" action. However, this does not seem to apply to images I want to download by right-clicking ...
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Does Ispell send any of the checked data to a server?
Does Ispell only use local dictionaries, or does it send any of the checked data to a server?
The best answer I can find is that it is up to the implementation, and the only open-source repository I ...
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ssh localhost, getting permission denied (password). (Windows 11)
I am trying to ssh into my windows 11 machine from my mac but continue getting a Permission denied, please try again. After a couple of failed attempts I get username@localhost: Permission denied (...
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socat accepting the connection but ignoring the bytes that get sent
I am trying connect to serial adapter over TCP using socat.
This is something that is even covered in the official documentation and should (in theory) just work.
I first start the server
$ socat -d -...
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Does the unix words file change over time or between systems? [closed]
Is the Unix "words" file (e.g at /usr/share/dict/words) pretty standard? I.e, can I generally rely on, for example, the 200th word in the file to be the same word between a fedora and an ...
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What happens to a file/directory after you remove it with rm -rf but is still open in VS Code or anorhet app?
This happens me a lot. I remove directory with rm -rf but see it is still open in an application such as VS Code.
My concern is that does it cause some folders to be copied for VS Code to be still ...
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