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sshfs mounting linux directory from mac stopped working
Until this morning, I'd been using sshfs quite nicely to mount a directory from a linux machine in my office. Today, it stopped. Here's my sshfs command:
sshfs -osshfs_sync,volname=linux-builder3 ...
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Tmux key bindings not working
I installed tmux using homebrew on Mac OSX Lion a while back. Suddenly the keybindings have stopped working. For example if I try Ctrl-b then c (Create new window) it just types c in the terminal ...
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What is the Unix PATH variable and how do I add to it?
Many programming tutorials ask users to add something to their PATH but don't explain what it is. The existing resources that explain the PATH to users new to the command line are not very good.
What ...
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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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How can I allow other computers to use my local SOCKS SSH tunnel?
I often use an SSH tunnelling on my computer, using a SOCKS proxy.
ssh -D 1234 example.com
However, this only accepts local connections. I would like other systems on my network to be able to use ...
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How do I make "bash -x" (debug mode) recurse into sourced scripts?
I'm trying to debug what bash does on login initialization for Linux. I've read that "bash -x" will make bash print out what it's doing, but it doesn't print commands in sourced files like "set -x" ...
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Expanding globs in xargs
I have a directory like this
mkdir test
cd test
touch file{0,1}.txt otherfile{0,1}.txt stuff{0,1}.txt
I want to run some command such as ls on certain types of files in the directory and have the * (...
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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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Will a Mac help me learn Linux?
I worked with a Mac last week for the first time ever. I noticed that the shell is very similar to Linux. I normally develop on a Windows machine and tend to be a noob at all things Linux. Will a Mac ...
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How to have multiple windows in a SSH terminal session?
From Mac OSX I login to a remote server that handles parallel computing jobs. I am not able to install anything on this server as it is administered by the university.
I have multiple jobs running and ...
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How to stop the 'd' key from minimizing all windows in Ubuntu 10.10 when connected with Nomachine?
When I connect to my Ubuntu box from any Mac OS X 10.6 client (Snow Leopard) using Nomachine, the 'd' key minimizes all windows on my Ubuntu box. I found another post here that says the issue can be ...
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Creating an OS X PKG file on Linux?
I have Debian / Ubuntu / Xubuntu. I'm trying to distribute and run a Python file with the least number of clicks for the end user. How do I create a PKG file for Mac OS X on Linux?
Edit:
I think I ...
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Bandwidth monitor for Mac OS X?
This is similar to the question:
Does software exist to log all download / upload usage?
But, I want to know what options are out there for OS X? This includes Dashboard widgets and standard ...
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Is there a way to output the status of dd (on OS X) during the copy process?
I am using dd to copy iso images to a thumb drive. Is there a way to output the status of dd during the copy process?
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PDF to text convertor [closed]
I'm looking for a "one-click" way of taking ANY PDF and converting it to plain text. Ideally on OSX or Linux.
Ideally, the solution would include OCR functionality, but it need not necessarily.
The ...
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