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Batch convert encoding in files
How can I batch-convert files in a directory for their encoding (e.g. ANSI → UTF-8) with a command or tool?
For single files, an editor helps, but how can I do the mass files job?
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Permissions on private key in .ssh folder?
I changed my permissions in my .ssh folder and now when I use a piece of software that uses my private key, I have to type my password each time. What should my permissions be on my id_rsa file to ...
Jody G
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What is a file system which has r/w on all major OSes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cross-platform filesystem
What is a file system which has r/w on all OSes like windows, linux and Mac.
Windows comes with FAT and NTFS support and EXT3 support can be added. ...
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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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Watch Filesystem in Real Time on OS X and Ubuntu
I'm looking for a CLI tool which will watch a directory and spit out the names of files that change in real time.
some_watch_command /path/to/some/folder | xargs some_callback
I'm aware of inotify (...
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OS X keeps "losing" my Linux Samba shares
I have a Linux server (Ubuntu 8.10) and a Macbook (10.5.7).
The Linux server has some Samba shares which I mount on the Macbook.
They are set to mount on boot using the "Open Applications at Startup" ...
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Terminal new window always shows -bash: Searching: command not found
When open terminal, it always shows -bash: Searching: command not found. It does not affect other functions, just each time, even though open a new terminal window, it still pops up at the top of the ...
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What's the equivalent of Linux's updatedb command for the Mac?
If I want to use the locate command on a Linux machine, I usually run sudo updatedb first to update the database. I can run the locate command on OS X 10.5 but I can't find updatedb. What's the ...
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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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No /mnt/hgfs in Ubuntu guest under VMWare Fusion
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 inside of VMware Fusion Pro 5. I have the virtual machine configured for read-only sharing of my home directory, but there's no /mnt/hgfs directory and there's no /etc/...
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How to list files recursively and sort them by modification time?
How do I list all files under a directory recursively and sort the output by modification time?
I normally use ls -lhtc but it doesn't find all files recursively. I am using Linux and Mac.
ls -l on ...
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How do I disable indexing in a specific directory across multiple platforms?
I have some files that will be accessed across several platforms (Mac OS X and Windows 7 mainly, but I wouldn't rule out Linux in the future) and I do not want these files indexed by the search ...
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POSTing a file's contents with CURL
(The following is backstory, you can jump down to "Question:" if you'd like)
There's a webpage for one of my courses that accepts input text (expected to be Python code) and then gives some tokenized ...
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Address VMWare Fusion Linux guest by hostname?
I have a Ubuntu Server 9.04 image set up in VMWare Fusion 3.0.0, using the NAT option for the guest's network connection. From the Mac host, I can ssh to the linux guest just fine using it's IP ...
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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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