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BASH - combine .md files from subdirectories into a master .md
We have a growing list of subdirectories and we would like to summarize the content in each with a .txt or .md file. We would then like to consolidate those readmes into a single master readme. We ...
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How to source from stdout for both Linux and macOS?
On Linux I can do:
source <(cat .env | grep ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK)
But on macOS, this doesn't do anything (no error, and no source)
What can I use for macOS?
Is there a command that works both on ...
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"echo $VAR | base64 -di > file" fail to execute on MacOS
On Linux I can do:
echo ${ANDROID_KEYSTORE} | base64 -di > android/keystores/staging.keystore
But on MacOS, the same commands gives:
base64: option requires an argument -- i
Usage: base64 [-hvDd] ...
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How to use ls command to show all the files including hidden files, but not showing the files named '.' and '..'
The working directories contains several subdirectories, and each subdirectory contains some hidden files that start with ..
How could I use the ls command to display all the files including the ...
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Two users (admin + non-admin) what is the right usage of su/sudo?
I have two users on a macos. U1 is a non-admin user and U2 is a admin user.
I cannot add U1 to the sudoers. Is there a way to use U2 to act as if it was U1 issuing sudo <command>?
My thinking:
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Is the macOS/Linux shell the same thing as Bash?
sorry if this is a silly question, but are there any differences between Bash and the macOS/Linux shell? (not all Linux distros use the Bash shell right?)
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Filter stdin of process executed with socat client
My question is: is there a way to pre-process the stdin of a command executed via socat client.
Context:
I am launching a reverse shell with socat using this command:
$> socat -T30 "openssl-...
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Including chmod in shell script - will it work for everyone?
I have a large wrapper.sh file which does a lot of things, but in the end runs catalina.sh tomcat.
Problem is that users who run this wrapper.sh are experiencing error: no permissions to execute ...
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Terminal opens with a command not found error
I checked the .bash_profile and .zprofile, but it is empty.
Also .bashrc or .zshrc do not exist in my home directory.
Terminal window
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Unable to redirect `coproc` streams using FD 5 and 6, but not 3 and 4. Why?
On OSX, while attempting to expose a service implemented as a bash script, and started with coproc, to a client implemented as a bash script, by passing the IO streams of the service to the client, I ...
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Sort files by date added not modified
I am trying to open the last application that was added to the /Applications directory on MacOS.
For now, in order to find the latest app and open it, I run:
open -a "$(ls -t1 /Applications/ | head -...
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What does this rm -r command do in following usecase on mac terminal?
First I'm directing to the destination folder by below command
cd /Users/myname/MyFolder/
Now I'm using below command here, what does this command will do?
rm -r ../build ../dist
rm command is for ...
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Is it dangerous to have /usr/local/bin ahead of /usr/bin in one's PATH?
I was reading a Stack Exchange answer here about a connected topic, and part of the accepted answer said this:
never place user-writeable PATH elements ahead of those that can only be modified by ...
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Moving files to matching folders on linux command line
I would like to copy or move files in to matching folders.
these are my filenames:
1-filename-aa.txt
2-filename-aa.txt
3-filename-aa.txt
1-filename-bb.txt
2-filename-bb.txt
3-filename-bb.txt
these ...
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Anaconda stopped working when added DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to bashrc
I am using Anaconda Navigator version 1.9.7 on macOS Mojave 10.14.5.
I found that most anaconda-navigator, pip, ... commands stopped working when I added the following command to .bashrc.
export ...
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