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Saw an interesting command but can't alias it
Saw an command from this post http://askubuntu.com/a/266839/75967 that I would like to alias
find {,/usr}/{,s}bin -printf '%f\0' | xargs -0 whatis | sort | less
I assume the less or the | is ...
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There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
I am using Ubuntu since the version 10.04 and found it more friendly as compared to Windows. Right now I am using ' Precise 12.04`. I have created many custom launchers for bash scripts, and never ...
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How do I run two scripts at login, one after the other?
I am using Kubuntu 12.10 and I am trying to run two commands, one after the other, upon login. These commands need to be run as the root user. I have already tried using "Startup and Shutdown" in ...
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how to reverse the lower case characters in word using only sed
Reverse every word of a line using sed
Description
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The job to do is reversing every word of a line.
that a word is a sequence of lowercase alphabets
Raw Input
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Add environment variable to .bashrc through script
I need to add the following lines to the end of .bashrc file in Ubuntu. How can I add these lines automatically using a script. If I run the script, then it automatically inserts the lines at the end ...
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My bash function runs only once per terminal opened
When I try to run my bash function, defined in .bashrc, for a second time in the same terminal, it doesn't work.
The code is the following:
function nos (){
local option
while getopts cs ...
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bash: [: too many arguments?
I'm trying to create a directory and cd into it:
In ~/.bashrc:
function abc() {
appname=$1
appdir="$HOME/code/$appname"
if [ mkdir $appdir -a cd $appdir ]; then
echo Success
else
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