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Linux - some way to keep a live-updating log file open in terminal?
This must've been done before: I want to keep a log file open in terminal so I can monitor updates to it as they occur. My searches are coming up with everything but this situation... I must be missing some terminology or something key, because people do this all the time inside of other programs (NetBeans, or rails server, for example).
How to resume CUPS printer from command line?
I have printer in CUPS that due to driver problems (HP 1010) from time to time goes into pause. I would like to write a shell script that will execute once per hour to resume a printer in CUPS. But I have no idea after googling for couple of minutes how to resume printer from shell command line.
How to install Debian from a USB drive?
I've got a shining new x64 laptop running Windows 7 and I want to dual boot Debian stable. I've installed Ubuntu on loads of laptops in the past using a USB drive, but I can't find decent instructions for installing Debian like the Ubuntu instructions. I've installed Debian from CD a couple of times in the past too, but my new machine doesn't have an optical drive. The questions are: Which files do I need from the Debian download page? How do I make the Debian files on a USB drive bootable? Does the Debian installer have a disk partitioner (like the Ubuntu one does)? Reading the installation guide it seems not to, which would be another hurdle. If this is the case, which partitioner can I use?
Tool to change file modified date with a tool which works inside File Explorer?
Looking for a tool to change a file's modified date which works from inside File Explorer context menu. I am aware of external tools like BulkFileChanger but I want to right click on a file and make the change.
Make a hard link without extra programs in Windows 7
My objective here is to synchronize my emule credit file (application.dat?) by Dropbox. But the credit file is not inside the Dropbox directory (by default). So I want to make a hard link to get this objective done. I know I can make a hard link by Perl in Windows. (I learnt Perl in Windows XP. Only hard link is valid in Windows XP.) But it sounds like overkilling to me to make that done by installing new software, as I expect I am not going to use Perl in the near future. Any ideas? The simpler, the better.
Vim - select text highlighted by search?
In vim, I often perform searches to hop to a word or phrase instead of navigating there with . Then I hit to hop between occurrences. Say I've got this text: I type and hit enter. That phrase is highlighted, and I jump to it with . Now I want to visually select that text, maybe to change it or delete it. (Yes, I'm aware of the substitution command.) Since my cursor is at the letter "a" at the beginning of "an arrow," I can hit , then press a couple of times to highlight the entire phrase. But I have a feeling there's a shorter and more semantic way. After all, I've already specified the text I'm interested in. How might I compose a command to say "visually select the current search selection?"
How can I concatenate two files in Unix?
How can I create a new file " " that is a concatenation of " " and " " in Unix?
What is the difference between DLNA and UPNP?
Can someone tell me the what is the difference between DLNA and UPNP? I can see that some device (such as NASes) specifications mention both (e.g., Iomega StorCenter) or only DLNA (e.g., Netgear Stora). Are these synonyms for the same thing or are there actually two different protocols? Are they compatible, e.g., if a media server uses DLNA and the streaming device uses UPNP, will it work?
How to change the background color of a single page in Word 2010?
I can easily change the page color of every pages in my document thanks to the Page Layout Tab in the Ribbon, but I would like to change the color of a single page. Any idea about how to to this with Word 2010 ?
What does Linux do with existing files in a mount point?
If I attempt to mount a folder that already has files in it, does linux give me an error message or go ahead and show both the mounted filesystem and the files that were already in the folder?
How do I find out my screen resolution from a shell script?
How do I find out my screen resolution from a shell script?
GNU sort by case-sensitive
The utility in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) always sort by case-insensitive, just like if you specify to it. But sometimes I want to sort by case-sensitive, so the upper-case letters come first, then lower-case letter. Is it possible?
Renaming many files in Mac OS X, batch processing
I used to rename file in Linux via a rename command: Is there something similar in Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)?
Why can't I delete all partitions on a flash drive in Windows 7?
Recently I purchased an ADATA C802 8GB flash drive. Since the drive was new I decided to run some of the HD Tune Pro (v4.50) performance tests on it, mostly just for the heck of it. To avoid accidentally destroying data HD Tune refuses to write to a drive unless there are no partitions on the drive. If you do attempt to write to a drive with partitions, it posts the message "Writing is disabled. To enable writing please remove all partitions." As you would expect, the ADATA came formatted with a single primary FAT32 partition in the Master Boot Record. But a number of unexpected things happened when I attempted to delete that partition. The first thing I tried was to use the Windows 7 (64-bit) Disk Management tool ( ) to delete the partition. It would not let me. The context menu choice to delete that volume was not available. Next I opened up a command prompt window with Admin authority and ran . Diskpart deleted the volume for me. However, when I attempted to run an HD Tune write te…
How can I manually put a Macbook Pro to hibernate without going to sleep mode first?
I recently got my first Mac computer, a late 2009 Macbook Pro model. I used to put my previous notebook (running windows 7) to hibernate directly in order to save battery but I can't do the same in Mac Os. From what I can tell Mac Os only hibernate a notebook when battery dies after a long sleeping period. Is that a way to manually put a Macbook to hibernate?
Missing computer?
I'm trying to find a computer at work that we can't find the physical location of. There's no documentation in the inventory of it but it responds to nslookup, ping, and i can log onto it and edit its files. However, we have no idea where in the building it is. Anyone have any good ideas for finding it outside of making it beep repetitively and annoying people while i run around looking for it?
Tunneling a TCP/IP Connection through Remote Desktop Connection
There is a remote Windows server on a private network which I can connect to via Remote Desktop Connection. I would like to be able to make TCP/IP connections from my computer to other computers on that server's network. Remote Desktop Connection makes it possible to share printers, drives, and other local resources through the connection. Is there any way to "tunnel" a TCP/IP connection via RDC? I'd like something similar to the port-forwarding provided by SSH. I don't see any way to do this via RDC, but I'm hoping the capability is there and I just don't know about it.
HTML Tag Auto Complete in Notepad++?
I would like for Notepad++ to add the closing tag when I finish typing the open tag. I know there is a plugin to do this for XML but it doesn't work on my HTML files and I have yet to find one that does.
Killing all instances of Chrome on the command-line?
In some cases killing a single tab/process doesn't do it and I need to close Chrome entirely. Since Chrome has multiple processes, how can I close all of them at once? I know that... returns all the pids. What is a trick that would allow me to close all of them by feeding them to another command or merging them to a CSV file or something?
How to merge (and not replace) folders when copying on the Mac?
There's a similar question about windows. This is the same, but for mac. By the way, it's odd there's no question on this yet, since it seems like it's the most hated thing on Mac OS X. If I try to copy or move a folder to somewhere it already exists, it asks to replace it. That would result in deleting the target. Rather I want to merge. There's already a aquataskforce request about this, and it's a discussion going for a long time if it's even something that should exist on Mac, due to its whole philosophy. Discussions at Apple are outdated and didn't help much as well. As usual, there are professional solutions for doing this, such as Changes and Araxis. And there is the rsync or command line alternatives. But I want a free and simple solution, something like how it is done in Windows or Linux. I won't be doing it much anyway. By the way, PathFinder don't have such option as well and FolderMerge doesn't work on Snow Leopard as far as my 1 test went. Suggestions to whom may come up …