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A command before every bash command
Does anyone know a mean of putting a 'time' command before every command in a bash session?
Get exit status of last executed command in Windows?
Is there something like Unix's in Windows?
How do I change WeeChat's default nick?
WeeChat normally sets the default nick to the user's username. Is there any way to change this default behavior? I want to specify another nick.
Extract large zip file (50 GB) on Mac OS X
I was trying to move the files to another hard drive. So I archived all my photos in one large ZIP file using the Mac OS X built-in compress function. But the file failed to extract. I've tried many programs, but none of the programs I tried were able to extract the file. I've tried Mac OS X's extr…
Commandline vimperator-like browser?
When browsing normally I use Firefox with Vimperator installed, which gives you vim-like key bindings so you can browse without the mouse. However, every now and again I have to browse from the commandline (often through SSH), and I've been using lynx for this, but it feels horribly inefficient aft…
Does a power supply draw only as much power as it needs?
I recently built a small mini-itx Intel ATOM-based Ubuntu home server. The case I choose is a small case but only a full size ATX power supply would fit it. I choose a mid-grade OCZ 500 watt modular power supply for it and it works great. I could not find a modular ATX power supply out there that w…
How to open context menu in (MacOS) Finder with keyboard
I'm sure most of us here like doing thing as efficiently as possible and therefore we're a bunch of keyboard junkies. With a file (or group of files) highlighted, is there a way to open the context menu (equivalent of right-click) with the keyboard?
Creating video with audio and still image for YouTube
I'm running the following command: Which successfully outputs a video with my recorded audio and an image on it. When I try and upload this to YouTube it fails to process, regardless of the formats I try: .mov, .avi, .flv, .mp4 Is there some setting I'm missing in the above that would generate a fo…
Can't execute a script on a mounted external drive
The /mnt/ext is mounted to an ext2 filesystem, an external hard drive. For some reason I can't run scripts from there. Please see the session below. I would love to find out why I see the error.
How to download a file from the command line? via ssh?
I want to download files from a remote server to my local drive, and do it from the command line. I also want to be able to do this over SSH. How can I do this? Note: the remote server is Ubuntu, the local is Mac OS X
Lost my Windows 7 admin password, need to change or reset it
Possible Duplicate: What can I do if I forgot my Windows password? I forgot the Windows 7 password on my new computer and I can't log into it at all. I was the administrator for the computer with that account. Now I have to use my old Windows XP computer to ask for help. How can I change my passwor…
Linux command line tool for uploading files over HTTP as multipart/form-data?
I can see that wget has a option, but the manpage says Wget does not currently support multipart/form-data for transmitting POST data; only application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Only one of and should be specified. Is there a similar way for uploading files in multipart/form-data?
Make Windows forget a network connection password?
Is there a way to prevent Windows from remembering the network password after it connects? So that upon disconnecting Windows won't reconnect without re-entering password. What if I want it to always delete it...not just by manual means. That is, I'm trying to restrict my usage of the Internet by g…
How do I control the compression rate of mogrify?
I want to do something like However, I want to encode the jpg at a higher quality than the default. Is there a way to do this?
Change the output format of zsh's time
I've just switched to . However, I really don't like how the builtin command also outputs the command that it's timing. I much prefer the style output. Anyone know how to switch it over? Zsh: Bash: Thanks, /YGA
Which e-reader for O'Reilly books?
Most of my programming books are from O'Reilly. Several of them need to be updated, and I'm thinking of going for an e-reader this time. O'Reilly sell their e-books as a multi-format bundle (PDF, EPUB and Mobipocket (Kindle)). Has anyone done a comparison of the formats as for suitability on a smal…
Why does my Windows Explorer no longer refresh itself?
Normally when you do a file operation in Windows Explorer then Explorer refreshes itself. So I delete a file, and it's gone. But since yesterday when I for example delete a file, the file entry doesn't disappear. It only disappears when closing and reopening the folder, or when pressing F5. What co…
Open the same PDF multiple times
Is it possible to open the same PDF multiple times with Adobe Reader?
Mount second drive as c:/Users in Windows 7
So about a month ago I set up a Windows 7 Professional machine where I was able to mount the secondary hard drive to the path C:\Users. This put all of the userspace files on the second hard drive without all that mucking about with registry editing. It has worked wonderfully and now I am trying to…
What is the best GNU screen "taskbar" you've used/seen?
As some of you may know, screen offers an ability to have a "taskbar"-like bar that is always present and helps navigating around windows, etc. I find this bar irreplaceable. What is the best configuration you've seen or one that you think is the most optimal/useful? Mine is described and explained…