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Migrating Far Manager settings from another machine
Is there an easy way to export/import settings for another machine’s instance of Far?
fine-grained sudoers configuration (allowed commandline arguments)
is there a straight-forward way to allow a user to run (for example) as root, without allowing him to run ? The line allows both, and appears to be semantically equivalent.
Can you reference an entire column in OpenOffice Calc (like A:A in Excel)?
I'd like to refer to an entire column, like you can in Excel by using . I found a discussion on the openoffice.org forums which is a few years old, and suggests there is/was no neat way to do it. The options presented are Use . Use as the previous range may get altered if you insert or remove rows.…
How to make shortcut to ftp site open in windows explorer not IE
Running windows7 i have a shortcut to an FTP site. When you make this shortcut and point it to a location like ftp://127.0.0.1/ it automatically defaults to opening in Internet Explorer. This is not ideal. I would like to have a shortcut that opens directly to Windows Explorer, as this is infinitel…
How can I determine which network adapter my browser is using? How can I change it?
I have multiple network adapters on my Windows XP system. Is there a way I can establish which adapter Firefox and Internet Explorer are using? Can I force them to use a specific adapter?
Ubuntu: Is there a good tabbed PDF viewer?
Is there a good non-bloated PDF viewer for (Ubuntu) Linux that supports tabs? I don't want to use Acrobat Reader because it is slow and takes much memory, and my computer isn't the fastest. I know the alternative readers evince and foxit, but they don't support opening different PDF files in tabs. …
Figure out non standard ssh port
I have this server that is configured to use another port instead of 22 for ssh. How may I figure out which port number it is?
Can I run iOS apps on my Mac?
I've seen a number of neat iPhone apps recently that I'd like to use. In particular, there are a number of neat musical apps (metronome, tuner, etc.) that seem highly rated, and have no real Mac equivalent. I don't have a recent iPod/iPhone/iPad (I don't need portability or a phone and it seems sil…
Is there a Bash command to convert \r\n to \n?
Is there a Bash command to convert \r\n to \n? When I upload my scripts from Windows to Linux, I need a utility like this to make things work.
What is a good way to batch re-encode mp3 files from a higher bitrate to a lower bitrate in Windows?
I have a few thousand MP3 files and they are all of mixed bitrate. I would like to run a program that can batch encode them all to 128 kbps. Are there any decent and free solutions for this for Windows?
Delete the first known character in a string with sed
How does one delete the first known character in a string with sed? For example, say I want to delete the first character (which is @) in the string "@ABCDEFG1234" I want sed to verify whether "@" exists as the first character. If so, it should delete the character.
Break free of a fullscreen app on Mac OS X
How do you break free of a fullscreen app on Mac OS X? There are some, mostly games, that when they become unresponsive won't allow you to switch to another app with Command-Tab, and I know no other way to close that app or get away from it. Command-W or Command-Q won't work either. Is there a shor…
How to hide the notifications of the Teamviewer (silent use) in Computer and Android phones
Is it possible to hide a quick panel of the TeamViewer in the right corner and other notifications and pop-ups to enable a "silent" remote session? While using team viewer Host application in android phone(remote phone) and connected to that device , the host application is showing a permanent noti…
Redirect Domain Name to Localhost
I have a linux test machine which I would like to run a copy of a production webserver. This is a legacy application which does not use a property file for its server name. Throughout the application, the server name is hardcoded (example: open connection to myServer.myCompany.com). Is there any li…
Get Function Into PS1 (Zsh)?
This works in ( is a defined function) But I cannot figure out the equivalent in . Note: If I do It seems to work, but in fact it's running the command when I set the prompt, which is not the point.
Can I change the keyboard shortcuts for tab switching in Firefox?
How do I reassign the keyboard shortcuts for Firefox? I want to use ctrl+right/left to switch tabs. Is there a plugin for this, if Firefox doesn’t natively support this?
How to kill a process started with a different user without being root or sudoer?
in a Linux environment, I need to kill a process which has been started by user2 if I am user1 without being sudoers or using root. Do you know if there is a way of setting that when launching the process? Such as a list of users allowed to kill the process? The fact is that concurrent instances of…
I received an email but the "to" address is not mine
As per title, my email address is and received an email from . In my Web Client I see: I received this on my account so how did I get this email in my inbox? I have no affiliation whatsoever with . Actually I have received a few emails from where the TO address differs. What's going on?
Windows 7 - User-specific %PATH%
I'd like to set up a system for Windows 7 where each user has their own private directory in %PATH%. I tried setting %PATH% to but it doesn't seem to work. For those who don't realize what I'm trying to do, it's sort of like would be on *nix. It can be on a user specific basis if need be (and that …
How to compare file timestamps in bash?
How do I compare the timestamp of two files? I tried this but it doesn't work: I printed both the time stamps, in order and it gives me So basically if comparison is not working, I guess. Or if there is any other nice way than what I am doing, please let me know. What do I have to change?