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linux merge folders: rsync?
I have two copies of a folder I want to merge them, doing the following: If a file is only in , I want it to be moved to If a file is only in , I want it ignored IE left alone. If a file is in both and has identical contents (IE same size and date), delete from If a file is in both and does not hav…
OS X >10.6.5 DNS Lookup Order with VPN
After updating to OS X 10.6.5 (from .4), applications don't seem to be looking up host names in the correct order (according to the service order in Network Preferences) when my VPN is connected. My current setup is a Cisco IPSec VPN service in front of an AirPort service. The DNS servers are autom…
How to SSH into Red Hat Linux (virtual box guest) from Windows 7 (host)?
I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) running through Virtual Box, my native OS is Windows 7. From a purely educational standpoint, I want to be able to access RHEL from Win 7 over SSH. I downloaded putty on Windows 7, but don't know how to make it do what I want. Ideally, I would prefer to use th…
How to login as a different user in terminal?
I'm currently logged in as a normal user in OS X. I'd like to start a terminal session and login as user . Is this possible?
What is remoting as offered by Google Chrome?
Since the past few dev builds, Chrome has an option to enable in the section. What is remoting ?
Linux command to return number of bits (32 or 64)?
What is a Linux command that I can run to programmatically return either 32 or 64 to indicate whether the processor is a 32 bit or 64 bit processor?
Toggle between two different vim configurations?
I've got a .vimrc and .vim folder I've been tweaking for a while, but on my machine at a new job, I've just installed ryanb's dotfiles (which contains config files for vim, git, and more). There are things I like in each config, so ultimately I want to combine them into a new personal config. Meanw…
Is it OK for the laptop to always be plugged in?
Possible Duplicate: Is it better to use laptop on battery or on AC power? If I stay near a power source is it recommended to always have my laptop plugged in? Or should I use the battery and let it drain before plugging in? Which method is best for preserving the life of my battery?
Is there a way to remove/rename the Chrome "Other Bookmarks"?
The Chrome "Other Bookmarks" folder on Bookmark Bar is ugly-named and consumes too much screen space. Is there a way to remove it?
Set Excel to search within entire workbook by default
In Microsoft Excel, when I search using CTRL+F, by default it only searches within the current worksheet. How can I set it to search within the entire workbook by default? I have . Is this even possible? Is it possible to set this for a specific workbook or worksheet? I'm okay with a registry edit …
Emacs org mode as a work diary
Is emacs org mode a good choice if you want to maintain a work diary? I have tried to use it and archive old tasks ( s) but is there an easy way see which tasks I worked on for example last week (some task have been timestamped more than one day) ?
How to copy image to clipboard, to paste to another application?
I want to set the clipboard to file , in image format, so I can paste it to , etc. X11 applications, can I? I have enabled Screen snapshot feature in windows manager, and I need to give a command line to copy the snapshot image file to the clipboard.
How can I combine several individual .ico files into a single file?
I was able to convert PNG files into ICO files (thanks to Turn pngs to one ICO file ), but now I would like to create an icon "bundle" similar to , which contains several individual icons. How can this be done?
Are there faster solutions for NTFS on Linux than NTFS-3G?
NTFS-3G is a stable read/write NTFS driver, but it is unfortunately extremely slow compared to both NTFS on Windows, and any native Linux filesystem. Not only is the access itself very slow due to use of FUSE, NTFS-3G does not have near the capability of Windows' native NTFS driver at NTFS's fragme…
Getting the process id for current perl script
How do I get the process id for the perl process that's running the current script? getppid() doesn't return the same pid as ps -ea| grep . Is there is an easy way or do I just run the ps -ea command within my script and trim off the other pieces of info?
Delete data from the middle of a binary file with hexl-mode
I have a fairly large binary file (a few tens of MB) and would like to remove a few KB somewhere in the middle, it's sandwiched data not the beginning nor the end. Ideally I'd like to use emacs and hexl-mode seems a likely candidate. Is it possible to delete one line from hexl buffer? Ctrl-k does n…
Skipping the download dialog in Firefox
In Firefox's options, you can either set that you want to be asked where to save every file, or you want it to be in place your favourite directory here, I've noticed that most of the stuff I save I put in one directory, usually something called Downloads (inspiring, isn't it?). But FF still asks, …
Why can't my Chromium display Japanese characters?
I use Chromium, but it can't display Japanese characters, as you can see in the picture. Left is firefox, as you can see, it displayes the characters correctly. Chromium is on the right. This is Fedora 13, with all browsers and fonts installed from Repositories.
How do I change the name of my Apple wireless keyboard?
How do I change the name of my Apple wireless keyboard? In the file menu it's listed as someone else's. Don't know how it happened but I want to change it.
How do I change character encoding of a text file in OpenOffice.org writer?
How do I change character encoding of a plain text file in OOO Writer? I have a text file in Windows-1251 and I'd like to change it to UTF-8.