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Scoring from input in Bash
Can you help me please?
I have a task. I have from input some text with numbers. For example:
beta 1
score 9
something 2
beta 4
something 1
I need to calculate all numbers with the same ...
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Linux mint - classify an application correctly in the start menu
Mint auto-classifies applications into categories in the start menu. I use this classification to navigate apps more easily.
Recently I have installed Eclipse IDE and Mint failed to classify it as &...
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What does it mean to both append and prepend a value to a variable (in fish shell or in general)?
Per the fish shell documentation for the set command:
append: causes the values to be appended to the current set of values for the variable. This can be used with --prepend to both
append and ...
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XDP_REDIRECT detail
Can XDP_REDIRECT forward packets to an interface with speed different than ingress interface?
More precisely, if ingress interface speed is 100 Gbps and the egress interface speed is 10 Gbps, the xdp ...
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Remove null variable name and value both while echoing in a single string
i have the below condition where values are as below.
emp_name="Sid"
emp_id=1234
emp_hobby=""
emp_likes="swimming"
emp_dislikes=""
emp_summary="emp_name:$...
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What is lsh_ used for and/or what is it doing?
I am new to programming in Linux and I am quite confused. I notice the lsh_ prefix is used for function names here. I'm not sure why.
The only thing I can find on the internet is that lsh could ...
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get event when user has selected a text in any window in X11
I want to write an app that shows a popup-menu after a user has selected a text in any window in Linux (debian based).
Mac users may know "PopClip" (https://pilotmoon.com/popclip/) and as I ...
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Bash script printing expression instead of result
I am trying to calculate multiplication of number of arguments and first argument provided by the customer. here the arguments are 10, 15 so total number of arguments is 2. Now i want the shell to ...
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Ensuring only 1 mandatory parameter is passed to script
I am writing a shell script and new to getopts for parameter parsing.
What I have are 1 optional and 2 mandatory parameters and what I want to do is ensure that only one mandatory parameter is passed. ...
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how to repeat values of B variable till number of A variables are finished
I have infile with values for 2 variables
# cat infile
A 1
B 2
C
D
E
I want to read variable a & b, so that if $b has null value, it should repeat like 1..2,
till all $a values are read.
so if I ...
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Missing header file linux/io_uring.h
#include <linux/io_uring.h>
main.c:1:10: fatal error: linux/io_uring.h: No such file or directory
#include <linux/io_uring.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kernel version 5.4.0-80.
I ...
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Linux distribution with most programming tools installed [closed]
Which is the Linux distribution with the greatest number of programming languages and tools installed by default?
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How to reposition the elements of a json array conditionally using jq?
I want to re-position elements of an array (change index of array elements) based on a condition. I don't know how to translate this to jq which is more of a functional language.
Basically I want to ...
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How to generate thumbnails/previews for files?
I wrote an app for Windows and macOS and I am in the process of porting it to Linux. My app has a file browser implemented and can display thumbnails or document icons of files.
On Windows I get ...
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How to make a script which create a file with the info i want?
i'm a newbie on Linux here and i was hoping to find help. I was using Centos and i've found an exercise where i have to create a script.
This script should create a text file with the network ...
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Printing to the STDOUT vs writing to an output file directly [closed]
Is there any rule of thumb when the result of the program should be printed to the stdout by default, and when the more appropriate approach is to accept output file as one of the arguments and write ...
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using command subsitition in a bash for loop
I am probably making an obvious mistake but I could use a strong hint:-)
for file in *; do ls $file | var=$(ls $file | grep -Eo '.{18}$' | cut -d '.' -f1 |sed 's/.\{12\}/&./'); echo "var is $...
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LXML Clarifications... Pretty, but complicated!
I have only recently met this lib and the first impact was not pleasant at all! First of all, from this site https://lxml.de/ I don't know about you, but I didn't understand anything! Too complicated ...
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Does the shell script interpreter optimize if else chains?
As far as I understand, an interpreter runs code line by line; but I find probable that my reasoning is incorrect. If in this example case the first if line returns true, will the program know to skip ...
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Perl having problem in programme execution [closed]
#!/usr/bin/perl
#Script:name2.pl - Demonstrates use of chop
#
print("Enter your name:");
$name=<STDIN>;
$lname = chop($name); #Removes newline character from $name
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Flip-flop in shell
In Wikipedia there are two relevant articles about the term "Flip-flop":
Flip-flop (electronics)
Flip-flop (programming)
I think that there is a formal-logic common denominator between the ...
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awk to vlookup and print
I got a comma-separated file
# cat data
smartplayer,2222,off
smartplayer,1111,on
scorer,0000,
I want to search for smartplayer in $1, get its state from $3
and print like this
off-smart-player 2222
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Convert jpg to bmp in an ARM Cortex M4 MCU
I'm currently working in a project that involves the use of an ARM cortex M4 MCU, specifically STM32F429, which has an embedded LCD controller which uses the bmp image format to show the images in the ...
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Locating the C header "stdio.h"
I wrote my first C program which is the generic "hello world" program. Could anyone please tell me where can I find stdio.h file in my system? It will help me a lot in understanding of the ...
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How does many binaries changes the percent number of the execution in its right place?
I'm trying to write a C program which can do the thing that many binaries such as package managers do in execution time. They change and add to the already outputted texts in terminal and it makes it ...
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How can I listen to port creation events on a network interface?
I would like to create a TUN interface (following this tutorial) that takes specific actions when a listening port is created on it. Those include logging the application that created the port, which ...
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Pipes and graphics
When developing a program (in C or Python, say), I often write debug messages to see whether my program behaves as intended. On Linux, such text messages can be handled in varied and flexible ways ...
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How do programs accessing symbolic links differ from users? (What scenarios can break by replacing a file with a symbolic link?)
I think I understand what soft and hard symbolic links are, but I'm not sure how programs access them (as opposed to me, a user).
For example, I want to replace my ~/.bashrc with a symbolic link that ...
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How to get into python environment and run some python commands and return to normal terminal using shell script
Sorry about the title it may not be clear. Here is the complete explanation of my doubt. I am writing the below shell script and expecting the mentioned output.
#!/bin/bash
python3
print("Hello ...
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"Pinging" using DNS protocol
Is there accepted "good practice" for checking that the network connection to a DNS server is operational, and that the server responds minimally, other than issuing a lookup request? ...
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End process but resume bash script?
I am trying to create a script in which part of it runs a command that can only be stopped by the user sending SIGINT to the process. I want the user to be able to press Ctrl+C to end that part of the ...
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How to give stdout to different program on same line? [duplicate]
I could do it long way i.e
cat hi.txt | grep 'important url' > imurl
cat hi.txt | grep -v 'not important url' > imnoturl
cat hi.txt | otherprogram1
cat hi.txt | otherprogramN
However, is there ...
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how to use plantUML after installing PowerTools?
On the understanding that PowerTools includes plantUML I've installed and enabled the package.
How do I now invoke plantUML to use it?
(Although I now realize that the above link is actually for ...
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How to configure flatpak on CentOS?
I don't believe flatpak is configured:
$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core)
Release: 8.2.2004
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Execute shell commands ubuntu in Python
I'm currently studying Automation and Python programming. I just want to know how I would go about executing a Linux command in Python. The commands I want to execute are:
install = os.system("...
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How to start Jetty using start.jar from the console?
Having installed Jetty through apt how do I start the web server to get to a welcome page?
Trying: java -jar /usr/share/jetty9/start.jar
results in:
ERROR : Nothing to start, exiting ...
Usage: java ...
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mathematica in Konsole can't access last input with keyboard
Here is my configuration
:-------------------:: -----------------------------
:-----------/shhOHbmp---:\ OS: Fedora 32 (Thirty Two) x86_64
/-----------omMMMNNNMMD ---: ...
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Is PackageExport a command in Linux?
Does anyone know if PackageExports is a command in Linux? or where can one install its package?
When I tried to install the package SemidefiniteProgramming, to Macaulay 2, in Gnu/Linux, I always get ...
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Get current screen dimensions via Xlib using C
Is there any way to get screen dimensions of a display via Xlib using C? I've tried referring to the X.org docs (https://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/display/screen-information.html), and it only gives me ...
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detect cms from list
my marketing department wanted from me detect our domains for that if they use Wordpress. I have our huge list of domains, but I can't find proper cms detector which will just save which domain has ...
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Multiple tcp scanning tools integration
I recently started my first programming project that consist of purpose multiple tcp scanning tools integration for multiple usage. To be more clear, I want to incorporate NMAP and MASSCAN tools. But, ...
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Which programming lang.s are used for ui of os? [closed]
Which programming languages are used for the part of the os which user interacts with (the application?), for instance the task bar (on linux ,macosx or windows), start button, desktop etc. ?
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Simple shell loop fail in Makefile
Why does the shell loop
l='abc de f'; for k in $l ;{ echo $k; }
inside Makefile not work ?
instead only give
abc de f
at once
How to solve such in the definitive way?
user276072
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How to exit from an external program with a bash script?
Im working within an external program and I need to exit the program from a bash script that I will produce on the fly.
So, in the external environment if I do
exit
it exits. Although if I do, ...
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How do I pass commands to an external command, from bash?
I would like know if it is possible to enter in an external program and give commands from a bash script.
As an example, lets imagine the external program is ipython and I want to give the commands
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Bash Script Time each function and Time total Script Execution Duration
I've written a bash script and would like to implement a timer that will also get the total time of the scripts execution duration and also the time that each loop iteration takes. For example, in the ...
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How to extract function comment using sed?
I want to implement a simple utility that would take a C source file and a name of a function, struct, enum or whatever and output the comment directly above the element if present.
Ie.
/* This is ...
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Error Shell Programming in Linux [closed]
I need to fix my code?
i=0; bil_genap=0;
bil_ganjil=0;
echo -n "Batas loop : ";
read batas;
if [ -z $batas ] | [ $batas -lt 0 ]; then
echo "Ops, tidak boleh kosong atau Batas loop ...
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Command-line diff tool
So we all have the diff command installed by default. I certainly don't know how to use it well. But I would expect some reasonable default usage. But when I type diff file1 file2 I get ... a text ... ...
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What is the highest level of indentation today and has ever merged into the Linux Kernel? [closed]
I was recently reviewing the Linux kernel coding style guideline, and this got me thinking:
1) Indentation
Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters. There are heretic ...
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