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i have a wacom tablet and im using the wacom preference to map the buttons...i can combine buttons such as shift+E or or alt+E but i dont know how to map just the shift button alone or the ctrl...

1.so 'find -type f -name "*.txt"' will look in current directory and sub directories while 'find -name "*.txt" -type f' will just look in current directory?

2. and are you basically saying '-exec...

hey can u give me a link to history expansion tutorial

thank you,that was very helpful information. i learned something very interesting with parameters expansion and patterns. That link made it much clearer thank you so very much for sharing your...

hey sometimes i run a program that takes long. such as a zero fill or downloading a huge file via terminal thru ssh. sometimes i need to logoff...if i logoff will the command/process continue? if...

thanks i didnt discover this. i got it from another thread i seen and decided to share. sometimes u should look at manual pages for any program...almost every program installed in linux have man...

thank you i will 'find -name "*.txt" -type f' instead hmm what is stat(2)? what does that mean and what do u mean i can use the -exec command {} + syntax to copy a set of file instead of invoking cp...

thanks i see that it is indeed pruning the code. thank you i learned something new. but could u please help me out with these questions... i need to know this so i could better understand whats going...

i got a bunch of files that have YOU_POOP in them. (e.g. cool_song_YOU_POOP.mp3 etc) i wanna batch delete that string.... how can i do that via terminal? Also since im at it...how do i add, iterate...

im just wondering why are you putting f in 'for f in *.flv' and what the "${f%}.flv" is doing

i upgraded to banshee 2.2 when i right click all i see is properties, when i click properties i see a tab that says basic detail but i cant edit it...wont let me type nothing in. i tried pressing E...

the find option worked for me thanks. i made an error thats why it didnt work but find -type f -name "*.txt" -exec cp /home '{}' \; worked good for me thanks so much guys

the find option worked for me thanks. i made an error thats why it didnt work but find -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -rf '{}' \; worked good for me thanks so much guys

when i ssh into remote computer i want to send a message to the person thats on the computer. how do i do that? also i want to open up a program for him. Note: im using an android phone to ssh into...

THANKS TWEAK, but what i really really need is the ability to easily edit artists, albums etc. itunes is very easy with this... say i have a bunch of songs that have unknown artist or songs that...

i tried removing files in the methods you used i wasnt able to do it...i need to remove text files within a folder and its sub directories please help....just the text files...not the folders...

hey. i tried installing itunes 7 and 10 but i keep getting errors, it said it may be some dependency issues. so i just wanna install all the xp files. everything on my cd for wine to use, that way...

pah!..silly me...it worked! thank you and please forgive my noobieness :P

strange..i did the command but it seems it removed my files and never copied them to my desktop

fellayaboy@fellayaboy-Dimension-4600:~/Pictures$ ls
nathaniel.jpg ...

i dont want to delete the folders..just the files in the folder.. and i wanna copy and paste just the files not the folders...is the way u explained it the right way to do it or will it include the...

nevermind it worked! i didnt capitilize a word.. how would i go about excluding 2 more files.

Sorry that didnt work neither. this is what i get and it still includes the file i asked not to copy


fellayaboy@fellayaboy-Dimension-4600:~$ cd Pictures/...

i removed echo and set everything the right way according to my system however i get this error.

find: missing argument to `-exec'

how can i copy all txt files from a folder including the ones inside sub directories using terminal? how could i also remove txt files from a folder including its sub directories using terminal?
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how do you exclude a file from being included a wildcard statement in terminal.

for example:

say i want to copy an paste all text files ...
cp *.txt /home/whoever/Desktop

except file...