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    Poll: Re: How advanced are you?

    No, this is masochism (among other things):
  2. Re: Generate Excel or Text File from a Directory?

    csv stands for comma separated values. It is a way of formatting a text file so that it can be imported by excel (etc) as a table.

    wikipedia: csv
  3. Re: Please help the mathematically challenged!

    Have you checked your local library? There must be something there.

    My grandfather was something of a hobbyist-mathemetician, and I got all of his books when he passed. I really like the books...
  4. [SOLVED] Re: Checking which output produces bigger number

    Assuming I'm understanding correctly:

    If I was sure they couldn't be equal, I would do

    if [ "$no1" -gt "$no2" ]
    then
    echo "Result 1 produces bigger number"
    else
    echo "Result 2...
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    Re: LearnPythonTheHardWay

    lol
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    [SOLVED] Re: Pipe URL to Firefox

    You can use xargs:


    apt-cache show <packagename> | grep -o http://.* | xargs firefox
  7. Re: Search/replace code blocks using sed: wrong tool for the job?

    I use sed in a script that creates a web page. The only thing I really have to escape is double quotes. I don't know if this will be of any help, but here's an example:


    sed -e...
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    Poll: Re: Would you ever get the implanted RFID ?

    I'd join Edgar Friendly in the sewers before I'd get tagged.
  9. [SOLVED] Re: Any way to use this awk command with shell variables?

    I think I'm starting to get it now. The following works:

    awk -v v1="$A" -v v2="$B" '$0 ~ v1{flag=1;next} $1 ~ v2{flag=0} flag {print}' file

    Is that the proper way to do it? In any case,...
  10. [SOLVED] Re: Any way to use this awk command with shell variables?

    $ awk '/ex2/{flag=1;next} /old/{flag=0} flag {print}' file
    index3.html
    index.html
    la
    makepage0.sh
    makepage2.sh
    makepage.sh
    $ A=ex2;B=old
    $ awk -v v1="$A" -v v2="$B" '/v1/{flag=1;next}...
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    Re: What's better a VGA Cable or DVI?

    The DVI cable can also carry the analog VGA signal, which accounts for at least some of its girth.
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    Re: Best Nerd Sitcom Of All Time!

    Depending on your definition of nerd, I think Psych deserves the title.
  13. Re: Why do people get so emotional about their computers??

    You rang? ):P
  14. Re: If Oracle dumps VirtualBox, suggestions on alternatives?

    No GUI, pretty much just the basic Ubuntu Server installation.

    I've had problems with the WebUI since 2.0 - not getting a logon dialogue, missing elements, perpetual loading, etc. - on every...
  15. [SOLVED] Re: Any way to use this awk command with shell variables?

    I tried that method and also something like this:


    awk '{print v1, v2}' v1=$VAR1 v2=$VAR2 input_file

    but couldn't get either of them to work.
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    Re: Has anyone ever tried a donut burger?

    Is she Texan? I think she lives here in VA now, as she's the something of a spokesperson (mascot? :-\" ) for Smithfield Meats.
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    Re: Has anyone ever tried a donut burger?

    Cut in half? Pshaw. Watch Paula Deen do it right: Linky.
  18. Re: New Computer Designed

    That link is blocked by my company's proxy as "Adult/Sexually Explicit" :shock:
  19. Re: If Oracle dumps VirtualBox, suggestions on alternatives?

    I'm running the latest VMware Server 2 on 10.04 Server. Had to use the script to get it installed, and the Web-UI is horrible as always, but otherwise I have had no problems.
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    Re: Offering my computer skills at School?

    I'd say they are expecting people to be selfless.

    Gimme gimme gimme! What, you expect something in return? How uncivilized!
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    Re: Comments on the 6" Kindle???

    Exactly. I'd spend more time reading ebooks and other digital media if it weren't so uncomfortable. I've been waiting for e-Ink devices to come down in price since I first heard about them.
  22. [SOLVED] Re: Any way to use this awk command with shell variables?

    Thanks, it worked prefectly. I didn't know you could use variables in that way.
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    Re: Comments on the 6" Kindle???

    Maybe it depends on one's personal tolerances, but for me the answer is absolutely. I'm quite comfortable sitting in front of a screen most of the day, at work and at home, but I look away quite...
  24. [SOLVED] Any way to use this awk command with shell variables?

    I came across this awk command for printing the contents of a text file between two strings:


    awk '/START/{flag=1;next} /END/{flag=0} flag {print}' file

    But I can't figure out how to make it...
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    Re: Idiotic movies that make you ROTFL

    UHF and the Problem Child series come to mind. Gilbert Gottfried was the highlight of the latter.

    Also, the anime movie Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai no Yabou. I've probably watched it more than a...
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