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How do I rename a session in tmux?
When I first started using tmux, I didn't give my first session a name. Then, as I started creating different sessions for different tasks (work, play, etc), I started naming my sessions.
Now I have a bunch of different sessions, but the first one…
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What is the difference between executing a Bash script vs sourcing it?
What is the difference between executing a Bash script like A and sourcing a Bash script like B?
A
> ./myscript
B
> source myscript
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What is randomart produced by ssh-keygen?
When you generate a key, you get "randomart" from newer versions of OpenSSH. I am unable to find an explanation of why, and what I'm supposed to use it for.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
The key fingerprint…
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How do I exit telnet?
I start telnet by telnet host port. How do I stop it in Windows? Shockingly, Ctrl+C doesn't work.
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How to enable execution of PowerShell scripts?
When I try to execute my PowerShell script I get this error:
File C:\Common\Scripts\hello.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see "get-help about_signing" for more details.
At line:1 char:13
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How to fix warning about ECDSA host key
I'm trying to setup password-less SSH on an Ubuntu server with ssh-copy-id myuser@myserver, but I'm getting the error:
Warning: the ECDSA host key for 'myserver' differs from the key for the IP address '192.168.1.123'
What's causing this, and how…
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How to rename the User folder in Windows 10?
After installing Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3 it took my user name 'Jeremy' and created a user folder named C:\Users\jerem.
I want to rename the folder C:\Users\Jeremy. The procedure for Windows 8 does not work. There are a couple of…
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How can I download an entire website?
How can I download all pages from a website?
Any platform is fine.
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How do I compare binary files in Linux?
I need to compare two binary files and get the output in the form:
for every different byte. So if file1.bin is
00 90 00 11
in binary form and file2.bin is
00 91 00 10
I want to get something…
frustratedCmpNoLongerUser
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How to clear the contents of a file from the command line?
I have a log file that has a bunch of stuff in it that I don't need anymore. I want to clear the contents.
I know how to print the contents to the screen:
cat file.log
I know how to edit the file, line-by-line:
nano file.log
But I don't want to…
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How to delete directories with path/names too long for normal delete
Windows seems to have a length limit on file names when trying to delete, though it won't prevent those files from being created.
Our build process creates a number of temporary files (many build off of a WSDL) that run afoul of this limit. Our ant…
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How can I resume a stopped job in Linux?
How can I resume a stopped job in Linux? I was using emacs and accidentally hit ctrl-z which blasted me back to the console. I can see it when I type 'jobs'
[*****]$ jobs
[1]+ Stopped emacs test_queue.cpp
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How to save a remote server SSL certificate locally as a file
I need to download an SSL certificate of a remote server (not HTTPS, but the SSL handshake should be the same as Google Chrome / IE / wget and curl all give certificate check fail errors) and add the certificate as trusted in my laptops Windows'…
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Is there a way to "auto login" in PuTTY with a password?
Is there a way to configure a password for a stored session in PuTTY?
I know there is the capability to specify an "auto-login username" (under Connection/Data), but is there a way to do the same with the password?
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Mac OS X equivalent of the Ubuntu "tree" command
Is there an equivalent to the Ubuntu tree command for Mac OS X?
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