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Forum: What is on Your Mind? 05-05-2009
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Posted By Dave Miller
While some of the examples are rather...
While some of the examples are rather interesting, and reading the wikipedia text on Fork Bomb was also entertianing, I'll supply a command that I thought was rather innocent.

This happened about...
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Posted By Dave Miller
This looks like homework - which is a violation...
This looks like homework - which is a violation of the TOS.

You posted this same question in another forum - which is also a violation of the TOS.

You got an answer in that othep thread:
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Posted By Dave Miller
fold Yeah, that's the ticket. I just knew...
fold

Yeah, that's the ticket. I just knew there'd be a simple way to do this.

And, bonus... I can leave out the -w 80 since that's the default!


Thanks.
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Posted By Dave Miller
Ever have a command that produces output, but,...
Ever have a command that produces output, but, for whaever reason, the output can't be redirected?

Use nohup and the output WILL be redirected to nohup.out allowing you to look at the output after...
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Posted By Dave Miller
.ra is Real Audio Maybe .rra is related?
.ra is Real Audio

Maybe .rra is related?
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Posted By Dave Miller
End of record markers
I have a file with thousands of 80 character records.

Unfortunately, there are no end of record characters, so any normal script commands that I've tried will process the entire file as one...
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Posted By Dave Miller
0,30 00-16 * * * command There is nothing wrong...
0,30 00-16 * * * command
There is nothing wrong with this crontab entry. It should run the command on the hour and half hour from midnight thru 4:30pm every day.


Did you mean to have it NOT...
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Posted By Dave Miller
This is slightly off topic, but may give a clue: ...
This is slightly off topic, but may give a clue:


I use a report generation program (CyberQuery). One option is to output the report as an Excel document.

Within Excel, if any cell of the...
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Posted By Dave Miller
cron is wierd in this one aspect. The day and...
cron is wierd in this one aspect. The day and date use an 'or' logic. So you can't set it up for first Thursday.

What you gotta do is run a script EVERY Thursday. The first line of the script...
Forum: AIX 08-01-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
This is just a W.A.G.: The system may be...
This is just a W.A.G.:

The system may be protecting itself from stupidity. Since there are times when you'll need to log on as root, the system may not like you trying to limit access, and is...
Forum: AIX 07-17-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
Your problem might be more mission-critical tha...
Your problem might be more mission-critical tha the problem I had a few months ago, but here goes...

I had a printer problem and no contract. So I swapped the printer.

Then I contacted my...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 07-14-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
You don't have an option to vote for "None of the...
You don't have an option to vote for "None of the above."

To a certain extent, they are all vulnerable.

Windows systems may be most vulnerable, but for that very reason, they tend to have...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 07-02-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
Cool. but I smell a fake. There were way too many...
Cool. but I smell a fake. There were way too many edits - including edits that did NOT involve a change of camera angle.

I can't find it now, but there was a 2 minute movie a couple years ago. A...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 07-01-2008
27,800
Posted By Dave Miller
The unix system I use doesn't have a GUI, so,...
The unix system I use doesn't have a GUI, so, obviously, it's all keyboard.

I access it thru a PC using a terminal emulator. When I'm doing other PC stuff, I tend to use the mouse - but that's...
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Posted By Dave Miller
Sendmail not running? Good question. I would...
Sendmail not running? Good question. I would assume it gets queued until sendmail is running again, but isn't queing it a function of sendmail? Bottom line: I don't have an answer.

Good practice?...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-20-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
I've been playing the arcade games. It surprises...
I've been playing the arcade games. It surprises me how close to the original look / feel they are.

But I keep getting this same error when the game is over:
Any ideas?





Yeah,...
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Posted By Dave Miller
In other words, standard output and error...
In other words, standard output and error messages are ignored.

The alternative is, with nowhere else to go, it gets emailed to the user whose crontab it is.
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-19-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
The ROOSTER comes first! Sorry. Had...
The ROOSTER comes first!



Sorry. Had to do it...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-18-2008
11,052
Posted By Dave Miller
Blowtorch - I follow your logic. But...
Blowtorch -

I follow your logic.

But if you follow mine, then your answer would be just the servers you are currently building, plus the one more you access to check stuff.

I mean, sure,...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-17-2008
27,535
Posted By Dave Miller
Iced Tea without lemon. If I ever find the...
Iced Tea without lemon.

If I ever find the guy that started the tradition of adding a wedge of lemon to tea, I'm gonna kick his butt! I can't tell you how often I order Iced Tea without lemon but...
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Posted By Dave Miller
Duplicate thread ...
Duplicate thread
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/69616-how-get-output-grep-command-file-inside-shell-script.html#post302205946
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Posted By Dave Miller
Any chance there's a cd command in the script,...
Any chance there's a cd command in the script, and you're not in the directory you think you are?
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Posted By Dave Miller
I know you're looking for a cool unixy way to...
I know you're looking for a cool unixy way to change your music files, but...

In my other life, I'm a mobile DJ, specializing in weddings. DJ Teddy Bear & Reverend Dave - Your Wedding Done Your...
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Posted By Dave Miller
Yeah, I'd say that borders on the homework side...
Yeah, I'd say that borders on the homework side of things.

Whatever.

ripat's answer should work for a list of simple numbers. However, if any number has a leading zero, it will be considered...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-10-2008
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Posted By Dave Miller
D-Style as in Doggie style
D-Style

as in

Doggie style
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