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Im new to all this but the computer club im in has unix i think.
now my questions.
1.is it NTFS i need to partion the harddrive with to be able to use unix?
2.Unix and Linux whats the diffrense?yes im a noob got no idea been using crap windows for ages and hate it.
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I hope you can give me a hand, I have some questions
The first one itīs about some message that I donīt know what means, I was looking about it. but nothing. This is the message
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Hi everyone im new to this forums, i just wanted to get started by asking a few question(Im a Unix newbie)
1. How do i sort a file called "dirr" in a ascending order on the 3rd column
2. what does alias on=who do
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1.) I am to write scripts that will be phasetest folder in the home directory.
2.) The folder should have a set-up,phase and display files
I have written a small script which i used to check for the existing users and their password.
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1) The lpr and sort utilities accept input either from a file named on the command line or from standard input.
a)Name two other utilities that function in a similar manner.
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I would like to know how we can highlight/select a section of a file in vi and delete that section if we don't want to use the dd command to delete one line at at time. There is one where we don't want to delete the whole line , but up to a certain word. (2 Replies)
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explain_waitpid_or_die
explain_waitpid_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_waitpid_or_die(3)NAME
explain_waitpid_or_die - wait for process to change state and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/waitpid.h>
int pid = explain_waitpid_or_die(int pid, int *status, int options);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_waitpid_or_die function is used to call the waitpid(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr,
obtained from explain_waitpid(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_waitpid_or_die(pid, status, options);
pid The pid, exactly as to be passed to the waitpid(2) system call.
status The status, exactly as to be passed to the waitpid(2) system call.
options The options, exactly as to be passed to the waitpid(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO waitpid(2)
wait for process to change state
explain_waitpid(3)
explain waitpid(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52
Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller
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