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how to avoid 'unexpected operator' error when comparing 2 strings
Post 302443228 by methyl on Saturday 7th of August 2010 04:27:17 PM
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gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-cat URI DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-cat is obsolete. It has been superseded by gvfs-cat. See gvfs-cat(1). gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI. OPERANDS
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