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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Wildcard with xdotool Post 303031736 by Neo on Tuesday 5th of March 2019 04:30:46 AM
Old 03-05-2019
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Originally Posted by drew77
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I would think you would test my xdotools command to learn how it works. Maybe I should not have assumed that?.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I read your statement statement above.

Why would you assume that?

When people, especially the ones here with decades of hands on UNIX and Linux experience, ask you for information, you should provide the info they ask for without hesitation.

Most people with decades of experience have realized that the vast majority of user errors and issues are general and they can be solved by looking at the input and output of the system, the log files and the operating environment.

We find that most users with problems do not even read their only system log files and we need to ask them to look at their own log files, believe it or not (shocking!?) . Smilie

So, we don't need to install every tool and every operating system on the planet to help you, but you do need to provide the system information we request.

That's how it works.

So, please provide the information Don requested.

Thanks.
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE

hier

HIER(7) 					       BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual						   HIER(7)

NAME

     hier -- layout of filesystems

DESCRIPTION

     A historical sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.  The modern OS X filesystem is documented in the ``File System Programming Guide'' available
     on Apple Developer.

     /		   root directory of the filesystem

     /bin/	   user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments

     /dev/	   block and character device files

		   fd/	file descriptor files; see fd(4)

     /etc/	   system configuration files and scripts

     /mach_kernel  kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory at boot time).

     /sbin/	   system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments

     /tmp/	   temporary files

     /usr/	   contains the majority of user utilities and applications

		   bin/      common utilities, programming tools, and applications
		   include/  standard C include files

			     arpa/	 C include files for Internet service protocols
			     hfs/	 C include files for HFS
			     machine/	 machine specific C include files
			     net/	 misc network C include files
			     netinet/	 C include files for Internet standard protocols; see inet(4)
			     nfs/	 C include files for NFS (Network File System)
			     objc/	 C include files for Objective-C
			     protocols/  C include files for Berkeley service protocols
			     sys/	 system C include files (kernel data structures)
			     ufs/	 C include files for UFS

		   lib/      archive libraries
		   libexec/  system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
		   local/    executables, libraries, etc. not included by the basic operating system
		   sbin/     system daemons & system utilities (executed by users)
		   share/    architecture-independent data files

			     calendar/	a variety of pre-fab calendar files; see calendar(1)
			     dict/	word lists; see look(1)

					web2	    words from Webster's 2nd International
					words	    common words

			     man/	manual pages
			     misc/	misc system-wide ascii text files
			     mk/	templates for make; see make(1)
			     skel/	example . (dot) files for new accounts
			     tabset/	tab description files for a variety of terminals; used in the termcap file; see termcap(5)
			     zoneinfo/	timezone configuration information; see tzfile(5)

     /var/	   multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files

		   at/	      timed command scheduling files; see at(1)
		   backups/   misc. backup files
		   db/	      misc. automatically generated system-specific database files
		   log/       misc. system log files

		   mail/      user mailbox files
		   run/       system information files describing various info about system since it was booted

			      utmpx	  database of current users; see utmpx(5)

		   rwho/      rwho data files; see rwhod(8), rwho(1), and ruptime(1)
		   spool/     misc. printer and mail system spooling directories

			      mqueue/	  undelivered mail queue; see sendmail(8)

		   tmp/       temporary files that are kept between system reboots
		   folders/   per-user temporary files and caches

SEE ALSO

     ls(1), apropos(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), finger(1), which(1), find(1), grep(1), fsck(8)

HISTORY

     A hier manual page appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

BSD
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