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Thanks
I think that was it, thanks for the help, it is the little things like that, that trip me up. Stuff you would not realize was wrong just by looking at the man page.:D
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Use of cp in a script
I am trying to copy files and directories from on flash drive to 5 others, the copy works fine with cp -R but when used in the script it only copies to one of the drives and then finishes the rest of...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 11-29-2011
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I have just watched users get farther and farther...
I have just watched users get farther and farther from what the computer is actually doing. Layer after layer is being applied to the GUI each one more user friendly but also less capable of knowing...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 11-28-2011
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Siri and the future of scripters, and people like us...
I think with the increasing use of things like siri and dragonspeak that have not only the ability to convert what you say into text but also act on it, we are entering an age of computing when the...
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cron to execute everyday
Try looking in to the cron command to schedule your script to run.
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On UNIX systems sometimes the Path is set in the...
On UNIX systems sometimes the Path is set in the .profile file in your home directory, and runs anytime you log in. Check your .profile (it is hidden so you will not be able to see it with ls) just...
Forum: Fedora 09-23-2011
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Sorry I forgot to mention this in the original...
Sorry I forgot to mention this in the original question. What I am looking for is something that I can continue to write UNIX compatible scripts on, I write alot of small simple scripts at work in...
Forum: Fedora 09-23-2011
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Good free OS
I dont know much about the available unix/linux OSs and there are so many that it is hard to research very many. I know this is a loaded question with so many devotees to particular OSs but I just...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 09-23-2011
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I did not really expect to but I really enjoyed...
I did not really expect to but I really enjoyed Captain America, I think they were successful in avoiding what I thought would be inevitable campy-ness.
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Ohhh, thanks, I completely forgot about the need...
Ohhh, thanks, I completely forgot about the need for back ticks thing. Do you know if the $ thing will work in most shells or just particular newer ones. Are the parenthesis needed?
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-26-2011
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I would love to see the man pages in higher...
I would love to see the man pages in higher prominence and with a link to a thread where people can discuss how and why they use particular commands and suggest others.

Sometimes when I am...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-26-2011
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I need a heads up display with...
I need a heads up display with lens-shape-altering zooming capabilities connected to a computer with object tracking and identification, velocity tracking radar, laser distance measuring. That makes...
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I had not even thought of it that way (I guess I...
I had not even thought of it that way (I guess I am so used to modifying my scripts under development I was not thinking about easy changing). I do have one question for you though agama I am fairly...
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Are you looking to randomly write one of a series...
Are you looking to randomly write one of a series of different texts to the end of a text file. If so you can use the same script as above but replace the case option with something like

case $rn...
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Thanks everybody I ended up reformatting to...
Thanks everybody I ended up reformatting to include everything in one while loop after realizing that my linear process was messed up by trying to put everything in its own loop.
Thanks Corona I did...
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Sorry, maybe I should clarify (I was at work,...
Sorry, maybe I should clarify (I was at work, couldn't spend a lot of time on the forum). I want the program to print a period every 15 seconds that ping does not reach the host. Then every 60...
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Making a stopwatch function
#The first part of this works fine a period prints every 15 seconds (ping –c 3, takes 2 seconds). However no “Minutes since start = “ message prints.

#By all rights it should print 2 times once...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 06-04-2011
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One of the chairs at our kitchen table broke a...
One of the chairs at our kitchen table broke a few years ago so we moved the office chair in and for weeks I loved zipping around the kitchen, sometimes I would pretend to need something just to push...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 05-30-2011
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I am not an expert on IT careers (only been in...
I am not an expert on IT careers (only been in the field for about a year now) but from my experience, programing (as in writing a program to do something for you) is not super important in the...
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 05-30-2011
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I agree, maybe we need an "Express Thanks"...
I agree, maybe we need an "Express Thanks" thread. LOL

I just signed up but have been using the site almost every other day for the past year or so.
Forum: What is on Your Mind? 05-30-2011
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I know your end goal is to program games but I...
I know your end goal is to program games but I started off that way and got discouraged by the sheer complexity of trying to do it the old fashion way (actually coding it piece by piece) and the new...
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This thread is a little old, I hope I dont have...
This thread is a little old, I hope I dont have to make a new one for this.

On most systems the arrow keys will give you control of the cursor, however when I was first learning my arrow keys just...
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