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wget -r (recursive) failing to back up a site
On 4 June, 23:47, James Harris <james.harri...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: I'm trying to use wget -r to back up  http://sundry.wikispaces.com/ but it fails to back up more than the home page. The same command works fine elsewhere and I've tried various options for the above web site to no avail. The s... 16 Jun 2010 15:28

sed queation - remove all characters after a hyphen
I think 'sed' is the tool for this, though I may be wrong. I have a list of files atlas-3.8.3.p12.spkg blas-20070724.spkg boehm_gc-7.1.p5.spkg boost-cropped-1.34.1.spkg cddlib-094f.p6.spkg cephes-2.8.spkg cliquer-1.2.p5.spkg conway_polynomials-0.2.spkg cvxopt-0.9.p8.spkg cython-0.12.1.spkg deps docutil... 25 Jun 2010 08:47

Example of kill -9 erasing and/or corrupting a (temporary) file?
Someone told me, on another forum, that kill -9 could possibly erase a temporary file. Perhaps this is due to lack of experience, but for whatever reasons, I can' think of a situation where something like this could happen. Ideas? Or at the very least, some kind of hints that could put me in the right direction. ... 8 Jun 2010 18:21

[Meta] for the record - please ignore (was Re: how to transpose largematrix?)
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: Janis Papanagnou wrote: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: Janis Papanagnou wrote: Maxwell Lol wrote: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars(a)web.de> writes: Janis Papanagnou wrote: [To make sure; I didn't write the subsequent two lines; that was ... 6 Jun 2010 12:42

grepping from last file of a listing......
Hi all! I want to know how to grep a particular string from a latest file output.... example.... i have a list files like file1 file2 file3 acutally the files are having a similar name with date and time stamp. Here i am listing them with ls command and taking the latest file with tail -1 command. I... 6 Jun 2010 18:16

Join Lines
Hello, I'm looking for solution to the following problem: I have a file contains 2 fileds, but in a few rows, the second field go down (without spaces) to the next line. How can I join the splitted lines? For exmple: I need to change the following : ERROR1 1 ERROR2 1 WARNING1... 11 Jun 2010 10:19

vpath w/implicit pattern rule, & non-basename target (GNU make)
Trying to use vpath w/implicit pattern rule. Why does case B fail? # test makefile: /tmp/test0 $ cat makefile # simple test pattern rule %.foo: %.bar tac < $< > $@ vpath %.bar /tmp/test0/src # dependency/source file: /tmp/test0 $ ls /tmp/test0/src x.bar ... 5 Jun 2010 12:30

Access to the output of the last command
Is there a way to make a Unix shell always store the output of its command in a variable or a file, so that the output of the last command is always available without re-running the command and without copy-pasting from the terminal? Matlab has such a variable, which I think is called "res". There are various re... 24 Jun 2010 15:15

how to transpose large matrix?
(1) I have a relatively large file (9.4GB) that containing a rectangular matrix (columns separated by tabs, rows separated by newlines). I want to generate a file that contains the transpose of this matrix, and do so without slurping the entire matrix into memory all at once. Is there a utility that would... 25 Jun 2010 14:16

Simple hack to get $500 to your home.
Simple hack to get $500 to your home at http://uslatest.tk Due to high security risks,i have hidden the cheque link in an image. in that website on left side below search box, click on image and enter your name and address where you want to receive your cheque.please dont tell to anyone. ... 3 Jun 2010 12:16