I need to find the encoding of all files that are placed in a directory. Is there a way to find the encoding used? The file command is not able to do this. The encoding that is of interest to me is ISO 8859-1. If the encoding is anything else, I want to move the file … Read more
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 6 years ago. Improve this question From a terminal window: When I use the rm command it can only remove files. When I use the … Read more
Could someone explain to me in simple terms the easiest way to change the indentation behavior of Vim based on the file type? For instance, if I open a Python file it should indent with 2 spaces, but if I open a Powershell script it should use 4 spaces. 11 Answers 11
How can I find a file by name in Visual Studio Code? A Visual Studio shortcut I’m used to is CTRL+,, but it does not work here. 5 Answers 5
Pretty simple question but can’t seem to find it anywhere online. I’m trying to make a program that depending on the file type will give me the extension. 4 Answers 4
VS2010 had the feature that viewing a file would automatically cause Solution Explorer to scroll to that file. With VS2012, viewing different files from within the IDE no longer scrolls and select the file in Solution Explorer automatically. Is it possible to get this feature back? Is there a setting somewhere? If so, how/where? 9 … Read more
Go’s standard library does not have a function solely intended to check if a file exists or not (like Python’s os.path.exists). What is the idiomatic way to do it? 13 s 13
Suppose I have a file similar to the following: 123 123 234 234 123 345 I would like to find how many times ‘123’ was duplicated, how many times ‘234’ was duplicated, etc. So ideally, the output would be like: 123 3 234 2 345 1 7 s 7 Assuming there is one number per … Read more
How do I find out the files in the current directory which do not contain the word foo (using grep)? 17 s 17 If your grep has the -L (or –files-without-match) option: $ grep -L “foo” *
I assume everyone here is familiar with the adage that all text files should end with a newline. I’ve known of this “rule” for years but I’ve always wondered — why? Best Answer Because that’s how the POSIX standard defines a line: 3.206 Line A sequence of zero or more non- <newline> characters plus a … Read more
