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bash, Programming

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Check if passed argument is file or directory in Bash

I’m trying to write an extremely simple script in Ubuntu which would allow me to pass it either a filename or a directory, ...

May 29, 2022
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PHP, Programming

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Asynchronous shell exec in PHP

I’ve got a PHP script that needs to invoke a shell script but doesn’t care at all about the output. The shell script ...

May 29, 2022
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bash, Programming

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String comparison in bash. [[: not found

I am trying to compare strings in bash. I already found an answer on how to do it on stackoverflow. In script I ...

May 29, 2022
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bash, Programming

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How to retrieve absolute path given relative

Is there a command to retrieve the absolute path given a relative path? For example I want $line to contain the absolute path ...

May 29, 2022
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git, Programming

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How do I get bash completion to work with aliases?

Case in point: I’m a on mac with bash v3.2.17, I’m using git installed via macports with the bash_completion variant. When I type ...

May 29, 2022
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bash, Programming

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Copy folder recursively, excluding some folders

I am trying to write a simple bash script that will copy the entire contents of a folder including hidden files and folders ...

May 29, 2022
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bash, Programming

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How to pass arguments to Shell Script through docker run

I am new to the docker world. I have to invoke a shell script that takes command line arguments through a docker container. ...

May 28, 2022
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Programming, regex

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How to do a non-greedy match in grep?

I want to grep the shortest match and the pattern should be something like: <car ... model=BMW ...> ... ... ... </car> … ...

May 28, 2022
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linux, Programming

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Looking for files NOT owned by a specific user

I’m looking to recursively look through directories to find files NOT owned by a particular user and I am not sure how to ...

May 28, 2022
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Programming, Python

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Seeing escape characters when pressing the arrow keys in python shell

In shells like the interactive python shell, you can usually use the arrow keys to move around in the current line or get ...

May 28, 2022
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