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  1. AlienResidents

    Sets of Wheels

    My current set of wheels, which so far, happens to be my favourite.
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    Programming with BASH

    You can do this with a single command (awk) if you wanted: awk '/text/ {print $3}' filename
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    After 90 days of study, I am still learning but not sure what size USB drives to get

    I don't want to derail this thread but, we should argue this over some beer some night (I'm in SE melbs, working in the Docklands) :)
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    After 90 days of study, I am still learning but not sure what size USB drives to get

    I'm a bit late to the party, but I have an extra couple of cents to throw in. I'm pedantic when it comes to the terms Linux and Linux Distribution. Linux is the operating system. A Linux distribution, or Linux distro, in general, is comprised of programs that allow a user to meaningfully, or...
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    Script to auto install fonts

    What fonts do you want installed?
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    Post a screenshot of your Desktop

    Oh, and with the requisite screenfetch...
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    Post a screenshot of your Desktop

    Kinda minimal, but that's how I like it.
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    What's the different between " ` " and " ' " ?

    Also, depending on your shell (your example looks like a bourne-compatible shell) , the usage of single quotes, double quotes, and $() is different. Single quotes (not backticks) in Bash (maybe other shells) also allow you to print unicode too e.g. echo -e $'\xef\x85\xbc'. Hopefully your...
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    When was your first touch of Linux?

    First touched Linux (kernel ver: 1.2.something) in 1995 with an IBM PC350, Pentium 100(MHz), a massive 16MB of RAM, 1GB hard drive and with Slackware and Red Hat (not Red Hat Enterprise Linux / RHEL) CDROMs from the Linux Unleashed book released the same year. I dual booted Win95 (gotta play...
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    Programming with BASH

    Hi, You can redirect and append STDOUT to a file using this example: exec 1>> /tmp/stuff.log Notes: In most cases, this example will also create a file if it doesn't already exist. You do not need to specify 1>>, because 1>> is implied by just using >>. I would suggest a couple of changes...
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