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Why does Ctrl + V not paste in Bash (Linux shell)?
When I copy something to the clipboard and press Ctrl + V in Bash, nothing happens; However, right clicking and selecting Paste does the job.
Why? Is there any reasonable issue (I'm sure there is) behind this behavior in Linux?
Yasser Zamani
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How can I "group by" and sum a column in excel?
I'm trying to figure out how to "group by" values in an Excel spreadsheet.
Given the following example (this is an inventory sheet I use at my restaurant:)
At the far right of the spreadsheet there is a column named Cost of Goods Sold.
I would like…
Ian P
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How to supress "Terminate batch job (Y/N)" confirmation?
In cmd, when we press Ctrl+C we get the target application terminated but if the target application is called from a batch file, we get this "Terminate batch job (Y/N)" confirmation. I can never remember an instance where I chose not to terminate…
Srikanth
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Browse an UNC path using Windows CMD without mapping it to a network drive
C:\> cd \\somewhere
'\\somewhere'
CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.
What I usually do to get around this is to map that directory to a network drive and then I could easily access it from the command prompt.
But is there an…
Andreas Grech
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How can this website reidentify me even after deleting all of my browser's history and using a VPN?
The website dropmail.me is able to successfully reidentify me (and offer my last used temp mail addresses via. "Restore access") despite doing the following:
Delete all my browsers history which includes cache, cookies, website settings, download…
manuel
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What is the Windows hotkey to minimise a single, currently active window?
On Windows Vista, I'm familiar with Win + D to show the desktop but sometimes I just want to minimise two or three windows as they become active and not the whole lot.
What hotkey can I use to minimise only the currently active window?
Ionise
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Why does the base64 of a string contain "\n"?
$ echo -n "apfjxkic-omyuobwd339805ak:60a06cd2ddfad610b9490d359d605407" | base64
YXBmanhraWMtb215dW9id2QzMzk4MDVhazo2MGEwNmNkMmRkZmFkNjEwYjk0OTBkMzU5ZDYwNTQw
Nw==
The output has a return before Nw==. What is the correct way to generate base64 in…
Tiina
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Git - List all files currently under source control?
Is there a way to list all files currently under source control in git? (Not just those that have been modified).
Anonymous
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How do I enable the shared clipboard in VirtualBox?
Where is the configuration option for sharing clipboards (copy & paste) between the host OS and the guest OS?
Greg Mattes
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What are CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT states?
When I do netstat -a on my Windows machine, I get a listing of the ports with one of the four states:
- LISTENING
- CLOSE_WAIT
- TIME_WAIT
- ESTABLISHED
What do CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT mean/indicate?
Lazer
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How do I reset the time on my computer without turning it on?
Alright, so today, I did something very stupid: Do an experiment on my computer without backing it up.
So I saw that the calendar in Windows could only go up to 12/31/2999 (or something like that). I was wondering if I set the time to 11:59:59 PM,…
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How can I find only the executable files under a certain directory in Linux?
How can I find only the executable files under a certain directory in Linux?
HaiYuan Zhang
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PowerShell equivalent of curl
Is there an equivalent of curl in PowerShell? Does it have some similar built-in capability or is there a 3rd party cmdlet?
Borek Bernard
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How do you reuse a visual mode selection?
Often when editing code, I'll select a block in visual mode and do a search and replace over the block. After I make the changes, however, it leaves visual mode. How do you do a new find and replace over the same selection?
labyrinth
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How do I find out what version of Linux I'm running?
Is there a way to determine what version (distribution & kernel version, I suppose) of Linux is running (from the command-line), that works on any Linux system?
Daryl Spitzer
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