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Cygwin Make bash command not found

I installed cygwin with all the packages on windows 7 64 bit. For some reason the make command is giving me an …

c++ makefile cygwin command

How to sort a file, based on its numerical values for a field?

Example file.txt: 100 foo 2 bar 300 tuu When using sort -k 1,1 file.txt, the order of lines will not change, though …

linux bash sorting command

Terminal Commands: For loop with echo

I've never used commands in terminal like this before but I know its possible. How would I for instance write: …

macos terminal command

Show special characters in Unix while using 'less' Command

I would like to know how to view special characters while using 'less' command. For instance I want to see …

linux unix command

cocoapods - 'pod install' takes forever

I was trying to update the existing pods with the pod install command, but it takes forever to run. The …

ios command cocoapods repo pod-install

How to open the command prompt and insert commands using Java?

Is it possible to open the command prompt (and I guess any other terminal for other systems), and execute commands …

java command terminal launch

How to execute an external program from within Node.js?

Is it possible to execute an external program from within node.js? Is there an equivalent to Python's os.system() …

node.js command exec

How do I read the source code of shell commands?

I would like to read the actual source code which the linux commands are written with. I've gained some experience …

linux command gnu-coreutils

Extracting jar to specified directory

I wanted to extract one of my jars to specified directory using jar command line utility. If I understand this …

java jar command

How do I execute a Shell built-in command with a C function?

I would like to execute the Linux command "pwd" through a C language function like execv(). The issue is that …

c shell command exec pwd