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Passing additional variables from command line to make

Can I pass variables to a GNU Makefile as command line arguments? In other words, I want to pass some …

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How to display line numbers in 'less' (GNU)

What is the command to make less display line numbers in the left column?

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How do I syntax check a Bash script without running it?

Is it possible to check a bash script syntax without executing it? Using Perl, I can run perl -c 'script …

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Compiling a C++ program with gcc

Question: How to compile a C++ program with gcc compiler? info.c: #include<iostream> using std::cout; using …

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grep regex whitespace behavior

I have a textfile, containing something like: 12,34 EUR 5,67 EUR ... There is one whitespace before 'EUR' and I ignore 0,XX EUR. …

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How to Export Private / Secret ASC Key to Decrypt GPG Files

Background: My boss has tried exporting an ASC key to me with public and private parts but whenever I get …

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gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi command not found

I am trying to install the gnu arm toolchain for ubuntu. I first downloaded the tar from CodeSourcery. However when …

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grep --ignore-case --only

grep fails when using both --ignore-case and --only-match options. Example: $ echo "abc" | grep -io abc abc $ echo "ABC" | grep -io …

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GnuPG: "decryption failed: secret key not available" error from gpg on Windows

Environment: HP laptop with Windows XP SP2 I had created some encrypted files using GnuPG (gpg) for Windows. Yesterday, my …

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How do I apply a diff patch on Windows?

There are plenty of programs out there that can create a diff patch, but I'm having a heck of a …

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