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How to get the invoking target of makefile?

How to get the invoking target of the GNU make Makefile? for example, I invoke make with the following command …

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Whether to escape ( and ) in regex using GNU sed

I've noticed several posts on this site which say that with gnu sed you should use ( and ) in regex rather …

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Disable make builtin rules and variables from inside the make file

I want to disable builtin rules and variables as per passing the -r and -R options to GNU make, from …

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Make Executable Binary File From Elf Using GNU objcopy

I'd like to copy an executable ELF file via: $ objcopy -O binary myfile.elf myfile.bin Unfortunately: $ chmod +x myfile.…

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sed not giving me correct substitute operation for newline with Mac - differences between GNU sed and BSD / OSX sed

I'm using this reference : sed help: matching and replacing a literal "\n" (not the newline) and I have a file "…

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gnu screen - changing the default escape command key to ALT-X?

In GNU screen, I want to change the default command binding to Alt-s (by tweaking .screenrc) instead of the default …

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What is the role of libc(glibc) in our linux app?

When we debug a program using gdb, we usually see functions with strange names defined in libc(glibc?). My questions …

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Include binary file with GNU ld linker script

I have a working linker script. I want to add another data section whose contents is pulled directly from a …

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What does GNU mean?

Yes, I know GNU means 'GNU is Not Unix', but what's that GNU?? I mean, if I substitute GNU in …

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How to make GNU Screen start a new window at the CURRENT working directory?

By default, when you create a new window in GNU Screen, it will start in the directory where screen is …

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