I need to make a radiolist in bash script using dialog interface, for example if I have the following list: I need when the user chooses an option and presses “ok”, my script could read the item’s name and not the item’s number. It is possible? Thanks! Answer You can put your expected …
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Bash: add string to the end of the file without line break
How can I add string to the end of the file without line break? for example if i’m using >> it will add to the end of the file with line break: I would like to add yourText2 right after yourText1 Answer If your sed implementation supports the -i option, you could use: With the second solution you&…
Basic Python Hello World Program Syntax Error [closed]
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Connecting to WiFi using adb shell
I have all the details to connect to a particular access point. I have to use that access point only, so all I require is the command to do it. Answer You can add a network entry into the wpa_supplicant.conf yourself (or within your script) Essentially connect manually once, then do: and integrate the network…
How to run a ./configure script inside makefile
I have tried the following: under this context What can I do to make this work? Answer What happens when you just do ./libpng/configure? Make sure the configure script is executable! (chmod +x ./libpng/configure)
How can I do congestion control for a UDP protocol?
I have a custom UDP protocol with multiple senders/receivers designed to send large files around as fast as possible. It is client/server based. How can I detect congestion on the LAN to slow the rate of UDP packets being sent? EDIT: please, no comments on the use of UDP whether it’s suitable or not. Th…
Open All files named generator.yml in all subdirectories of current directory in gedit
I’m no expert at shell scripting so I just want a quick answer. I tried something like but It just doesn’t work because it’s just a stupid guess. So what’s the correct way? UPDATE: answers by Jaypal Singh , kev and Sorin were very helpful but kev’s answer covers more cases so I&#…
Doing a deep unrar of an archive using the unrar command in Linux
I use the following command to unrar all files in a rar-acrhive to a directory It works great and it ignores the directory structure inside the archive which is just what I want. How do I make it unrar all rar files inside the archive aswell if there are any? Answer Run find folder -name “*.rar” -…
Is there a library and header to use to access EWMH/NetWM functions?
I need to get similar information on the current windows and virtual desktops as that provided by the command-line app wmctrl. I s there some (C/C++) API header & lib-files that I can use? Answer Download the source code of wmctrl and study it. If you are making some free software with the same or compati…
LAMP error: session_start() failed: No space left on device (28), but
Ubuntu server 10.04, Apache 2.2.14, PHP 5.3.2, MySQL. For the drive where session files are stored: df -h: df -ih: Any ideas? Answer Finally remembered to answer with the solution! Turns out there were too many files in one directory. Had to start hashing the session files into subdirectories.