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How to resize the block of a column

I have a single column of a file having many blocks and the blocks are separated by the > symbol. I want to resize all blocks to the same highest length by appending zero below them. My file is given below: file.txt and my expected output is given below I am trying to write a script, but it fails: Answer

ncurses newterm following openpty

I am trying to figure out how to do the following: create a new pseudo-terminal open a ncurses screen running inside the (slave) pseudo terminal fork A) forward I/O from the terminal the program is running in (bash) to the new (slave) terminal OR B) exit leaving the ncurses program running in the new pty. Can…

Trying to find empty files in other user home directory

I want to search for empty files inside the home directory of the user “adam” for example. Now i don’t know the right path for that user, so I need to get it from /etc/passwd with the following command: Output: /home/adam (for example) Then executing this command to find the empty files. Is …

Move all rows in a tsv with a certain date to their own file

I have a TSV file with 4 columns in this format The 4th column is a date string Example : 2020-12-09 12:34:22 I want every row with the same date to go into its own file For example, file 20201209 should have all rows that start with 2020-12-09 in the 4th column file 20201210 should have all rows that start