How to use cal command to add the calendar of next July to the end of the file, for example, myfile, and what day of the week the upcoming Canada Day fall on? So far I just have this command: I feel like I am not doing it correct and I don’t know which command to use, to find the
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Using sed with regex to replace text on OSX and Linux
I am trying to replace some strings inside a file with sed using Regular Expressions. To complicate the matter, this is being done inside a Makefile script that needs to work on both osx and linux. Specifically, within file.tex I want to replace with (xxx and yyy are just example text.) Note, xxx could contai…
Can I use ssh to login another host and automatically “su” to another user? [closed]
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Getting the path to a users documents folder on Linux and MacOSX
I’m currently developing a GUI using Matlab and I need to get the directory of the standard document folder of the user. Under windows I use this: and it works perfectly. Now I planned on doing the same for Linux and Mac with the system(command), but I have no idea what the actual command must look like…
How to prevent git from committing two files with names differing only in case?
We develop in a mixed environment – some people work on Macs and some work on Linux. This has proven to be a bit of a challenge at times, as those people who work on Linux are used to having their filesystems be case sensitive, so there’s no issue committing (accidentally or otherwise) multiple fi…
How do I call native Linux and OS X API from .NET Core application?
I need to call file management functions that are not present in .NET Core. How do I call native Linux and Mac OS X API from my C# code? Edit: The only answer to this question doesn’t include any definitive information. Can someone post some code samples or more concrete details about how to invoke Mac …
Does downloading g++ to windows guarantee you will compile Unix projects successfully?
So here is the link : http://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/alee/g++/g++.html My Unix project uses this : Is it a guarantee? I heard that you can compile the Unix projects using g++ (I have makefile too). I am only familiar about Windows and I don’t know anything about Linux and Mac. Answer No guarantee. I&…
Docker containers having trouble exposing ports to host on Mac
I was trying to expose a port from the Docker container on which my server is running to my Mac host so that my browser on the host can access it. I could use run -it -p <port>:<port> … command to expose a port. That certainly works on Linux host (I have been doing that all the time before w…
Makefile as simlink: not found
Is it possible to have a Makefile referenced by a simlink, and try calling action using make? I am experiencing that calling make in a directory where Makefile is a simlink, Makefile is not found. I have a need to reduce replication of Makefiles, and I would prefer using simlinks. Suggestions? Answer It shoul…
Extract part of string in Bash
When I import my GPG keys, I get a response back: I would very much like to extract the key’s ID LOL12345. The command I run that returns the output is as follows: Answer Try to use grep: -P use perl regex style. -o print only the matched part. -m 1 exit after the first match. This will ensure, that