Revisiting Bash vs Source difference
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Revisiting Bash vs Source difference

I want to ask a question about bash and source. I acknowledge they are both used with .sh extension files such as bash setup.sh source setup.sh However, I...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

German Umlauts on an English keyboard
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German Umlauts on an English keyboard

I switched to the American keyboard layout mainly because I find it easier to program that way. But for other applications I sometimes need umlauts. I tri...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

Please help me block this traffic
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Please help me block this traffic

I have been trying to disable this functionality for quite some time, but cannot seem to figure it out. Within a 1 minute interval several packet sniffer ...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

Resetting and reinstalling Python
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Resetting and reinstalling Python

On Ubuntu (Mate) 18.04.1 LTS My PYTHONPATH is :/home/jim/ytini/yt-conda/bin:/home/jim/ytini/yt-conda/sbin $python -V returns Python 2.7.16 :: Anaconda, In...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

Custom Keyboard Variant (for Transliteration of Arabic) not working
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Custom Keyboard Variant (for Transliteration of Arabic) not working

I tried setting up a custom keyboard layout in Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS for being able to write Arabic transliteration for scientific purposes (see: https://en....

Published: Aug 02, 2026

Get Firefox to ignore shortcut Ctrl+W for
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Get Firefox to ignore shortcut Ctrl+W for "close window", and use it for "close tab"

I currently use ctrl+w for closing application windows. ctrl+w is also Firefox's shortcut for closing a tab. Is it possible to keep both, so therefor...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

spread a file into multiple .csv files per each line of inputfile read
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spread a file into multiple .csv files per each line of inputfile read

I have .csv file with over 1000 rows that contains on each row a number ie, "2224441214" that is the only value on the row. I need to break that file up i...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

MySQL workbench freezes during long query editing forever
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MySQL workbench freezes during long query editing forever

I have very long queries text (~50 lines). Recently MySQL workbecnh is exhibiting strange behavior. While editing the query (I open it, I edit one charact...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

How do I resolve a
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How do I resolve a "Too many levels of symbolic links" error on my Documents folder?

I tried using root and the absolute path, but got the same error. I also tried changing the ownership of the folder manually to my username, which also re...

Published: Aug 02, 2026

-bash: !: event not found [closed]
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-bash: !: event not found [closed]

I want to remove all folder and files except a folder named docs. echo !(docs) but I got -bash: !: event not found? I'm using mac default terminal.

Published: Aug 02, 2026

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