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How to load system-wide daemon on Mac OS X
I tried all of the above and was still unable to load my job.
If you get the error Load failed: 5: Input/output error, it may help to change the owner and group of the .plist to root and wheel, ...
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confusing `rm` command corner behavior
My testbed is Linux, namely Debian 12, and in this answer I link to Debian manuals. Still I believe the mechanics is identical in all Unix/Linux systems.
I don't understand why the read and execute ...
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How do I reverse the lines of a file in UNIX
FreeBSD and MacOS do not have "tac" as an option. You can use "tail -r" to reverse the line order.
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How to keep Midnight Commander running after you open a file?
as of dec'2024 to open images in background I added '&' to the end of a line like this:
file ~/.config/mc/mc.ext.ini
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[Include/image]
Open=/usr/lib/mc/ext.d/image.sh open ALL_FORMATS &
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Using `find` for multiple file extensions
With the GNU version of find you can also use -regex or -iregex (i.e. case-insensitive):
find . -iregex '.*\.\(txt\|html\|js\|ts\|jsx\|css\)'
-regex is not supported with the BSD/macOS ootb flavour ...
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Cannot change directory into home directory, although permissions are set correct
You can use this Linux command :
sudo chown -v -R user:user /home/user/
and then use this
sudo chown -v -R user:user /home/user/..
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