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SORT command > sorting decimal numbers in columns on a file not working!

Hi. I try to sort a column on a file containing decimal numbers. I useSse Linux 9.1. Then I try to do this:roberto@linux:~/pruebas/grep-textoscat numerosdoasidpoas opipo 7.8kjkljkljklji kjklj 35.7kljkljkl kljkl 2.3dopasidp poipo 0.2kjkljlkl kjkl 0.0kljkljkjl ljlk 0.8jklhkljkl kjkl 0.0kljkljkljl...

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Number of matches

How to print the number of newlines at the end of a file?perl -0777ne 'print $& if /\n+$/' file | wc -lseems too long-winded.James...

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Linux Device Drivers

I am thinking about setting up a free website offering linux devicehardware drivers, listing and hosting as many as I can find or getuploaded to me. Any ideas on how this should be set up?...

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USB problems in GUI

Does anyone know what configuration file controls how ACPI allocatescomputer resources?I have a Toshiba a65-s1762 laptop (3.2ghz P4-M), When I install eitherFC5 or SUSE 10.0, the install wont complete unless I include ACPI=FFin the command line on boot up. The problem is that when I use theACPI=...

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compare and rename script

Hi AllFirst let me apologize if I'm asking this question in the wrong group,but I could not find a unix scripting group on my news server.I can write simple scripts but the other day they asked me to write ascript that will compare file names and rename one of them, here are theparticulars....

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a novice needs some help with Bias Peak 4

Poison-dart frog recording?This is a perfect situation where you should be using Linux!!After compiling the system, you should be able to easily import yourfrogs into a program like Ardour or Audacity and from there it is asimple matter of editing a few text files and generating the commandline...

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site's with many quality scripts..

check http://xmb.ath.cx/code/?C=M;=D ( xmb.ath.cx )i please others to post their known or own sites here too, thanks....

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way too many items in /dev

I was looking in /dev to get an idea of what hd are listed to runbadblocks on, when I discovered scores of items in the directory!Here are just a few lines:[root@fileserve rkhunter]# ls /devadbmouse fd7h1660 hdk25 ippp4 nst4m ptyx2sdao15 sdbl sdch3 sdde10 sdea5 sdey12 sdfu7 sdgr14 sdhn9sdik2 sdv...

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changing root password with Knoppix?

I recently just had a FC2 box hacked.Unfortunately we simply can't take it offline at the moment because wehave outside people needing to use files on it.I'm in the process of rebuilding the box over the next couple of days,but in the meantime, I have to keep the compromised machine up...

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Error running yum install

When I ran 'yum install' command, I got the following messages:# yum install screenRepository DISABLED-updates-released already added, not adding againRepository DISABLED-base already added, not adding againSetting up Install ProcessSetting up repositoriesCannot find a valid baseurl fo...

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found this lurking on my hard disk...

Paul Cooke wrote:it would appear to be highly relevant still. Is there a more recentversion?Frequently Asked Questions and Primer for comp.os.linux.advocacyEdition IQ: What dumb **** would post a 2016 line, 100KB attachment to a non-binarygroup ?A: Paul Cookepaul.cooke100@blueyonder.co.uk paul.c...

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echoing variables

Hi,In the Bourne shell I am trying to create a script that sends both thevariable name and the variable value to stardard output. For examplethe desired result may be"The variable name is $1 and the variable value is 12345."However at the moment the closest I can get is"The variable name is 1234...

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