Questions tagged [prefix]

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Zsh, directory tab-completion with prefix

I have a directory where I put all my projects in, let's say it's ~/projects as an example. I've made a command called s which takes one argument, and moves me into that directory. E.g.: s foo moves me to ~/projects/foo. What I'd like is to have a…
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How to prevent Firefox from hiding the 'http://' URL prefix?

I upgraded to Firefox 7.0.1 and the 'Google Shortener' stops working. I think this happens because in Firefox 7.0.1 the http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default. How do I get the http:// back in the location bar? I checked in the about:config…
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Some websites don't work WITH the www. prefix

I came across a site that doesn't work when I type in the address with the "www." prefix. The following is an example: if you click on this link, it won't take you to any site, but rather display an error message. By simply doing away with the…
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Understanding the black magic of IPv6 addresses

my router (AVM Fritz Box) is supporting 6to4. So far it works but I want to understand what's going on. The last few hours I spent on a IPv6 book. There are many things I understand now but there is this one thing I can't figure out: Router's…
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Looking for Clarification on Binary Prefix Logic / History vs. SI Prefix

Recently I've looked into the SI and Binary prefixes used for digital storage / computing in general, and I'm still not sure I understand the logic behind the Binary prefix (actual question at the bottom). Current Understanding…
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radvd is not assigning prefix

I'm currently trying to setup IPv6 address auto-configuration with router advertisement daemon (radvd) on a virtual machine running CentOS 6.5. But the eth0 interface is not obtaining that prefix. I've obtained the ULA prefix from here. Contents of…
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Drag & Drop file on a shell/bash script (or conntected .desktop file) on Mac, make copy, add prefix to filename

I'm new to the Mac OSX terminal and Unix in general. I wrote the batch file for windows where it works. I'd appreciate your help to do the same on Mac. I have a network folder, that contains a file original.ext I want to drag that file ($1) on a…
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Rewrite the first three characters of *.ext file names in a folder with a set of letters

How to rewrite the first 3 letters of file name Using set alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 to randomise characters Targeting all files of a particular extension in a folder *.ext Duplication of 3 characters by chance does not matter…
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Bind Tmux prefix to an unicode character?

I'd like to bind the Tmux prefix to the unicode character  (while also keeping C-b). I'we tried putting the following in my ~/.tmux.conf, but none of theese works set -g prefix M-$ bind M-$ send-prefix set -g prefix  bind  send-prefix set -g…
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emacs prefix key and workgroups2

I am trying to use workgroups2 which I installed from the builtin emacs package manager elpa. From the readme file: Most commands are bound to both and C-. c - create workgroup k -…
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Excel formula for extracting prefixes

I have a table of 2 columns - file name & PC ID. What I need is list of all 3-letter prefixes - for each PC ID separate. For example: For: BUSstop1 PC1 BUSstop3 PC2 TRMstop8 PC1 BIKnet1 PC1 I want to see something like…
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Rename files and adding a prefix according to groups

Let's say I have files in side a folder named abc001.jpg abc002.jpg abc003.jpg abc004.jpg abc005.jpg . . . acb999.jpg Let's say group1 is abc001.jpg abc002.jpg abc005.jpg abc010.jpg and group2 is abc003.jpg abc004.jpg abc009.jpg abc111.jpg I…
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Using RegEX To Prefix And Append In Notepad++

I found this question on StackOverflow. It worked great but I also need to include lines that have non-alphabet characters in it like: some_name some.name And add prefixes like this: start:"some_name" start:"some.name" Based on the the other…
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How to get a list of all URLs in history starting by some prefix in Firefox?

When I type the start of an URL in Firefox, I get an auto-completion of maybe 10 choices. But on some websites like professional web apps, you may have 30 or 50 links of interest to you and if it doesn't appear in auto-completion, you have to…
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Prefix Creation Aborted

Absolutely must get Windows version of VisualBoyAdvance running on Mac OS Catalina, sorry I cannot accept "download VBA-M" as an answer for what I'm doing, it's complicated. What I have to do is make a bundle through WineBottler, but this has…
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