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Is there a way for one SSH config file to include another one?
In case it matters:
OS: Ubuntu 10.04
SSH: OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu5
I'd like one SSH config file to include another one. The use case would be to define whatever I want in my default .ssh/config file and then pre-pend a couple of extra things…
Joe Casadonte
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Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘-Tab behave like Windows' Alt-Tab?
Is there any program or way to make Mac OS X's ⌘Tab(Command-Tab) behave like Windows' AltTab?
That is, instead of switching between applications, to switch between windows of all applications?
I do know there's a way to switch between windows of the…
Pablo Fernandez
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Why is Google so much faster than a hard-drive search?
When I search a file on my HD in Windows 7 or Windows XP it takes some minutes to finish the process. If I fill in a search term in Google, the answer is on my screen in milliseconds
How is it possible for Google to search the Internet, which is…
Arne
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How to find files with certain text in the Terminal
I'd like to find all files that contain a certain string of text. How would you do that in the Terminal?
Svish
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How to download only subtitles of videos using youtube-dl
How can I download subtitles of a list of videos using youtube-dl? I need an option for this. However I could not find an option to download only subtitles
fivetech
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Cut part from video file from start position to end position with FFmpeg
I have a video file of 30 minutes, but I want to extract a video from 00:09:23 to 00:25:33.
I can define the startposition with -ss, but I couldn't find one for the end position. Any help please?
x74x61
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How can I convert MP4 video to MP3 audio with FFmpeg?
I need to extract an MP3 audio track from an MP4 video with ffmpeg. I can do this for .flv -> mp3, but I don't know the command line parameters for mp4->mp3. For example, flv -> mp3:
ffmpeg -i video.flv -acodec copy audio.mp3
What parameters should…
user916350
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What can I do to stop the Play / Pause button from opening iTunes?
In Snow Leopard the Play / Pause media button (on the F8 key) opens up iTunes. How can I disable that? Preferably keeping the old Leopard behaviour, so I can use it to control other media applications (e.g. Spotify).
Olly
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How to list Chocolatey packages already installed and newer version available from the command line
I have the following packages installed with Chocolatey.
choco list
> choco list
Chocolatey v0.9.9.2
adobereader 11.0.10
ccleaner 5.03.5128 …
Joel Handwell
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How can I clear cookies for a single site?
Sometimes a webapp breaks for whatever reason, and I need to clear my cookies in order to use it again. I wind up clearing all of my cookies, which is a pain, because I then have to log back in to all the sites I use.
I've tried F12, and…
Louis Waweru
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How can I check the temperature of my CPU in Windows?
Does Windows provide a means to check my CPU temperature natively?
If not, are there any software tools which can reveal this information?
Chris Bye
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Which Unicode characters do smilies like ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ consist of?
How do I make Unicode texts like the one in the title, or like the following, without resorting to copy+paste?
٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃).
As an aside, note that in your browser the above example should look like:
Anirudh Goel
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How do I get different background images on my dual monitors?
Is there a way to set two different background pictures for my two monitors in Windows 7?
By default the same background picture is used for both displays. I am looking for a solution without installing extra software.
balint
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Easiest way to open CSV with commas in Excel
CSV files are automatically associated with Excel but when I open them, all the rows are basically in the first column, like this:
It's probably because when Excel thinks "comma-separated values", it actually searches for some other delimiter (I…
Borek Bernard
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What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?
I'm confused with the terminology. What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?
claws
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