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Command Line SSH restart Mac OSX Mountain Lion
How can I restart the SSH service via the command line on Mac OSX Mountain Lion please?
Using ps aux | grep 'ssh', I was able to deduce that the process is most likely /usr/sbin/sshd.
From here I searched the sshd documentation for references to…
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how to download dropbox files using wget command?
Seems I can only download dropbox files using explorer such as chrome and firefox. If I use wget to download, then I would get a file which is in html format. Why?
For example you can open this link…
hugemeow
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Go to specific row number in excel
Is there a way in Excel to go to a specific row number? For example I need to find an alternate way to not have to scroll but rather can immediately go to row # 3000
Shades
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How can I check a system's current NTP configuration?
I need to verify the current NTP configuration on some Windows systems. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this via command line instead of navigating through configuration screens.
(I'm working on several different OS versions, and configuration…
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Virtual Box - not filling entire screen
I am new to VirtualBox and am trying to set up an instance of Windows 7 64.
I have the virtual machine instance running with Windows 7 now installed, but it only fills up a small portion of my screen. Even when I go full screen, the window stays…
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An application to easily pick a color in Mac OS X and get the hex value
I'm looking for a way to easily pick a color from anywhere on the screen in Mac OS X and get the value as a hex code (like #ACC782 ).
OS X has a built in system "color picker" and I found a standalone "app" that will just run that, but I don't see…
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How do I wrap lines in Notepad++ after N symbols?
I would like to have my lines in plain text in Notepad++ wrapped (soft wrapping for display, not insertion of line ends) after a reasonable amount of symbols (like 65 or 80). Is it possible?
The only option I came across is wrapping at window width,…
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Windows 7's PATH and environment variables are corrupted
I have no clue, but lately I've been having this problem. After running my workstation suddenly something destroys PATH and lots of stuff stops working. Initially, my path had MANY directories listed (I use Windows 7 as a development box) and after…
Pavel P
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How to gzip multiple files into one gz file?
I have 100 files: cvd1.txt, cvd2.txt ... cvd100.txt
How to gzip 100 files into one .gz file, so that after I gunzip it, I should have cvd1.txt, cvd2.txt ... cvd100.txt separately?
Tony
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Do I need to have a passphrase for my SSH RSA key?
Before I started at my current job (at a small business), my office had no firewall on the network and literally nothing was ever being backed up. Now that I've signed on as a dedicated sysadmin / one-man-IT-department, I've been doing what I can to…
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How to have full directory path always shown in mac terminal (like linux terminal)
In my ubuntu terminal I have always current directory shown completely. Just like this:
blabla@blublu:~/music/my_album/classical/beethoven$
But in my Mac (Mac OS X 10.6.5) terminal does not show the full path and it is like…
Pouya
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How do I convert a .PNG into a .ICO?
There's an image in the VS2010 stock icon pack which is only included as a PNG, which I would like to use as an ICO (I want XP and earlier users to see the icon). How can I convert the PNG into the ICO?
Billy ONeal
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Why is DNS apparently involved in issuing "dir" on Windows 10?
For complicated reasons, I have been forced to make an identical copy of cmd.exe and rename it to cmd-2.exe, which I put as a shortcut on the Taskbar to have them "grouped" in different taskbar groups.
Sometimes, I forget about this, and to open a…
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How to clean unused homebrew dependencies
How to remove all homebrew packages wich are not used by any other package?
Some packages are installed as dependency of other package. When packages are removed, dependent packages stay as leftovers.
apt support the autoremove command for example.…
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How does Firefox know my ISP login page?
To access the Internet, I have to log in at my ISP-provided login page which is a
private IPv4 address (192.168.xx.xx). If I open Firefox without logging in to that
account, Firefox shows this notification saying "You must log in to this…
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