JSON array to bash variables using jq
I’ve got a JSON array like so:
Unix & Linux
Why isn’t [ -n ] false like [ -n “” ]?
My question is on return values produced by this code:
Tar produces different files each time
I often have large directories that I want to transfer to a local computer from a server. Instead of using recursive scp or rsync on the directory itself, I’ll often tar and gzip it first and then transfer it.
The python command starts the the wrong version of the python interpreter
I am using Mac OS X Version 10.13.1 and I have just installed anaconda. I have created a virtual environment using the command
df not recognizing partition being resized?
I’ve got Ubuntu 18.04 Server in Virtual Box, and once I’ve ran out of 10 GB of allocated space on virtual disk, I’ve increased the size of the virtual disk to 17 GB and resized the root partition with parted‘s resizepart command (and done so while partition is in use, and yes I know it’s … Read more
Piping into less and editing: “cannot edit standard input” error. Workarounds?
I recently learned that if I page my files with less, I can press v and open the buffer in Emacs. This works as long as I have the environment variable $EDITOR set up correctly, which in my case I have it as:
How to disable Hardware Acceleration in Linux?
How can I turn off Hardware Acceleration in Linux, also known as Direct Rendering. I wish to turn this off, as it messes with some applications like OBS Studio which can’t handle capturing of hardware acceleration on other applications since it’s enabled for the entire system. Certain apps can turn it on and off, but can’t do this for desktop and other apps.
How to connect to device via SSH over direct ethernet connection
I have a device that I need to connect to over SSH. The device is connected to my workstation via a direct ethernet connection. I’m attempting to assign the connected device an IP address somehow that I can SSH to, however all of the guides I’m finding have the user configure the IP from whatever device they’re working with (namely Raspberry Pi’s and so on). This is not something I can do with this device as I’ve no physical interface to work with.
Save setxkbmap settings?
I’m having trouble setting my keyboard settings to swedish, running Raspbian on a raspberry pi. I’ve tried everything and the only thing that worked was the command setxkbmap se.
How do I temporarily bypass an alias in tcsh?
I am using tcsh. bash and zsh and other suggestions won’t help here.