convert CSV to XLS file on linux
The following Perl script can convert CSV file to XLS file
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Is it a sane approach to “back up” the $IFS variable?
I am always really hesitant to mess around with $IFS because it’s clobbering a global.
Where are zsh and mksh incompatible with bash?
To what extent can other POSIX-compatible shells function as reasonable replacements for bash? They don’t need to be true “drop-in” replacements, but close enough to work with most scripts and support the rest with some modification.
How to prefix any output in a bash script?
When a script runs, commands in it may output some text to stdout/stderr. Bash itself may also output some text. But if a few scripts are running at the same time, it is hard to identify where does an error come from. So is it possible to insert a prefix to all output of the … Read more
What is “declare” in Bash?
After reading ilkkachu’s answer to this question I learned on the existence of the declare (with argument -n) shell built in.
What is the difference between .profile and .bash_profile and why don’t I have a .profile file on my system?
So I’m pretty new to Linux and recently installed Fedora 19 on my netbook. I want to have a deeper understanding of Linux and the CLI so I’m now reading Learn Linux: The Hard Way.
How to redirect the output of any command?
I’m trying to write a simple script to monitor my network status, without all of ping‘s output:
rsync certain files, excluding the rest, ignoring .svn/ directory, recursively
I’m using rsync to copy some files from a share to another.
Autocomplete of filename in directory
This question is quite similar to this one, but I can’t understand the solution. I also know this tutorial, but still I am unable to understand what I am doing wrong.
bash: /dev/stderr: Permission denied
After upgrading to a new release version, my bash scripts start spitting errors: