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Date: 2017-11-25
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How do I delete (unset) an exported environment variable?
tags: linux, environment-variables, unset
967 votes, 3 answers and 547486 views
\r\n Before installing gnuplot I set the environment variable GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR = /home/gnuplot/build/src.\n\nDuring the installation something went wrong; now I want to remove the GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR ...\r\n
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How do I hide certain files from the sidebar in Visual Studio Code?
tags: visual-studio-code
242 votes, 5 answers and 69745 views
\r\n Using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code, how do I hide certain files and file patterns from appearing in the sidebar?\n\nI want to hide .meta and .git style files\r\n
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What do 'real', 'user' and 'sys' mean in the output of time(1)?
tags: unix, time, benchmarking
1188 votes, 5 answers and 297055 views
\r\n $ time foo\nreal 0m0.003s\nuser 0m0.000s\nsys 0m0.004s\n$\r\nWhat do 'real', 'user' and 'sys' mean in the output of time?\n\nWhich one is meaningful when benchmarking my app?\r\n
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Update git commit author date when amending
tags: git
186 votes, 5 answers and 49122 views
\r\n I found myself amending my commits quite often. I don't stash so much because I tend to forget I did so, especially when I want to save what I did before I leave or before a weekend, so I do a "draft" ...\r\n
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how to split a string in shell and get the last field
tags: bash, split, tokenize, cut
182 votes, 13 answers and 267434 views
\r\n suppose I have the string 1:2:3:4:5 and I want to get its last field (5 in this case). how do I do that using Bash? I tried cut, but I don't know how to specify the last field with -f.\r\n
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Disabled form inputs do not appear in the request
tags: html, forms, http, browser
227 votes, 6 answers and 120229 views
\r\n I have some disabled inputs in a form and I want to send them to a server, but Chrome excludes them from the request. \n\nIs there any workaround for this without adding a hidden field? \n\n<form ...\r\n
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How can Python iterate over dictionaries with 'for' loops using only the dict keys?
tags: python, python-2.7, dictionary, key, iteration
1657 votes, 12 answers and 2233477 views
\r\n I am a bit puzzled by the following code:\n\nd = {'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'z': 3} \nfor key in d:\n print key, 'corresponds to', d[key]\r\nWhat I don't understand is the key portion. How does Python recognize ...\r\n
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Is it a good practice to use try-except-else in Python?
tags: python, exception, exception-handling, try-catch
223 votes, 8 answers and 116086 views
\r\n From time to time in Python, I see the block:\n\ntry:\n try_this(whatever)\nexcept SomeException as exception:\n #Handle exception\nelse:\n return something\r\nWhat is the reason for the try-except-else ...\r\n
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core dumped - but core file is not in current directory?
tags: c, linux, coredump
200 votes, 7 answers and 250968 views
\r\n While running a C program, It says "(core dumped)" but I can't see any files under current path.\n\nI have set and verified the ulimit:\n\nulimit -c unlimited \nulimit -a \r\nI also tried to find file named "...\r\n
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tags: javascript, jquery, ajax
395 votes, 7 answers and 606683 views
\r\n Recently I have started playing with jQuery, and have been following a couple of tutorials. Now I feel slightly competent with using it (it's pretty easy), and I thought it would be cool if I were ...\r\n