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want to learn a surface amount of command prompt language [closed]
(EDIT: I apologize for the question, what has been offered to me below has nevertheless been enlightening. I now realize that -e and -c were program specific.)
I am working on fiddling with some ...
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Where did the convention of naming command line arguments as 'argv' come from?
It seems like Python, PHP, and Ruby all use the name "argv" to refer to the list of command line arguments. Where does the name "argv" come from? Why not something like "args"?
My guess is that it ...
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Why do people use terminal text editors? [duplicate]
Are there any inherent advantages to a terminal text editor over a gui version of the same editor (vim and gvim for example) or are the people using terminal text editors just using them because ...
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C Minishell Command Expansion Printing Gibberish
I'm writing a unix minishell in C, and am at the point where I'm adding command expansion. What I mean by this is that I can nest commands in other commands, for example:
$> echo hello $(echo ...
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Parsing stdout with custom format or standard format?
To integrate with other executables, a executable may launch another executable and capture its output from stdout.
But most programs writes the output message to stdout in custom format and usually ...
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Why do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches? [closed]
> shutdown /?
> Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e | /o] [/hybrid] [/f]
The windows cmd.exe command shutdown only documents forward slash / switches, but it accepts ...
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What are the benefits of using the command line for software development?
What benefits are gained from using the command line for software development over using an alternative GUI? Is the command line faster for certain tasks? Are certain tools only available via the ...
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What is the relationship between the command line, the OS and the microprocessor? [closed]
I'm not totally clear on how using the command line differs from working through the OS' interface using an editor for example. Obviously the UI is different but I want to understand how the command ...
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Is it a good idea to design an architecture thinking that the User Interface classes can be replaced by a command line interface?
In Code Complete page 25, it's said that it's a good idea to be able to easily replace the regular user interface classes by a command line one.
Knowing its advantages for testing, what about the ...
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Should program behavior be modified using a config file or environmental variables?
I'm referring to *nix command line applications primarily, where you want to permanently modify the behavior from defaults.
Environmental variables are easily understood and implemented, usually ...
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Command line merge conflict tools
I sometimes prefer to work in a terminal. I use git, and sometimes have merge conflicts. Are there any merge-conflict-resolution tools that work in a command-line only environment?
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Need to learn powershell for sharepoint configuration [closed]
I need to be familiar with at least the basics of using powershell to configure sharepoint solutions and their user accounts over the next couple of weeks.
Would general powershell learning resources ...
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Input to program without command-line arguments
Let's assume that there are no command-line arguments. How do you pass input data to a program?
I'm thinking you'd write the input to a file with a specific name, such that the program knows to open ...
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PHP common uses for the Command Line
I started with PHP a little while ago. I've been doing a lot of tutorials, practice sites, etc. and it's going great.
One thing I like about PHP is how easy it is to get started (downloading WAMP and ...
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How to write a command interpreter/parser?
Problem: Run commands in the form of a string.
command example:
/user/files/ list all;
equivalent to:
/user/files/ ls -la;
another one:
post tw fb "HOW DO YOU STOP THE TICKLE MONSTER?;"
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Is there a good commandline console for Windows? [closed]
I usually develop with Ubuntu but now I'm forced to use Windows XP. It's actually pretty okay except the commandline is irritating. I miss resizing the window just with mouse but on windows I have to ...
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Should Version Control Softwares be used from Command Line or GUI
I was going through some tutorials on TortoiseHg. Despite having a rich GUI, the first examples are given using command line options.
Does the ideal usage involve command line or it was started that ...
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How do i speedily traverse a file system while extracting/extrapolating various data and provide user feedback?
I'm working on a system file scanner that reveals info about various files (e.g. size, last used, duplicates, etc). Currently I'm traversing the file system once just to get a good measure of the ...
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Command line options style - POSIX or what?
Somewhere I saw a rant against java/javac allegedly using a mix of Windows and Unix style like
java -classpath ... -ea ... Something
IMHO, it is no mix, it's just like find works as well, isn't it? ...
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How to structure reading of commands given at a(n interactive) CLI prompt?
Let's say I have a program called theprogram (the marketing team was on strike when the product was to be named). I start that program by typing, perhaps not surprisingly, the program name as a ...
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When to learn the command line version of a programming tool?
Almost every programming tool has a command line version; many of which also have a gui version. It takes a lot of time and memorization effort to learn the different commands and various ...
