mcp
C, Python.
Linux, Dvorak.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
- C.A.R. Hoare, The 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey
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See all 24 »How do you find out the number of files in a directory from the command line?
4 answers · posted 2y ago by mcp · last activity 2mo ago by Ed Morton
Question What partition type should I use for FAT partitions such that Linux and Windows systems both recognize the drive? Notes I am partitioning the drive with fdisk and making the filesystem ...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by mcp · last activity 2y ago by Ullallulloo
How can I convert PDF to docx using the terminal or a Linux app? The output docx must be formatted with editable text. Some alternative solutions I've seen online using soffice and abiword output...
2 answers · posted 2y ago by mcp · last activity 2y ago by samcarter
Where can I find documentation on double asterisk in glob expansion? It is discussed in the .gitignore section of Pro Git. It works in ls **/* to list all terminal files. It is supported by py...
2 answers · posted 1y ago by mcp · last activity 1y ago by Kamil Maciorowski
Problem I want to set a global keyboard rate for both the X session and the console that persists for external keyboards, across plug-ins and removals. To my understanding, Xorg and console sett...
0 answers · posted 1y ago by mcp · edited 1y ago by Quasímodo
Question How can I view storage usage breakdown by media type? MWE Notes Commandline would be great, but open to anything.
0 answers · posted 1y ago by mcp · last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder
Super+comma and Super+period were mapped as emoji annotations. Run ibus-setup, go to the emoji tab, delete the bindings. Thanks to this SO post.
posted 3mo ago by mcp · edited 3mo ago by Quasímodo
If I want to yank my last command I can UP yy, but this does not copy to the system clipboard. How do I configure my terminal to copy to the system clipboard so I can paste into other programs? ...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by mcp · last activity 2y ago by deleted user
Problem I'd like to be able to decrease images, particularly jpg and png's, either to a percentage of the original file, or a specified size in bytes. MWE decrease --size=900KB -o image_small....
Problem I have Super+. mapped to Switch to workspace on the right in gnome settings keyboard shortcuts. It works everywhere except when focus is on the terminal. There, it enters an e in the termi...
1 answer · posted 4mo ago by mcp · last activity 3mo ago by Quasímodo
MWE To reproduce: Add bindkey -v to your ~/.zshrc. Invoke python interpreter: python. Type something into the prompt without hitting ENTER: this = "this" + "that". Press ESC and try any vim ...
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