Activity for ShadowsRanger
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit | Post #295839 |
Post edited: |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #295839 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
How to programmatically determine which zsh startup file to set `ZDOTDIR` and `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`? I want to configure zsh to read its config from `/.config/zsh` by setting `ZDOTDIR=$XDGCONFIGHOME/zsh` and ensuring `XDGCONFIGHOME` is defined early. Currently my script appends exports to three global files (`/etc/profile`, `/etc/zshenv`, `/etc/zsh/zshenv`) if I have sudo, otherwise symlinks `/.... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294908 |
Post edited: |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294908 |
Post edited: |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294908 |
Post edited: |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294908 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Remove last N lines from a text file in Linux Use `head` to keep all but the last N lines, overwriting the file: ```bash head -n -N input.txt > tmp && mv tmp input.txt ``` Example: remove last 3 lines ```bash head -n -3 file.txt > tmp && mv tmp file.txt ``` If you want in-place editing without a temp file. The command ```b... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294907 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Question | — |
Remove last N lines from a text file in Linux How can I delete a specific number of lines from the end of a text file using Linux command-line tools? (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294834 |
Post edited: |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294834 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Question | — |
Why is Helix auto-formatting my CSS files on save? Hi everyone, I recently set up Helix and noticed that every time I save a CSS file, it gets automatically formatted. I didn’t enable any formatter for CSS in my configuration, only for Python. My `languages.toml` looks like this: ```toml [[language]] name = "python" language-servers = ["... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294725 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: How can we grow this community? There could be Lemmy communities that automatically repost Codidact category RSS feeds to increase reach. Host them on bot-friendly instances such as ibbit.at, or run a dedicated Lemmy instance for Codidact. Links back to the original Codidact posts would likely increase reach and participation. ... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294361 |
Post edited: |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294361 |
Post edited: |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294361 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: How can I print both "before" and "after" filenames when batch-renaming files? ```sh perl-rename -nv 'regex' / ``` Breakdown: - -n: Dry run—no files are actually renamed; it only shows what would happen. - -v: Verbose—prints each renaming operation. - 'regex': Your Perl regex describing how names should change. - `/`: Expands to all files in the current directory a... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294360 |
Post edited: |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294360 |
Post edited: |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294360 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
How can I print both "before" and "after" filenames when batch-renaming files? I'm trying to bulk-rename files in a directory and its subdirectories. I want to print each file's name before and after renaming, ideally on the same line in the form: ``` originalfilename -> newfilename ``` Right now, my command is: ``` find . -type f -print -exec perl-rename -n 're... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #292753 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292753 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
How can I efficiently create a collage of video thumbnails on Linux? I want to create a collage of 20 screenshots from a video, arranged in a 5x4 grid, regardless of the video’s length. How can I do this efficiently on a Linux system? Specifically, I’d like a way to automatically generate this collage of 20 thumbnails from the video, without having to manually ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 |
Post edited: |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289772 | Initial revision | — | almost 3 years ago |
| Question | — |
How to identify and separate standalone applications from libraries in Linux package lists? I want to generate a list of trending Arch/AUR packages that focuses on user-facing applications rather than background libraries and dependencies. I wrote a script that uses the data from pkgstats to show packages sorted by popularity. However, it doesn't distinguish between applications and ... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289008 |
Post edited: |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289008 |
Post edited: |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289008 |
Post edited: |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #289008 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
| Question | — |
Getting a Module Error When Running Pytest Even Though the Module is Installed in the Current Virtual Environment Hello everyone, I am encountering an issue when running pytest in my virtual environment. Although I have installed the required modules in my virtual environment using pip, I am still getting a ModuleNotFoundError when running pytest. I had to install some packages globally using the package ... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287901 |
Post edited: |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287901 |
Post edited: |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287901 |
Post edited: |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287901 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
| Question | — |
How to automatically change to the first matching directory using fuzzy search and cd? I want the `cd` command to automatically change to the first directory that matches a fuzzy search, without prompting me to select between multiple options. This is what I've tried: ```bash cd() { local dir="$1" local selecteddir selecteddir=$(find . -depth 1 -type d 2>/dev/... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287714 |
Post edited: |
— | over 3 years ago |