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How to tidy copied PDF text with a CoPa script

By Bob Mesibov 30/06/2017 Tutorials

The image below shows a small, demonstration PDF: When I highlight the text in the PDF, only the paragraphs and their internal spaces go to the X, or primary clipboard: When I middle-click-paste from the primary clipboard into a text editor, each line of text in the PDF appears on a new line,…

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Sorting numbers inside text strings

By Bob Mesibov 15/06/2017 Tutorials

I have a script that compiles and sorts museum collection data. One of the data fields is for museum registration codes, and a plain sort doesn't understand that humans expect "KS.99", for example, to come before "KS.100": My script instead uses the magic "-V" option…

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AWK and a rainfall time series - Part 2

By Bob Mesibov 16/05/2017 Tutorials

In part 1 of this article I showed how I used AWK on the command line to work up daily rainfall data for my home town, Ulverstone in Tasmania. I wasn't ready to analyse the data, because there were quite a few missing-data days. Some were part of accumulated-total series, where the rainfall total…

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AWK and a rainfall time series - Part 1

By Bob Mesibov 15/05/2017 Tutorials

AWK is my tool of choice for processing plain-text data, so when I wanted to look closely at daily rainfall data for my home town, I fired up a terminal. In this two-part article I explain how the rainfall data were beaten into shape, mainly with AWK, so I could do my analysis. The commands shown…

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BASH a block of bytes

By Bob Mesibov 24/04/2017 Tutorials

I was preparing a slide presentation and wanted to show a block of random 8-bit bytes, like this: Naturally I didn't just type out that block of text on a slide, which would have taken maybe 10 minutes, or copy and modify some byte-text I found online. Of course not. Instead I spent hours dreaming…

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Canonical Reboots Convergence; Introduces the No Desktop Environment

By Andrew Powell 22/04/2017 Satire

Just mere days after the news broke that Canonical would be using the GNOME desktop environment in the default release of the Ubuntu operating system, following the news of the company also dropping the Unity desktop and the greater goal of "convergence", newly re-appointed Canonical CEO…

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How to build and edit LibreOffice dictionaries

By Bob Mesibov 13/04/2017 Tutorials

When writing or editing scientific-type text in LibreOffice Writer, I rely a lot on its spellchecker. Unfortunately, the scientific terms I'd like to check aren't in the default dictionaries behind LibreOffice's spellchecking routine. There are two ways out of this dilemma. The first is to deal…

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The buttons of YAD

By Bob Mesibov 02/04/2017 Tutorials

I use the YAD dialog program quite a lot in my shell scripts. Written and maintained by Victor Ananjevksy, YAD is easy to use and has dozens of handy options. In previous Linux Rain articles demonstrating YAD (here, here and here), I used only the default YAD buttons, "Cancel" and…

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grep vs AWK vs Ruby, and a uniq disappointment

By Bob Mesibov 26/03/2017 CLI

In my data-cleaning work I often make up tallies of selected individual characters from big, UTF-8-encoded data files. What's the best way to do this? As shown below, I've tried grep/sort/uniq, AWK and Ruby, and AWK's the fastest. The trials also revealed an unexpected problem with the uniq program…

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Compiling Kodi 18 Leia (git) on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

By Andrew Powell 24/02/2017 Tutorials

Being a rolling release distribution that touts the ability to have the latest stuff, you'll often find the very latest software in OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. In the official repos, anyway. Certain software that is procured from external repositories such as Packman, however, this is not always the case.…

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Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download

As expected, the first Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds are based on the previous Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 24.10, which arrived last month on October 10th. This means that the Plucky Puffin ISOs include the same core components and software versions as the Oracular Oriole release.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 17th, 2024

This week we got some cool news starting with Linux kernel 6.12 and Archinstall 3.0, and continuing with DXVK 2.5 and a new Steam Client update for Linux gamers, as well as new Red Hat Enterprise Linux, PeaZip, LibreOffice, and digiKam releases. Check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week.

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Archinstall 3.0 Enhances User Experience with Redesigned TUI

Archinstall development team has just released Archinstall version 3.0. For those unfamiliar, it is a guided installer that helps users navigate the often-complex installation process of Arch Linux, making it accessible without compromising on the flexibility that the distro is known for.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 (RHEL) became generally available on Nov. 14, providing users of the platform with a long list of updates and improvements that impact nearly every aspect of IT and system operations. The latest version of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform introduces more than 70 enhancements, ranging from advanced networking capabilities to improved container management tools.

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GNU Linux-Libre 6.12 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs

The GNU Linux-libre project announced the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.12 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools

Here’s our verdict on the finest wireless security tools, captured in a LinuxLinks ratings chart. We only feature free and open source software here.

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How to Install Graylog on Ubuntu 24.04

Graylog is a free and open-source log-management platform for capturing, storing, and enabling real-time analysis of your data and logs. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install the Graylog server on Ubuntu 24.04. You'll be installing Graylog with MongoDB and Elasticsearch.

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How to Install Zabbix on Ubuntu 24.04

Zabbix is a free and open-source monitoring solution for IT infrastructure. It allows you to monitor networks, servers, virtual machines, and cloud services. In this guide, we'll show you how to install and configure Zabbix on Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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Top 7 Python OCR Libraries for Text Extraction from Images

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that extracts readable text from images, scanned documents, and even hand-written notes. This article will cover the top seven OCR libraries in Python, highlighting their strengths, unique features, and code examples to help you get started.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for du

There are lots of budding developers who have developed software to improve on du in a number of regards. The tools featured here are all command line tools or ncurses interface.

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