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Finding unmatched braces (brackets)

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

Recently I was checking for unmatched braces in a big text file with nearly half a million lines (300+ MB). Was there a closing brace for every opening brace? The text file was called 'beetle' and was actually a tab-separated table with each line divided into 77 fields. What I wanted to do was find…

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How to use flags in AWK

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

Flags in AWK are variables which are set to either true or false. They're handy for defining ranges over which AWK can act, as shown below. The AWK used here is GNU AWK 4.1.1 (gawk 4). Sometimes flags aren't needed I'll demonstrate with a simple text file called demo, which has 6 lines with 3…

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Proofreading for illusions with grep and AWK

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

Lexical illusions are very hard to find when proofreading. The most common lexical illusion is a duplicated word, as in this well-known example: A lexical illusion: many people are not aware that the the brain will automatically ignore a second instance of the word 'the' when it starts a new line. …

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Transposing rows and columns: 3 methods

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

Swapping the rows and columns in a table on the command line would seem to be a fairly easy thing to do. For example, with this tab-separated table (called 'tabbed') as input: get this tab-separated table ('swapped') as output: Datamash Transposing rows and columns is indeed easy if you have the…

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Steel, Password Managing the CLI Way

 By Andrew Powell Overviews

One thing that's probably obvious to anyone who's read more than a few Linux Rain articles is that we appreciate the CLI (command-line interface). Graphical programs and utilities are great and there are some fantastic examples of those out there, not to mention new ones being created all the time.…

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Kill Commands

 By Devyn Collier Johnson Tutorials

On Linux systems, numerous users often come across a program or process that locks-up. The user will usually kill the software if the system does not do it first. Users may be familiar with some of the kill commands and signals, but does anyone understand all of them? There are four common kill…

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How to Install DNF5 on Fedora 39 Linux

DNF5 is the next-generation version of the DNF package manager, designed to improve performance, security, and flexibility in managing software on Fedora and other Red Hat-based Linux distributions. If you’re using Fedora 39 and want to install DNF5, this article will guide you through the steps to install and configure it.

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Calibre 7.23 Brings Cover Preview and Tag Browser Updates

Calibre 7.23 update: Manage book data files, expanded Tag browser, template import/export, and bug fixes for seamless eBook management.

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Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Landed in Void Linux

Void Linux users can now upgrade to the new, sleek, lightweight Xfce 4.20 desktop environment just days after its release.

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IPFire Linux Firewall Preps for Wi-Fi 7, Adopts Post-Quantum Cryptography

Powered by Linux kernel 6.6.63 LTS, the IPFire 2.29 Core Update 190 update is here to introduce support for post-quantum cryptography for SSH key exchanges, including Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 and X25519 with SHA-512 (sntrup761x25519-sha512) and Module-Lattice-based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (MK-KEM, mlkem768x25519-sha256).

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Kdenlive 24.12: New Subtitle Features and Workflow Enhancements

Kdenlive 24.12 open-source video editor launches with Qt6 support, subtitle innovations, new effects, and a redesigned UI for ultimate editing precision.

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VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.2 Now Free for All Users

VMware Workstation 17.6.2 Pro is now free for commercial, educational, and personal use! Check out the latest features, bug fixes, and resolved issues.

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LibreOffice 24.8.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 55 Bug Fixes

Coming five weeks after LibreOffice 24.8.3, the LibreOffice 24.8.4 release addresses more of the pesky bugs, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users. The ultimate goal is to improve the overall stability and reliability of this open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite.

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15 Best Free and Open Source File Synchronization Tools

File synchronization (often know as syncing) is the process which ensures that files stored on different devices are kept up-to-date.

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Basics of Pandas: 10 Core Commands for Data Analysis

Pandas is a popular and widely-used Python library used for data manipulation and analysis. This article introduces the basics of Pandas and explores 10 essential commands for beginners.

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DXVK 2.5.2 Improves Support for Alpha Protocol, Borderlands 2, and Other Games

DXVK 2.5.2 is here to add an implementation of D3D9 shader validation interfaces, which is needed for The Void and several other D3D9 games, add support for VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM to fix warnings in various games, as well as rendering issues in TopSpin 2K25, and optimize the behavior of disabled clip planes for D3D9 games.

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