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I have the pseudocode of: for line in file1.txt do sed search line......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:22:08 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-zip-up-multiple-files-on-command-line.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-zip-up-multiple-files-on-command-line.htmlForgive this most basic question, but I couldn't find a direct answer or simple example on stack exchange. 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I want to add it to one of the directories are in system path to access faster to that. so I put meilisearch program file in /usr/local/bin directo......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:55:29 -0400https://liberty.io/reading-all-files-from-a-directory-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reading-all-files-from-a-directory-closed.htmlFollowing code is to read all files in download directory,but when i execute this code it won't print(display), what is wrong with this code..? import glob path = '/home/mypc/download/*.html' ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:52:51 -0400https://liberty.io/terraria-error-no-suitable-graphics-card-found.htmlhttps://liberty.io/terraria-error-no-suitable-graphics-card-found.htmlI have installed Ubuntu 14.04 and Terraria on my Chromebook, but when I try to open Terraria I get this error message: No suitable graphics card found....Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:51:33 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-correct-source-list-entry-for-fetching-debs-from-desired-locati.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-correct-source-list-entry-for-fetching-debs-from-desired-locati.htmlI am currently trying to install software offline (studying this question) and want to use Offline Repository according to this answer. I followed steps like: put all debs in /var/my-local-repo s......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:44:29 -0400https://liberty.io/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-commands-for-bash-4-2-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-commands-for-bash-4-2-duplicate.htmlI am looking for a complete list of bash commands as well as what the command does. Everything i find is some long drawn out article....Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:15:11 -0400https://liberty.io/error-during-the-installation-of-java-cannot-execute-binary-file-exec-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/error-during-the-installation-of-java-cannot-execute-binary-file-exec-.htmlI have feeling that I messed up something badly, I am a new Linux user, so I was trying to install Java… So basically the command that I run in terminal is the following: java -version Error which......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:08:55 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-open-the-boot-menu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-open-the-boot-menu.htmlI want to uninstall 12.04 and install Ubuntu 13.04 instead. When I was installing Ubuntu 12.04 from Windows 7 opened the boot menu F12. I have read that on Ubuntu to enter the boot menu I have to......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:06:44 -0400https://liberty.io/no-longer-able-to-download-youtube-using-youtube-dl-how-do-i-fix-this-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-longer-able-to-download-youtube-using-youtube-dl-how-do-i-fix-this-.htmlWhen I run youtube-dl, I get the message below (it's very long). What is the problem and how do I fix this? It tells me to update youtube-dl but I am running it in terminal using the youtube-dl exe......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:06:09 -0400https://liberty.io/trying-to-install-python3-pip-which-has-no-installation-candidate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/trying-to-install-python3-pip-which-has-no-installation-candidate.htmlUbuntu 20.04.1 LTS Desktop My default Python version was 2.7.18 for some reason. I would like to update it to Python3 so I can install python3-pip onto my desktop. 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For C++ how would one go about recompiling the source ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:20:24 -0400https://liberty.io/couldn-039-t-be-accessed-by-user-039-apt-039-pkgacquire-run-13-permiss.htmlhttps://liberty.io/couldn-039-t-be-accessed-by-user-039-apt-039-pkgacquire-run-13-permiss.htmlFresh install of Lubuntu Installed updates from synaptic Installed wine and components from synaptic, upon what I assume is completion it popped this error code. Is it something I should rush t......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:16:59 -0400https://liberty.io/why-are-packages-listed-as-installed-installed-automatic-or-installed-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-are-packages-listed-as-installed-installed-automatic-or-installed-.htmlI have read What classifies an application as 'installed' in Ubuntu? but it does not address the following issue: When I runapt list --installed on Kubuntu 16.04, I see that all my listed packages......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:08:02 -0400https://liberty.io/i-killed-my-gui-and-startx-cant-find-a-screen.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-killed-my-gui-and-startx-cant-find-a-screen.htmlFirst off let me mention that this problem happened a while ago so i may have forgotten some of the details. A while ago I was trying to get used to backtrack5 and I was doing pretty well I think. I ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:06:38 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-set-permission-rw-rw-r-to-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-set-permission-rw-rw-r-to-file.htmlI have a file with permission -rwxr-xr-x in Ubuntu. How can I change it to -rw-rw-r--. I played with chmod settings, but was unable to get -rw-rw-r--....Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:03:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-speed-up-ssh-login.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-speed-up-ssh-login.htmlFrom outside of my house, whenever I login to my Ubuntu server using SSH, it takes about 6 seconds for me to get the prompt for password, however when I login to my web hosting server it takes abou......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:58:45 -0400https://liberty.io/qpdfview-0-4-14-could-not-load-plug-in-for-file-type-039-pdf-039.htmlhttps://liberty.io/qpdfview-0-4-14-could-not-load-plug-in-for-file-type-039-pdf-039.htmlI upgraded to qpdfview 0.4.14 today on Ubuntu 15.04. After doing it, PDF files were failed to open with the following msg: could not load plug-in for file type 'PDF'! could not open <~file ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:58:10 -0400https://liberty.io/reverse-column-output-with-sort-command.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reverse-column-output-with-sort-command.htmlI have to sort all of the words from a file given as parameter in a shell script. Here is the one-liner: tr [:space:] '\n' <$1 | sort -nrk2,2 | uniq -c |sed 's/^ \+//g' Basically, if I have ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:51:14 -0400https://liberty.io/chown-what-does-id-u-represent.htmlhttps://liberty.io/chown-what-does-id-u-represent.htmlI am working to get Mongodb running on a Ubuntu server install. In reviewing the instructions I needed to create a "\data\db" directory in the root drive. At which point I needed to alter the owner ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:43:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-fix-wsl-domain-resolution.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-fix-wsl-domain-resolution.htmlso I was having issues with domain resolution with WSL whenever I use the VPN. I would get this: ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution I tried following instructions from these an......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:38:36 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-pts-0-0-and-attributes-before-it-etc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-pts-0-0-and-attributes-before-it-etc.htmlWhile reading about Linux, I got a $ who -a, so before trying that I logged into three of my text terminals (tty1,tty2,tty3) respectively,, and then I came back to X-window (Ctrl + Alt +f7),, then I ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:34:36 -0400https://liberty.io/wireless-hardware-switch-disabled-in-a-compaq-presario-cq57-339wm-note.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wireless-hardware-switch-disabled-in-a-compaq-presario-cq57-339wm-note.htmlI have downloaded and installed the realtek driver for linux based on what the manufacturer says and what the lspci cmd shows as given below 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:31:15 -0400https://liberty.io/sdk-location-for-android-studio-on-ubuntu-14-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/sdk-location-for-android-studio-on-ubuntu-14-10.htmlHi I am having trouble finding the SDK location for android-studio. I installed it following this website - http://paolorotolo.github.io/android-studio/ However when I go to the SDK location in ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:27:41 -0400https://liberty.io/steam-launches-using-terminal-but-not-with-launcher-icon-ubuntu-21-10-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/steam-launches-using-terminal-but-not-with-launcher-icon-ubuntu-21-10-.htmlI've come across something interesting with the Steam Launcher. The sytem: System is a ThinkPad P50 with an Nvidia Quadro M1000M. It's is Ubuntu 21.10 - fresh install. Nvidia Drivers 495. Steam lau......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:27:25 -0400https://liberty.io/recording-stereo-mix-from-youtube-to-renoise.htmlhttps://liberty.io/recording-stereo-mix-from-youtube-to-renoise.htmlI am using Ubuntu Studio with Renoise working with sample based music. I can watch videos on YouTube in Chrome/Firefox and record the Stereo Mix straight into Audacity using "ALSA" as host and "pu......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:19:07 -0400