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Zsh, directory tab-completion with prefix

I have a directory where I put all my projects in, let's say it's ~/projects as an example. I've made a command called s which takes one argument, and moves me into that directory. E.g.: s foo moves me to ~/projects/foo. What I'd like is to have a…
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How to prevent Firefox from hiding the 'http://' URL prefix?

I upgraded to Firefox 7.0.1 and the 'Google Shortener' stops working. I think this happens because in Firefox 7.0.1 the http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default. How do I get the http:// back in the location bar? I checked in the about:config…
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Some websites don't work WITH the www. prefix

I came across a site that doesn't work when I type in the address with the "www." prefix. The following is an example: if you click on this link, it won't take you to any site, but rather display an error message. By simply doing away with the…
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Understanding the black magic of IPv6 addresses

my router (AVM Fritz Box) is supporting 6to4. So far it works but I want to understand what's going on. The last few hours I spent on a IPv6 book. There are many things I understand now but there is this one thing I can't figure out: Router's…
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Looking for Clarification on Binary Prefix Logic / History vs. SI Prefix

Recently I've looked into the SI and Binary prefixes used for digital storage / computing in general, and I'm still not sure I understand the logic behind the Binary prefix (actual question at the bottom). Current Understanding…
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radvd is not assigning prefix

I'm currently trying to setup IPv6 address auto-configuration with router advertisement daemon (radvd) on a virtual machine running CentOS 6.5. But the eth0 interface is not obtaining that prefix. I've obtained the ULA prefix from here. Contents of…
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Drag & Drop file on a shell/bash script (or conntected .desktop file) on Mac, make copy, add prefix to filename

I'm new to the Mac OSX terminal and Unix in general. I wrote the batch file for windows where it works. I'd appreciate your help to do the same on Mac. I have a network folder, that contains a file original.ext I want to drag that file ($1) on a…
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Rewrite the first three characters of *.ext file names in a folder with a set of letters

How to rewrite the first 3 letters of file name Using set alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 to randomise characters Targeting all files of a particular extension in a folder *.ext Duplication of 3 characters by chance does not matter…
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Bind Tmux prefix to an unicode character?

I'd like to bind the Tmux prefix to the unicode character  (while also keeping C-b). I'we tried putting the following in my ~/.tmux.conf, but none of theese works set -g prefix M-$ bind M-$ send-prefix set -g prefix  bind  send-prefix set -g…
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emacs prefix key and workgroups2

I am trying to use workgroups2 which I installed from the builtin emacs package manager elpa. From the readme file: Most commands are bound to both and C-. c - create workgroup k -…
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Excel formula for extracting prefixes

I have a table of 2 columns - file name & PC ID. What I need is list of all 3-letter prefixes - for each PC ID separate. For example: For: BUSstop1 PC1 BUSstop3 PC2 TRMstop8 PC1 BIKnet1 PC1 I want to see something like…
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Rename files and adding a prefix according to groups

Let's say I have files in side a folder named abc001.jpg abc002.jpg abc003.jpg abc004.jpg abc005.jpg . . . acb999.jpg Let's say group1 is abc001.jpg abc002.jpg abc005.jpg abc010.jpg and group2 is abc003.jpg abc004.jpg abc009.jpg abc111.jpg I…
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Prefix Creation Aborted

Absolutely must get Windows version of VisualBoyAdvance running on Mac OS Catalina, sorry I cannot accept "download VBA-M" as an answer for what I'm doing, it's complicated. What I have to do is make a bundle through WineBottler, but this has…
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Wonky size units in PowerShell/Windows

I just realized that in PowerShell (or even the Windows environment in general), this is how units of size are regarded: 1mb ... 1048576 ......... not 1000000 1gb ... 1073741824 ...... not 1000000000 1tb ... 1099511627776 ... not 1000000000000 Can…
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How to correctly move configure --prefix=XX installed program to other directory?

Consider two common user: A & B, neither has sudo privilage. /home/A A A rwx------ /home/B B B rwx------ A wanted to build git from source code: cd /home/A/third-src wget & extract git.source ./configure --prefix=/home/A/third/git make…
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