What characters are safe in cross-platform file names for Linux, Windows and OS-X
Currently, I use a YYMMDD-NAME+PAGE name for most of my files. NAME has spaces converted to underscores. I'd like to use the YYYY-MM-DD date format, ...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
what is meant by kinking the cable?
What is meant by kinking the cable. I saw at https://superuser.com/a/367001/252080 the first thing shared was not to kink the cable. Can somebody explain ...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
ERROR 0x8007007A when trying to schedule a task
I am getting the error "The data area passed to a system call is too small. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007A)" when trying to create a scheduled task o...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
How to add a tab stop in Word with a center and right alignment?
Specifically, I am trying to use two alignments in a single line in MS Word for purposes of displaying equations (centered) with their equation number (ri...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Can I do basic maths in Bash?
I was wondering, is it possible to do simple maths in bash? I'm thinking something like, =25-5 would print out 20 or something. Can this be done easi...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Cannot switch to jenkins user redhat linux
I have a redhat linux server running jenkins. I setup jenkins as per the instructions mentioned here https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installin...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
How to combine multiple columns to one in Excel?
I'm not sure how this would be worded, but if I have the following table in Excel: Is there a way to combine the type columns into one column to get ...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
SSH ProxyCommand with AWS Session Manager - no shell started
I'm trying to setup proxy that connects via AWS Session Manager with ssh command (to be used by ansible). As of right now, I'm able to connect t...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
chmod: removing "x" permission recursively totally borks the permissions
I have a folder with some contents (three files and a folder) that look like this: -rwxr-xr-x 1 max max 14504 2011-05-31 16:55 main.css -rwxr-xr-x 1 max m...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Cannot create external switch on Hyper-V
I am getting the following error when creating an external switch on Hyper-V: I am running Windows 8.1 x64. My switch settings are as follows: Event viewe...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
