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Shell Script. Finish mysql dump before continuing script

So I am trying to make a basic database backup script. It uses mysqldump and puts the data in a .sql file, which is then uploaded to dropbox. My question is, how can I make sure the dump is finished ...
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Is tty.js touch screen support possible?

Is there any way to get tty.js to work for touch screen devices (I have an iPad)? Is there an alternative that will work?
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Symlinking files with specific extension into another folder in linux

I currently have a number of drives mounted under "/media/" I want to recursively scan all the drives mounted looking for files with a specific extension "*.foo". Once found I want to symlink these ...
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How to run a mysqlcheck through c#

I'm currently trying to do a basic mysqlcheck through the command prompt. The mysql.exe file itself is within a bin that the working directory is pointing towards to use as part of the commands though ...
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Overwriting a single line in original file in shell

I have a file like this- Asia Europe Africa I want to search for word Europe and insert '#' in front of it which should appear like this- Asia #Europe Africa I tried: sed -e ...
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creating a script which finds two alternating patterns

So my issue is that I need to make a script which finds a pattern where Time to live and User-Agent occur in that order and I increment a count (or grab what data I want, etc; it will likely evolve ...
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Building a build.xml for a shell script [duplicate]

I have a simple shell script. I want to run it by building an ant build say build.xml. how can i achieve this in linux ?
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Script works fine in adb but not in Android code

In my code, I am trying to capture a snapshot of my android screen. And I am using a shell script for the same. proc = runtime.exec("su"); OutputStream os = proc.getOutputStream(); ...
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What happens if two command line programs share the same name? [on hold]

I've always wondered this, and haven't managed to find a good answer anywhere – what happens if two command line programs aren't namespaced properly and share the same name? How would you call one or ...
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How should i arrange my backups in linux for diff and patching

I want to have one weekly full backups and then daily hourly incremental backups I am storing daily by date folder and then backup in there i can store weekly backups in weekly folder with date ...
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Terminal input does not start new line

I have a random problem which I personally find quite irritating. I use the terminal alot and have installed a theme and even toyed around with what is displayed on the prompt. However if I write a ...
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How to detect when user press ESC and do something in shell script

I want to create a poll in a shell script: echo "1 - What is your name?" read name echo "your name is $name" echo "2 - What is your country?" read country echo "your country is $country" ... ...
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Fix Kate text editor line limit via bash script

The Kate text editor has a default line length of 1024 chars. I need to change this. And I need to change it via a bash script (it's for automated installs). Here's some background: ...
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Changes to /etc/security/limits.conf are automatically rolled back after few seconds [migrated]

I need to set soft and hard file descriptors limits for a user in /etc/security/limits.conf. webuser soft nofile 65536 webuser hard nofile 131072 I am able to save the changes in limits.conf but, ...
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Echoing variable properly within Bash script

Per the following, I'm trying to obfuscate a password within a script Hide/encrypt password in bash file to stop accidentally seeing it However, because this password has non-alpha numeric ...

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