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Berkeley Software Distribution is a Unix operating system
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Understanding scriptreplay timing file
I am trying to understand the timing files produced by the script command (which are supposed to be read by scriptreplay while running typescript files). The timing file is always made of two columns, ...
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State of ZFS xattr support in FreeBSD
I'm trying to work out whether or not, or rather to what extend, xattrs are supported in FreeBSD using ZFS. I've read some conflicting information.
zfs get xattr lists it as on (default) for /, /usr ...
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ERROR: make sure the Makefile and checksum file (/usr/pkgsrc/x11/gtk3/distinfo) are up to date
To install Gnome on NetBSD, I did so:
#cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/gnome
#make fetch-list|sh
And waited until all dependencies downloaded, then typed:
#make install clean
Build started, and after a ...
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NetBSD install, configure network, stuck at the command /sbin/ifconfig fwip0 media error: ifconfig SIOCGIFMEDIA: inappropriate ioctl for device
I'm in NetBSD installation process, when configuring network, I'm stuck in this command and there is no way out of it:
Status: Command failed
Command: /sbin/ifconfig fwip0 media
Hi enter to continue
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apply proper security labels during filesystem restore
When restoring a filesystem on a separate system (i.e., possibly a different system than the one where the filesystem was originally mounted and in use), I would like to apply the correct security ...
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I have a stable release with OpenBSD 5.8 built. I'd like to upgrade OpenBSD 5.8 now on stable!
The new kernel bsd I just copy with scp on the root server /bsd.
scp /usr/rel/bsd base58.tgz man58.tgz [email protected]:/ && ssh -l vim 10.10.10.10 && cd / && tar -xzvphf ...
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BSD sed: Replace only the Nth occurrence of a pattern
Using BSD sed;
How can I perform the following substitution?:
Before:
hello hello hello
hello hello hello
After:
hello world hello
hello hello hello
In other words; how can I replace only the ...
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dump with old 43BSD,question about tape size
On old 43bsd i want to dump /usr
This command works
dump 0uf /dev/rmt12 /dev/ra0a
dump is command 0u mean full and update /etc/dumpdates f mean use /dev/rmt12
and /dev/ra0a is the root partition.
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How to read the man page for a bash builtin? [duplicate]
So, I needed to figure out how "exec" works. However, doing man exec brings me to a 99% useless man page describing what bash builtins are. It of course also does this with many other man pages such ...
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Replace only on the first matching line with sed
Using BSD sed (no GNU extensions), how can I perform an operation similar to the example provided below, but where instead of the line number, the replacement is performed on the first line in which a ...
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How to I convert month name to number in BSD date?
I have found solutions for GNU date, but not for BSD date. I would rather not make an if, etc. before I know if there's a built in way.
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Does FreeBSD contain non-free software in its base?
I mean binary blobs compiled by third parties. Additionally if you do pkg install, are there non-free packages considered by default?
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Does the fact that MacOS runs on a BSD core mean that it is a better choice for that hardware? [closed]
Of the different distributions of Unix/Linux available for my Mac hardware, does BSD have an advantage because it's what is run under the GUI for MacOS, or does the Mach kernel abstraction keep any ...
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1answer
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Use both a variable and newline in BSD sed?
I can do this for example
sed 's/\>\</\>\
</g'
To replace >< with
>
<
However, say I want a variable, like this:
sed 's/\>\</\>\
<$1/g'
It will interpret ...
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1answer
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How to install portmaster on FreeBSD?
I'm trying to install portmaster on FreeBSD but I get an error about the port format:
root@freebsd:/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster # make install clean
===> portmaster-3.17.8_1 pkg(8) must be ...
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Why do I have 9 bash processes, why does one of them take up so much CPU and how do I stop them?
I have 9 different bash processes running at all times (I sometimes get more, for example, I have 37 bash processes now.). I found this question, where OP had a similar issue. But I don't see this as ...
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Unix equivalent of `du -sb` to get summarized size in bytes
On Linux using GNU du to calculate the size of directory recursively in bytes I can run:
du -sb /etc
What is equivalent syntax for BSD du based on the fact that -b parameter is not available?
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Sed entire word with when replacing single letters, with BSD sed?
I think I found some GNU solutions but I need BSD sed solutions.
What I want to do is replace the entire word at once. If the word is "clayii", and my code is sed ...
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1answer
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How to mount /boot from LiveCD (FreeBSD 11 ZFS)
FreeBSD 11 (current) with ZFS
I can mount zroot with zpool import -fR /mnt zroot
but /mnt/boot is empty (and it's even not a directory)
I need to edit loader.conf, how can I do it?
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enable external display on FreeBSD console
tl;dr, I'd like to use the external display with FreeBSD 10.0 on an HP Pavilion g7-2270us. Don't care if it's mirrored or I have to select one or the other.
Here's the symptoms:
When a display is ...
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iowait monitoring in top on OSX/iMac
I'm trying to monitor the performance of a process on OSX 10 (iMac), specifically whether I/O is currently a bottleneck or not. I don't use the machine, hence I need something simple that the user can ...
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Creating inter-terminal applications for Linux systems
On a Debian machine, I have the BSD games installed, but I wanted to know if it was possible for the monop game to be played with other users on the server. This type of inter-terminal play is a ...
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What Port is Squid Running on in OS X/BSD
I've recently starting playing around with the Squid caching server on my OS X based computer. I'm curious if there's a way to tell which port Squid is running on using netstat or other standard unix ...
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Why does deleting directories generate error messages with find -exec?
Why is it that:
find . -type d -name test -exec rm -r {} \;
generates error messages:
find: ./foo/test: No such file or directory
find: ./bar/test: No such file or directory
find: ./blech/test: No ...
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Is the mdoc macro set available on non-BSD systems by default?
Are the MDoc macros, commonly used to create BSD manpages, commonly available on non-BSD systems (such as Ubuntu and other GNU Linux distros)? Is it safe to design manpages using them when writing ...
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How can I easily deal with differences between BSD and GNU sed? [duplicate]
BSD and GNU sed have some small differences in what arguments they accept. I just learned that I have to use different command lines when using -i:
sed -i '' # BSD
sed -i # GNU
I solved this ...
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Init system with dependency handling and service file format on *BSD
I'd like to know whether there are any Systemd equivalents for *BSD distributions, basically something that can handle dependencies between services (service A requires B to be started, so until B is ...
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Convert .fnt to .ttf?
In FreeBSD's /usr/share/syscons/fonts one finds the syscons-fonts in .fnt-format.
Is there a way to convert them to .ttf format?
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1answer
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Which version of split supports flag -p?
This command does not work in GNU Coreutils split, split of Cern Linux 5 (Redhat) and BSD (Apple Yosemite 10.10.3):
split -p'\0' input.txt
where input.txt is masi\0hello\0world.
Some comments ...
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sudo ls not showing hidden files on Linux
Today I discovered that sudo ls shows hidden files (that is, those that have names starting with .) on OS X. This surprised me so much that I asked a question about this behaviour, which I still find ...
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Shell read script for sftp
I have this working:
% cat read.sh
!/bin/sh
file=list.txt
while read line
do
echo "$line"
cut -d' ' -f27 | sed -n '$p' > file2
done < "$file"
% cat list.txt
sftp> #!/bin/sh
sftp> ...
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Sed substitution grouping is appending in OSX rather than the expected sub in Linux
I've got three comma separated columns. Last name, First name, social.
I'm trying to capitalize all characters in the last name column using
sed 's/\([^,]*\)/\U\1/' foo.file
In osx this command ...
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OS X USB installer utilities, cannot ssh any host
I booted my mac from a OS X USB key installer. I cannot boot it from the internal HD because OS is damaged.
I want to copy some files from my Mac to another computer with scp.
The problem is that ...
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How to prepare for a BSD certification? [closed]
I couldn't find much information on the topic of "BSD certification".
I would like to know how to prepare for it besides reading BSD handbook and using PCBSD.
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What allows BSD to run Linux binaries, but not vice versa?
What allows BSD to run Linux (and other Unix-like) binaries, but Linux (and other Unix-like for the most part) cannot run BSD binaries?
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Portable wrappers for GNU, BSD, etc. versions of tools
Is there any script that provides a compatibility layer to a subset (a rich subset would be best of course) of BSD and GNU commands?
As an example, possible cases handled could include:
dd and its ...
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BSD box running PFSense reports weird disk capacity
So I have a BSD box running PFSense. I was alerted to some potential problems when using the web interface, where a warning appeared saying:
Warning: fopen(/tmp/config.lock): failed to open stream: ...
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BSD Net/1 was a free fully operating system?
I think that the old BSD Net/1 was not a fully operating system, but an add-on to 4.3BSD for VAX, as I realize from http://gunkies.org/wiki/Net/1 and http://gunkies.org/wiki/Net/2
Is it right?
In ...
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Recommended Linux Distro for 'MMO' Server [closed]
Given its UNIX ancestry (the de facto standard for mainframes, back in the days when I first learned programming), using Linux as the OS for an experimental MMO is something of a no-brainer. That ...
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How to change the output color of the ls command in terminal in OS X and iTerm2?
I know that a similar question has been asked in:
How to colorize output of ls ?
although I didn't really understand the answer and couldn't really make it work.
However, I have tried something ...
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Conceptual difference between Linux and (Free)BSD Kernel
(I've already noticed that this question was asked before but I think it has not been answered in a way I'd like to understand the topic.)
What are the conceptual and structural differences between a
...
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What is the TTY major number of your Unix?
I'm currently working on a serial port library which already uses special frameworks to get information about serial ports on the system. Though serial ports are a fundamental design in Unix—as ...
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What is the preferred way to build software in the BSDs?
I was wondering what the preferred way of building software in the BSDs is and if they are actively using and encouraging the use of GNU autotools.
I found the following section about GNU autoconf in ...
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Find out if files in a folder exist under other name in other folder
Possibly a little incorrect English ahead:
There are at least 2 folders. For this, A contains files without extension, usually usernames, and B contains similar files, with '.yml' extension or ...
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BSD Kernel Vs. Linux kernel? [closed]
I wanted to know in technical terms; what is the difference between BSD Kernel and Linux Kernel.
In Linux, we can download the source kernel then patch it and make and make modules it. Even we have ...
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Why there are many BSD systems but only one Linux kernel?
Why there are many BSD systems but only one Linux kernel?
I wonder why BSD was forked many times, but no such thing with Linux.
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How do you check the support for a specific CPU in the Linux or BSD kernel?
Assuming that I have the sources for my kernel and I know the name of a SoC or a CPU, how I can check that the hardware is supported without compiling and running ?
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HowTo Chroot to BSD
I recently tried FreeBSD [9.2]. I installed it but as i found out it doesn't install any bootloader by default.
So now i want to find out HOW it is possible to chroot to the installed BSD via a ...
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How to run PC-BSD iso from GRUB with only Linux installed
I'm working on Ubuntu, and I wanted to try BSD. I downloaded a PC-BSD iso (PCBSD9.2-RELEASE-x64-DVD-USB-latest.iso). I wanted to know if it is possible to use "loopback" to run that image even if I ...
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What is the difference between Unix, Linux, BSD and GNU? [closed]
What is the very fundamental difference between Unix, Linux, BSD and GNU?
Unix was the earliest OS, so the term 'Unix like' is understandable, since they have kernel, file system structure, most of ...
