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List files sorted numerically

I have a bunch of files from log1 to log164. I'm trying to LIST the directory (sorted) in a UNIX terminal but the sort functions are only providing the format like this: home:logs Home$ ls -1 |…
Rabiani
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Are the major, minor number unique

Are the major, minor number Unique? Do we have any citations and reference to it? NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 ├─sda1 8:1 0 298.2M 0 ├─sda2 8:2 0 3G 0 ├─sda3 8:3 0 458.7G 0 / ├─sda4 …
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ffmpeg -pattern_type glob -- not loading files in correct order

I have a dilemma.. I've had a script for a while now that downloads pictures from a webcam every few minutes. The naming convention just does new_image((len(files(dir))+1) + '.jpg') and that's all fine.. until today.. I've had a Python script that…
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How to number paragraphs

I know I have already asked this question, but I didn't get an answer that worked. So please could someone answer my question? I have a text file, containing paragraphs of text, each separated by a single empty line. Now I need to number each…
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Delta of numbers in file

On our server a cronjob has logged a count of files in a shared directory. The log is of the form: 2003-07-03T16:05 279 2003-07-03T16:10 283 2003-07-03T16:15 282 By now this file has far over a million entries. I am interested in finding the…
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sed: append line and number output

In Linux, say one wants to add the following line before line number five (thus line nuber 5 becomes line number 6) and wants to have all the lines in the output numbered throught the sed 'tool' = sed -n '5\Insert this line before line nuber 29'…
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Numbering poems stanzas using roman numerals

I would be able to numbering, sequentially, any stanza of a certain poem using roman numerals like this: Injurious love, why still to mar accord Between desires has been thy favourite feat? Why does it please thee…
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Collapsing a series of comma separated numbers in a sequence to Beginning-End

Problem I am trying to solve/enhance a BASH script that provides a number sequence: I am using a topologically aware tool (lstopo-no-graphics) to extract physical processor numbers to use for input to numactl for processor binding. Example output…
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swapping fields in columns by fixed pattern (yes, no, no, yes)

I want to produce a following list of pages (for imposition work); (number of pages is variable, but I make a sample of my needs using a list of 16 pages, logic is the same for longer lists) 1,16 8,9 15,2 10,7 3,14 6,11 13,4 12,5 I written this for…
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Add consecutive numbers succintly and elegantly to index lines

I usually do this $ wc questions 33 36 3105 questions $ seq 1 33 > nums $ paste nums questions 1 Content 2 ... . . 33 End Content but I feel there could be faster way to do this, without the bad-looking dummy file. How with…
user2362
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Override page numbers of a djvu document

I have a djvu scan of a book. Let's consider two cases: I'd like to number the pages 0, 1, 2, ... (usage case: the cover should get be page 0) I'd like to number some pages with Roman numbers and some with Arabic numbers, for example: i, ii, iii,…
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How Can I Find Five Numbers Between Two Numbers

Suppose I have these two numbers: 800000 and 3200000. I want to find five numbers with an even difference in between these two numbers. Therefore, I want the output to be: 800000 1200000 1600000 2000000 2400000 2800000 3200000 I know about the seq…
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repeat twice each couple of strings in a for cycle

I need to pass to pdftk, a list of arguments constituted by strings repeated twice like: A1-2 B1-2 A3-4 B3-4 A5-6 B5-6... and so on... I managed to achieve this with this workaround for ((x=1, y=2;x>=18, y<=18;x++, y++)); do echo "A$x-$y B$x-$y ";…
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Extract line number of a file which is having a non zero value before a specified string

I'm having a file which contains following data 1. verification: 10 passed 0 failed 2. verification: 10 passed 0 failed 3. verification: 10 passed 1 failed 4. verification: 10 passed 3 failed 5. verification: 10 passed 0 failed I want to know the…
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Restarting poem line numbering any 4 lines after a blank space

This is related to very interesting answer given here: Any text utility or hack to numbering poems lines omitting certain numbers? awk 'FNR % 4 == 0 { printf "%6i %s\n", FNR, $0 ; next }; {printf "%6s %s\n", "", $0}' poem.txt That does the job of…
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