<p>Yes, I did. But there are some that would not understand.</p>
<p>Actually it seems tha UNIX humor in general is dying. More and more people really don't get it.</p>
<p>Sad.</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 16, 2011 7:44 AM, "Geoffrey Myers" <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Michael Trausch wrote:<br>
>> More accurately "cmd > file", because that's redirection of stdout, not <br>>> a pipe...<br>> <br>> It was a joke. I perfectly understand the difference between a pipe and <br>> a redirection. Did you read the comment after it?<br>
> <br>>> <br>>> --<br>>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!<br>>> <br>>> On Mar 15, 2011 4:02 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>>> wrote:<br>>> > Jim Kinney wrote:<br>>> >> vs. cmd1; cmd2 which is run command 1 then command 2 regardless of<br>
>> >> end status of 1<br>>> >><br>>> >> or cmd1 | cmd2 while take stdout of cmd1 and stdin for cmd2<br>>> >><br>>> >> or...<br>>> ><br>>> > cmd1 > cmd2<br>
>> ><br>>> > which writes the output of cmd1 to cmd2. Hopefully your cmd2 was not in<br>>> > this directory when you did this. :)<br>>> ><br>>> >><br>>> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Michael Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>>> wrote:<br>>> >>> cmd1 && cmd2<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> The && says run cmd2 only if the exit status of cmd1 indicates <br>
>> success (that<br>>> >>> is, is 0). The opposite of that is:<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> cmd1 || cmd2<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> Which says to run cmd2 if the exit status of cmd1 is something <br>
>> other than 0.<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> --<br>>> >>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> On Mar 15, 2011 1:57 PM, "Ron Frazier" <br>
>> <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>>><br>>> >>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> Could you explain what that does? Are you saying enter both <br>>> commands on<br>>> >>>> the same line like you typed it?<br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>> Sincerely,<br>
>> >>>><br>>> >>>> Ron<br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>> On 03/15/2011 01:22 PM, JD wrote:<br>>> >>>>> Perhaps I'm crazy, but I always do<br>
>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>> sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade<br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>> together before installing any new packages. This keeps all the<br>
>> >>>>> underlying packages current - that could be the issue you are seeing<br>>> >>>>> between the different systems. In real-time programming, this is <br>>> known<br>
>> >>>>> as data homogeneity. All the data on a specific thread/priority <br>>> cannot<br>>> >>>>> be changed by outside priorities until the thread/priority finishes.<br>
>> >>>>> Basically, you get consistent data before you begin processing.<br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>> I do agree that not doing the "upgrade" should work provided you <br>
>> aren't<br>>> >>>>> too out of date with patches. I've just never wanted to test that.<br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> On 03/15/2011 12:42 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:<br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>>> Preston,<br>>> >>>>>><br>>> >>>>>> I can't say what happened. The commands below worked on the <br>
>> other PC's<br>>> >>>>>> with no problem. PC #3 is running the same version of Ubuntu, <br>>> but the<br>>> >>>>>> process failed and threw the errors I posted. I tried it <br>
>> yesterday, but<br>>> >>>>>> I have no explanation. Once I installed that one package <br>>> manually, the<br>>> >>>>>> rest worked. I actually did the last two commands from synaptic, <br>
>> but the<br>>> >>>>>> result should be the same either way.<br>>> >>>>>><br>>> >>>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa<br>>> >>>>>> sudo apt-get update<br>
>> >>>>>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice<br>>> >>>>>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome<br>>> >>>>>><br>>> >>>>>> Sincerely,<br>
>> >>>>>><br>>> >>>>>> Ron<br>>> >>>>>><br>>> >>>>>> On 03/15/2011 11:17 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:<br>>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> Ron Frazier wrote:<br>>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>>> I was trying to install Libre Office on my 3rd PC using the PPA as<br>
>> >>>>>>>> described in prior posts. It threw up a bunch of dependency <br>>> errors:<br>>> >>>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>> <SNIPPED><br>
>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>>> I tried the same thing from synaptic and got the same result. From<br>
>> >>>>>>>> synaptic, I installed libreoffice-common manually, then was <br>>> able to<br>>> >>>>>>>> install libreoffice and libreoffice-gnome with no problem. I don't<br>
>> >>>>>>>> know<br>>> >>>>>>>> what was different on this PC, but it seems to be working now.<br>>> >>>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> just curious, but has the PPA been updated or is your Ubuntu system<br>>> >>>>>>> using slightly different sources?<br>>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>> --<br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might <br>
>> want to<br>>> >>>> call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate <br>>> energy<br>>> >>>> mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)<br>
>> >>>><br>>> >>>> Ron Frazier<br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>> 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.<br>>> >>>> linuxdude AT <a href="http://c3energy.com">c3energy.com</a> <<a href="http://c3energy.com">http://c3energy.com</a>><br>
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>> >>><br>>> >>><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>>> > Until later, Geoffrey<br>>> ><br>
>> > "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent<br>>> > the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>>> > the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
>> > - Thomas Jefferson<br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > Ale mailing list<br>>> > <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a>><br>
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> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Until later, Geoffrey<br>> <br>> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent<br>> the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>> the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
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