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A command-line interface (CLI) is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.

A command-line interface (CLI) is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.

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How to check IPv6 address via command line?

How do I check the IPv6 address via command line? For IPv4 I simply use: curl ipinfo.io/ip This doesn't work for IPv6.
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How do you accept an SSL certificate through the SVN command line?

Is there an command line option to auto accept a SSL certificate permanently using the SVN commandline in a way that avoids the prompt?
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Adding a random delay for a Linux command

I am using func to perform parallel commands on our servers. The other day, we had an issue when a service restart of puppet via func made all our severs hit our puppetmaster at the same time. My question: How can I execute the same exact command on…
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VPN client connect/disconnect via command line in XP

In an XP Pro workstation, is there a way to start the native Windows VPN client and open/close a connection from the command line so it can be scripted in a batch file?
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grep lines after match until the end

I have following output from git status, how do I grep for everything after Untracked files: [alexus@wcmisdlin02 Test]$ git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git rm --cached ..." to…
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Suggestions for entries in a sysadmins .vimrc

At the very least I always uncomment "syntax on" in /etc/vim/vimrc
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command line - switch to administrator mode

Is it possible to switch from normal mode to administrator mode in command line? I don't want to open command line by right clicking and selecting "run as administrator". Thanks
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How to edit command completion for ssh on zsh?

I'd like to set up command completion on zsh to display host names after I type ssh [TAB] taking the names out of my .ssh/config file (and preferably from known_hosts and /etc/hosts and anywhere else that makes sense) and presenting one single…
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Redirect to stdin instead of argument when using xargs

for exmaple, using the command cat foo.txt | xargs -I{} -n 1 -P 1 sh -c "echo {} | echo" The foo.txt contains two lines foo bar The above command print nothing.
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How to configure PHP CLI on linux ubuntu to run as www-data?

I have a symfony2 application on my ubuntu. Symfony has a plenty of useful console commands (like php app/console cache:clear or php app/console assets:install web). The problem is If I run them as root user the newly generated files will have…
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Command to remove computer from non-existant domain

I lost my domain controller machine, and then add new domain controller but with a new domain. How do I remove network machines from old domain using command line and add to new domain? Machines using Windows Server 2008 Core (command line…
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Command line active directory query email address for username

On Windows XP in an Active directory environment - what is the easiest way for me to query a user's email address from AD given their username on the command line. (Assuming I know where it is kept normally in tree). (I know about net user…
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How do I copy a directory tree but not the files in Linux?

I want to copy about 200 directories & subdirectories from one location to another but I don't want to copy the thousands of files within those directories. I am on Linux. Note: I don't have enough space to copy everything then delete all the files.
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Display \n characters as newlines when using tail?

I have a file that I am trying to read by using tail -f. I was wondering if there was a way to have the terminal output an actual line break instead of the \n character.
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How can I *include* folders through Dropbox's selective sync feature in Linux, from the command line?

After another user asked this question: Dropbox on linux server - how to include/exclude folders? My icon is still not working after performing some of the steps listed in other questions and…
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