A command line tool is a console based application either run in MS-DOS or a terminal (Command prompt for windows, and terminal for linux and mac)
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Program closing before it's really finished
I have a program with two modes: GUI & Just Run. GUI loads a WPF form and lets me adjust settings, while Just Run loads said settings and just... well... runs.
It's a glorified, customizable tool to batch-move files.
The problem: The "log" doesn't…

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Invalid `Podfile` file: unterminated string meets end of file
I am trying to install pod file but getting following error :
Faizs-MacBook-Pro:newj faizfareed$ pod install
[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: unterminated string meets end of file.
# from /Users/faizfareed/Desktop/NewJson/NewJ/Podfile:4
# …

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How to move a file in to zip uncompressed, with zip cmd tool
I'm try to determine how to use the zip cmd line tool to move a file (uncompressed) in to a zip of compressed files (ie I want a zip in the end with all files but one compressed, b/c the one file is another compressed file).
Anyone know how to do…

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Java Command-Line App with own prompt
I'm writing a JAVA-Console-Application. After the user started the jar he should get a Commandline like the Linux shell, where he can enter commands. This is something I never programmed before. Normaly im writing GUI's or I start the jar with some…

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Is it possible to clone existing cloud code already deployed on server side, through the Parse command line tool?
How can I clone an existing Parse Cloud Project files to my computer with the command line tool? I tried parse new and selected a project but it created a folder with new files, not the files that I already had in the Parse Cloud.
Note: I did not…

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why do i have 2 versions of gcc and g++ in Mac OS X?
I just had a fresh re-installation of Mac OS X Yosemite before I install Xcode and then CommandlineTools.
It seems I have two versions of gcc and g++ in the following two directories:
/usr/bin (both files are 14kb)…

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Golang flag library: Unable to override Usage function that prints out command line usage
I am working on a simple command line tool and I found the default Usage message a bit lacking. I want to define my own and I think I am doing it right I am referring to this example.
I commented out most of the code I had written so the file…

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Difference between command line tool compiling and IDE compiling Java
im new to java, ROOKIE...
i was doing arraylist example and i compiled it on IDE it worked perfectly,
i did that example on CMD it gave me an error
Note: Practice.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for…

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strings command in command line tool is not responding
on Mac machine, I am looking for a specific string in any non-text using coreservicesd command tool. If I am searching for the word delegate for example (which I know the word is there), I type:
$ strings /my/path/to/my/file.cs | grep Delegate
The…

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How can I shift all window numbers down by the appropriate number to “collapse” the window numbers?
I am (manually) moving this question to SO from superuser because I observed there is a tmux tag here, and I believe it is a sufficiently unusual question that the power users of tmux on SO might better be able to address it.
Suppose I have 5…

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Changing Mac System Proxy Settings In Command Line Tool Application
Is it possible to change proxy settings ( like what networksetup does ) in a command line tool app ? I mean I want to write a command line tool that can change network and proxy settings in mac.
If yes, Can anybody provide any source that I can go…

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perl Getopt::Long::GetOptions usage
I wanted to use Getopt::Long::GetOptions for getting command line options to the script.
I have a requirement like this:
perl script.pl -c -c -m argument
Here we have option flags -c and -mm which are optional, and argument…

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The best design for a command-line tool
It's a simple task, let me briefly describe it!
I'm supposed to code a command-line tool that takes a file-name as an argument, the file
that I'm gonna read consists of lines, each line supposed to be a command to execute, the command is followed by…

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how to edit file in a separated screen window in vifm version > 0.4
I just installed vifm-0.7.4. It included much more functions than version 0.4. However, I am missing one behavior in the old version. That is, if you enable screen in vifm:
:screen
once you press l or Enter on a text file, the file will be open in…

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How to check if another instance of the app/binary is already running
I'm writing a command line application in Mac using Objective-c
At the start of the application, i want to check if another instance of the same application is already running. If it is, then i should be either wait for it to finish or exit the…

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