Questions tagged [search]
search is used for questions relating to searching through the contents of files. For searching for filenames using the locate command use the tag locate.
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Trying to search AUR, unexpected eof
I am trying to search android-sdk related stuff so I did paru -Ss android-sdk but I got this error: error: aur search failed: error sending request for url (https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc): error ...
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5 votes
1 answer
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Search both directions with less or similar tools
I want to be able to search entire page instead of just below (/) or above (?). Is this possible? As of now I have to navigate to top of a page and perform forward (/) search, I would rather prefer ...
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Want to search for a every paragraph that has a certain string and return some string from that paragraph
/* ----------------- WANT TO RETURN1 ----------------- */ machine: some value server: WANT TO RETURN1 owner: some value notification: some value informatica: some value sap:...
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How to extract a sub-heading as string which is above a search for word
I'm new to Bash and I've been self-taught. I think I'm learning well, but I do have staggering gaps in my base knowledge. So sorry if this is woefully simple bbuuuttt... Essentially, I need to sift ...
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How combination of find with sh solves problem with filenames
I was directed to this StackExchange post: Why is looping over find's output bad practice? The core issue is that Unix filenames can contain any character except the null byte (\0). This means there ...
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Elegant File String Search in Bash
I want to search for a string in files located in a certain directory using a bash script. The line number is printed near each match and the filename is printed once at the start. find "$...
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1 vote
1 answer
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How to find which Debian package might include a given source file?
I would like to debug my application in gdb, however with full sources of some system libraries I might need. For instance, at a certain point in my debug process in gdb, I arrive at a situation like: ...
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"history-search-backward" but ignore sudo prefix in zsh?
According to this page: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html history-search-backward: "Search backward in the history for a line beginning with the first word in the buffer....
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2 votes
1 answer
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Adding custom search engines to Firefox system-wide
On multi-user Debian systems with firefox-esr 128 I'd like to add search engines to the firefox search bar eg. stackexchange. I know how to do it manually but I did not find a solution on how to pre-...
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Looking to improve searches across large ( 7-10 GB files )
I have a need to search for many ( thousands) of dns within a large ( 7-10 GB) ldif file and print out the entries after it . I am mostly familiar with shell/python so tried to use awk for this and it ...
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command suggestions while typing for beginners
When typing the commands in any shell, can there be any kind of setting that can be enabled for beginners to type just an alphabet and it will suggest multiple commands that the beginner might be ...
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How to search in a pdf or text file by a regex pattern and output locations of matches?
Is there a pdf viewer that allows me to search its text by a regex expression? In case that I haven't found one, I am thinking about extracting the text and layout from a pdf file by less my.pdf > ...
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Is there a way to find all PNG files in a folder that have transparent pixels
I have a couple thousand PNGs, all of them probably support the alpha channel but only some of them actually use it (Only some of them actually have transparent pixels). Is there any way at all for me ...
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-3 votes
1 answer
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Can I use the DuckDuckGo search engine without Creating a DuckDuckGo Email Protection account? [closed]
Will it be legal if I use the DuckDuckGo search engine without Creating a DuckDuckGo Email Protection account? Or Can I use the DuckDuckGo search engine without Creating a DuckDuckGo Email ...
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Fuzzy Search for filenames with synonyms and tags (auto generated)
Filesystem: Ext4 I create separate files for each topic. I have thousands of files segregated into 2 or 3 levels of hierarchical broad categories. I would like to search for these files efficiently. ...
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