Showing posts with label transient. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transient. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

TR (bash)

Can use tr to remove all carriage returns and Ctrl-z ( ^Z ) characters from a Windows file by entering:

tr -d '\15\32' < winfile.txt > unixfile.txt

tr '\r' '\n' < web_to_print_compare-edited.csv > unixfile.csv


Note: cannot use tr to convert a document from Unix format to Windows

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Words Definition: ubiquitos, IRA, transient, piffle, astute, aphorism

1. IRA - Individual Retirement Arrangement
2. ubiquitous - existing, being elsewhere
3. transient:
adjective: not lasting, lasting short time, staying only short time
noun: a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity
4. velcro a brand of fastening tape consisting of opposing pieces of fabric, one with a dense arrangement of tiny nylon hooks and the other with a dense nylon pile, that interlock when pressed together, used as a closure on garments, luggage, etc., in place of buttons, zippers, and the like.
5. piffle - nonsense as trivial
6. astute - clever, cunning
7. aphorism - a terse saying embodying a general truth, a brief statement of a principle
8. levy - to impose a tax