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Bash String Comparison: Find Out IF a Variable Contains a Substring

by on March 16, 2010 · 5 comments

How do I determine whether a variable called spath=”/srv/www/cyberciti.biz/https” contains a substring called “cyberciti.biz”?

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pdfinfo: Find Out PDF File Information From A UNIX / Linux Shell Prompt

by on January 24, 2009 · 1 comment

Q. How do I find out more information about Portable Document Format (PDF) document from a shell prompt? How do I find out information such as what software used to create a pdf file, its page size, and its creation date etc, using the terminal?

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pdftotext: Linux / UNIX Convert a PDF File To Text Format

by on November 12, 2008 · 8 comments

Question: I’ve downloaded configuration file in a PDF format. I do not have GUI installed on remote Linux / UNIX server. How do I convert a PDF (Portable Document Format) file to a text format using command line so that I can view file over remote ssh session?

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pdfimages: Extract and Save Images From A Portable Document Format ( PDF ) File

by on August 28, 2008 · 5 comments

Q. How do I extract images from a PDF file under Linux / UNIX shell account?

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Bash Shell Loop Over Set of Files

by on May 11, 2008 · 33 comments

How do I run shell loop over set of files stored in a current directory or specified directory?

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Find Files By Access, Modification Date / Time Under Linux or UNIX

by on January 17, 2007 · 34 comments

I do not remember where I saved pdf and text files under Linux. I have downloaded files from the Internet a few months ago. How do I find my pdf or text files?

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