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Terminal Command To Find What Version Of Git I Have Installed?

What is the terminal command to find the version of Git currently installed on my system?
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OpenOffice: get distinct values from column

How do I get a list of all distinct values from a column of values? Basically, this question: How do I get the distinct/unique values in a column in Excel? but I need the answer for Open Office Calc instead of MS Excel. I'm using Open Office 3.2
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terminal tool (linux) for repair corrupted zip files

I've a corrupt zip file. I've tried to repair it with zip -F file.zip and zip -FF file.zip but was not successful. Is there another terminal tool under Linux for repairing?
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Windows 7 ALT-TAB - How to turn off previewing the window

Possible Duplicate: Disable or delay alt-tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7 In win7, when we hit alt-tab a nice preview comes up. This makes me happy. But if I linger just a moment too long thinking about what window to switch to, whatever window…
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Is it possible to have Notepad++ show two rows of file tabs?

Is it possible to have Notepad++ show two rows of file tabs? I wasn't able to find such a setting.
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Is there a way to change the default shell in Windows Terminal?

When opening the new Windows Terminal, it opens up PowerShell. Also by default new tabs are PowerShell. You have to manually switch to your desired shell. Is there a way in the settings JSON file to change this to cmd or something else? windows…
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How can I explain why DRM cannot work?

I am looking for the shortest comprehensive way to explain to people that are trying to use DRM as a technology to prevent users from using their data in some fashion deemed undesirable, why their solution cannot work by definition. Ideally I'd like…
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How to enable HiDPI support on Zoom.us linux client?

Screen elements are too small to click or read on my 4K laptop screen. How do I make it obey Gnome scaling, which is set to 200%? I'm on Fedora 29, but this should be the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS This issue also affects macbook retina display…
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List mapped network drives from the command line to text file

Is there a command that can be used from the command line to output a list of the mapped network drives on the local system and their location on the network to a text file? This will only be used on Windows-based systems running Windows XP.
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How can I remove the option to eject SATA drives from the Windows 7 tray icon?

The Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 7 offers the ability to eject my SATA drives, including the boot drive. I don't see myself ever needing this - especially not from the convenience of the tray icon. Is there a common BIOS setting to disable…
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How to create my own certificate chain?

I would like to set up my own OCSP Responder for testing purposes, and this requires me to have a Root certificate with a few certificates generated from it. I've managed to create a self-signed certificate using openssl, and I want to use it as the…
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Invert colors with ImageMagick

How do I invert the colors of an image using the ImageMagick convert tool, so that black becomes white and white becomes black? In other words, I want to turn this: into this:
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Why does MIT have a /8 IPv4 block?

I noticed that MIT has the IP addresses 18.0.0.0/8. It seems like MIT is the only university that has a whole /8 block. Why does MIT have a whole /8 IPv4 block? What makes it different from other Universities?
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Windows 10: Different Backgrounds for virtual desktops

How to get different background images for different virtual Desktops in Windows 10? I know how to change it for two different monitors, but is it also possible for virtual desktops?
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Adjusting screen split pane sizes in tmux

I'd like to resize the panes so I can expand / compress the pane sizes (up / down / left / right etc) .. Any way to get this done?
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