I have added an alias command to kill my guake terminal to my .bashrc  alias killguake="kill -9 $(ps aux | grep guake | head -n -1 | awk '{print $2}')"   But the problem is, the sub-command i.e. ps aux | grep guake | head -n -1 | awk '{print $2}' is executed at the time of terminal startup and killguake is set to kill -9 result_of_subcommand.  Is there any way to set it like so, that the sub command is run/calculated  every time I run killguake? So that it can have the latest PID for the guake.  I have also tried piping to the kill using xargs but that also result in same, that is calculating everything at startup. Here is what I tried with piping  ps aux | grep guake | head -n -1 | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I{} kill -9 {}
I use ps -ef | grep catalina | grep -v grep to print the tomcat process running on the system:  kshitiz   7099     1  0 May11 ?        00:02:29 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/bin/java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,suspend=y,address=localhost:38156 -Dcatalina.base=/home/kshitiz/Documents/workspaces/ggts/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1 -Dcatalina.home=/opt/tomcat-7.0.42 -Dwtp.deploy=/home/kshitiz/Documents/workspaces/ggts/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/tomcat-7.0.42/endorsed -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath /opt/tomcat-7.0.42/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/tomcat-7.0.42/bin/tomcat-juli.jar:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/lib/tools.jar org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start   Then I use ps -ef | grep catalina | grep -v grep | awk -F' ' '{print $2}' to extract the process id:  7099   But when I alias the whole command alias tomcat_id="ps -ef | grep catalina | grep -v grep | awk -F' ' '{print $2}'" and use it via alias, it prints the whole text and awk doesn't seem to work.  type tomcat_id gives:  tomcat_id is aliased to `ps -ef | grep catalina | grep -v grep | awk -F' ' '{print }''
Object created by joining several objects doesn't rotate uniformly consistently Aloha.  I'm experiencing a similar problem I had with a prior posting  with another object I created by joining 3 objects that doesn't rotate uniformly consistently.  I tried clearing and applying rotation of individual objects and joined objects to no avail.  I have  as well as object by itself in blend file if you need to see them  Any ideas?  Thanks. Is openssl rand command cryptographically secure? I'm wondering if the openssl rand command produces cryptographically secure random bytes. For example when in need for a random password or token:  openssl rand -hex 32   The man page unfortunately does neither state it's cryptographically secure, nor that it's not.  On the one hand, I think this is openssl, its sole purpose is to do cryptography. On the other hand, the man page states something about reading and writing seed data instead of directly querying a CSPRNG.  So it is somewhat unclear for the end user. Does someone know? Finding all solutions for a system of equations with constraint on the sum of absolute values I am looking for a fast algorithm to find all integer solutions for the following system of linear equations ($c_1,\ldots,c_n \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $r\in \mathbb{N}$ ):  $x_1+x_2=c_1$  $x_3+x_4=c_2$  ...  $x_{2n-1}+x_{2n}=c_n$  $|x_1|+|x_2|+\ldots+|x_{2n}|=r$  $x_1,\ldots,x_{2n} \in \mathbb{Z}$   Also can we find the number of solutions before solving the system? What is the best collation to use for MySQL with PHP? Pigeonhole Principle Question - Group of 6 people, do 3 either know each other or not? Prove that in any group of 6 people there are always at least 3 people who either all know one-another or all are strangers to one-another.  Hint: Use the pigeonhole principle.  I don't see how this applies to the pigeonhole principle because I keep imagining a group of 4 strangers, and then 2 friends. This would be 6 total but against what the proof is asking. Maybe I don't understand the proof in question... How do I escape the wildcard/asterisk character in bash? For example:  me$ FOO="BAR * BAR" me$ echo $FOO BAR file1 file2 file3 file4 BAR   and using the \ escape character:  me$ FOO="BAR \* BAR" me$ echo $FOO BAR \* BAR   I'm obviously doing something stupid.  How do I get the output BAR * BAR? It is said that we can verify time dilation by flying a very accurate clock on a fast jet or spaceship and prove that it registers less time than the clocks on earth. However, the clocks on earth would be moving relative to the clock on the spaceship, and since time always dilates and never goes faster regardless of the direction of relative motion,  the clocks on earth should register less time than the clock on the spaceship.  Is this true? Whenever there is a fast-moving object such as a rocket do all clocks on earth really become slow?  If the rocket with the clock landed after moving at relativistic speed, would its clock and the earth's clock again show the same time since during its travel both appeared slow to each other?  Or is all this just an illusion, ie. the clocks just appear to be slow to each other but in actually run at normal speed, and neither is behind when the rocket actually lands? Good-morning Math Exchange (and good evening to some!)  I have a very basic question that is confusing me.   At school I was told that $\sqrt {a^2} = \pm a$  However, does this mean that $\sqrt {a^2} = +2$ *and*$-2$ or does it mean: $\sqrt {a^2} = +2$ *OR*$-2$  Is it wrong to say 'and'? What are the implications of choosing 'and'/'or'  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and enjoy the rest of your day :) Play a Sound with Python What's the easiest way to play a sound file (.wav) in Python? By easiest I mean both most platform independent and requiring the least dependencies. pygame is certainly an option, but it seems overkill for just sound. In the 3rd and 4th editions of D&amp;D, there were explicit rules for determining if a character knew anything about a monster before them.  In 3rd edition, for example, use of the  skill with a general DC of 10 + the monster's HD allowed for determining one fact, plus one fact per 5 points over the check.  Looking at the Intelligence section of the 5e PHB, I don't see any similar notation.  Does 5e provide any guidance as to when a player could use their out-of-game knowledge about a monster, or when the player might be told things their character would probably know in-game? I'm at a loss with “Dungeons and Dragons.” How does one play it, anyway? I'm no gamer at all, so this could be like a very silly, basic question for you guys. The thing is that I always read about "Dungeons and Dragons" game (not the video game, but the normal game to play with friends that are actually gathered together). And I would like to know how to play it.  I've read that it is a book (or several ones, which is more confusing for me to understand), but I've read somewhere that it can be played as a normal "table" game, with a board, and pieces, and somewhat weird dice (or sets of dice).  Is it like a normal game, where you pull the stuff out of a box and start to play?  I don't know if any of you watch the show "The Big Bang Theory", but I think they have played the game in a recent episode, and it looks just like a regular game.  I've Googled it for more information, but I haven't found anything as basic as I need, because I've never played a role game (except in a video game).  I just want to learn how to play, so I can get my friends into it to play it each time we get together. Teenage girl in life-sustaining valley on poisoned Earth visited by another survivor Showing the norm' is non-negative How can I run Debian stable but install some packages from testing? Say you're running a server and you don't want to upgrade to Testing (Squeeze) from Stable (Lenny) to just install a required package or two.  What's the best way of installing only certain packages from Testing? Please make the "last seen" entry optional Possible Duplicate:          Some people don't like being spied on by bosses or others, or revealing the frequency and intensity of their participation on SE sites.  Is an option to hide "seen" and similar fields on the summary page viable? Or, could the field be changed to day-level granularity? Plot draws list of curves in same color when not using Evaluate Hide parameterless constructor on struct Easy way to model spiral engraving (knurling) that is usually used on metal for better grip? What is the easiest way to model this diamond grip pattern into a cylinder? Processor: PIC18F66K22 Compiler:  C18 (XC8 is fine also)   I've just made (and succesfully tested) code to measure the voltage on AN4 analog pin.  Now I want to try something else, not quite sure if it's theoretically possible.  My test-board has a PIC processor, with VDD,AVVD connected to a supply (ranging from 0(if the battery is empty/disconnected) to 4,2(full battery).  Can I use ADC to measure the VDD(-in) of my board?  Why not?:   It's not an ANx pin, not sure how to make the ADC measure it? (Channel?) If the voltage on VDD(-in) drops, will my ADC reference voltage also drop? (So when my PIC only gets 3,3V the ADC will still say it's 100% (as the max Voltage on the chip, also the reference is 3,3V).   Why/what do you ask?:   Can I just measure Channel 30 (VDDCORE)? Could I set my Vref to Vdd and measure a precision voltage reference with the A/D converter. (Not sure how) Or I could add a wire from VDD-in to an ANx pin? Will Internal VREF+ (4.096V) stay 4+V when the VDD-in is around 3,4V? Is there some kind of transformator that makes it so? Internal VREF+ (4.096V) is a bit lower than the max of the battery (4,2V), does this mean I can damage the ADC? Or just that the result will be max when the battery is full. (4,2V out of 4,096V)     Please mind that my knowledge of Electronics is "low". I've learnt way more about the software part in my education, but I'd like to know more about (Embedded) Electronics as it's a crucial part in Embedded Engineering. (It's sad how my school doesn't see this.) Proving by induction that $ \sum_{k=0}^n{n \choose k} = 2^n$