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Trying to access our FTP server. Getting "Killed 9." How do I resolve this?

I just tried to access our FTP server via the command-line FTP client on my new M2 Mini. And it gives an immediate "Killed 9" message. On my 2017 iMac (Catalina): (Note that the ftp server ...
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Why didn't reverse grep work to filter out "Operation not permitted" from find results?

When I want to reverse grep the words in macOS 13.2 like this: $ sudo find / -name "libpq.dylib" | grep -v "Operation not permitted" find: /Library/Application Support/com.apple....
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Unknown locale, assuming C - Error message in terminal

Note: The question is not about how to change the locale, or what is the locale. The question is about why is there a locale-based error in man in 10.3, but no error in 12.6, even though the locales ...
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I am trying to install pip on terminal and I always get this error

input python -m ensurepip Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip' Consider using the --user option or check the ...
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MacOS equivalent for Ubuntu Linker (ld) command?

I'm following some tutorials from 2015, and in it you run this Linker command: ld -T linker.ld -melf_i386 loader.o -o kernel.elf I get this error: ld: unknown option: -T I tried to replace it with ...
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Syntax Error in Bash script

I'm using the following command to find certain files and delete them. #!/bin/bash files=$(mdfind -literal "kMDItemFSName == '123.test'") IFS=$'\n' files=($files) for f in ${files[*]};do ...
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Blank Sudoers File

I have been trying to set up some stuff for JS, but I need to use sudo. Every time I use sudo, I get this message. >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 80 <<< >>> /etc/...
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Bash - Suppressing output to STDOUT

I've written a script for fresh macOS installs that installs Homebrew, Cask, and a bunch of apps I like, along with creating a .vimrc file. Thanks to an answer by daniel Azuelos (located here: Best ...
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Cannot run refind-install from Recovery because "/usr/bin/env: bad interpreter"

I have managed to change the present working directory to the folder containing downloaded rEFInd files. I have booted to Recovery Mode. The refind-bin-0.11.3 folder was downloaded to my Downloads ...
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How to resolve "mpirun: command not found" error on Mac

I'm running scientific simulation software (lammps) and whenever I try to submit the job by using a shell script which contains... mpirun -np 2 /Users/mustafaaslamy/Downloads/lammps-16Mar18/src/...
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Build fails with configure: error: could not make ./config.status

Facing a strange build error on OSX 10.12. Unable to build any software at the command line. For example none of the packages Opus, PJSIP, and LibreSSL will build. (Dependencies for Telephone: https://...
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Is there a way around "Error: Command Line Too long"?

I am using a command line software for which I need to input a lot of arguments. Something like ./exec -A argA -B argB -C argC ... There are so many arguments that I get the error message Error: ...
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CLI Solution - Stripping File Attributes - LSOpenURLsWithRole()

I am getting this error when trying to execute an unsigned application that was downloaded via the native web-browser; Safari.app. LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810.. There used to be a ...
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Can't install WordGrinder on Yosemite

Recently, I have been trying to install WordGrinder on Yosemite. First I tried getting the latest tar packages from the developers' website and using them, but I ran into some library linking errors ...
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Terminal stuck at error won't accept any commands.

I was trying to install CLI package from github but I messed up during the process and ended up getting this error. It is persistent and won't go away. Terminal wont accept any commands like mkdir, ls,...
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How to fix "You are not allowed to use "Application""

How do I fix this message, I am Admin, Mobile. Even if i login to a root account this message still appears. I have iTerm so if any commands need to be inputted to fix this problem I can still do it. ...
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Unknown error message in Terminal

When I open the Terminal I keep getting this message, which I suppose is some error: /Users/sinisasasic/.zshrc:export:48: not valid in this context: Support/GoodSync:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/...
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Shell script: Move folders + preserve structure

My goal I organize my projects into folders. These folders all live in my Completed projects folder. I am beginning to archive them into an Archived Projects folder, and I want to archive them in sub-...
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/bin/sh: rm: command not found

I have problems with some applications that use AppleScript shell script feature. For example, Growl's uninstall scripts shows an error: error "/bin/sh: rm: command not found" number 127 The source ...
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How to dim (and un-dim) display in automator

For those that are interested in the final script you can get it here original question I am trying to make a alarmclock script to wake me up. but I can't figure out how to change the screen ...
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