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Making `apt-get` read answers from stdin on graphical Ubuntu
This doesn’t answer your question as summarised in the title, but for well-designed packages that use debconf for configuration, the correct way to pick answers non-interactively is to set them ahead ...
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Is it possible to silence the initial call in xtrace, when BASH_XTRACEFD is set?
This is my current best effort to answer my own question. Thank you to everyone else, who answered, it's all based on your ideas!
#!/usr/bin/env bash
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exec 2>&3 # restore ...
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one-liner vs script
Perl's one-liner is a kind or small art, where concision meet efficiency. They’re especially handy for quick file and text manipulations without writing boilerplate file‑handle code.
For sure, this ...
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