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You can re-apply your /etc/inittab file in real-time without rebooting your machine. This allows you to do a lot of neat things, such as redirect your system console to the serial port without a reboot. Edit your /etc/inittab file and add this line: S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS0 vt102 Execute the following command: telinit q && [...]

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In Python, as with most languages, STDIN is treated like a file. You can read from it any time, but knowing what kind of file it is lets us know if someone passed us something via STDIN or if we are going to prompt them for it. import os, sys if os.isatty(file.fileno(sys.stdin)):     print “Reading list [...]

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git should use the environment variable $http_proxy so set that and you should be ok. If you don’t want to use the environment, set it statically like this: $ git config –global http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080 $ git config –get http.proxy http://proxy.example.com:8080

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