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    BASH Select - when in browser SELECT cmd sends output to Apche2 error.log

    I can run pizdataRest.php which calls restoreBakup.sh which contains the subject "select" command from the command line in a terminal with no problems; it works!. Running the same from the "firefox" browser does not work!; the screen is blank except for the last line; "echo 'Continuing in 10...
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    BASH if elif not working

    I found the three dots Thank you keith I didn't look long enough to find this R
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    BASH if elif not working

    I did a bunch of research and came up with the code below and it works just fine! NOTE: string comparisons!! if [[ $ext_gz == "gz" ]] compared to what I started with. Hope this helps someone. R CODE ================ echo "-- Start" echo PS3='Pick a Database to Restore ... '...
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    BASH if elif not working

    if $var="gz" and if $var=="gz" produces the same result. O'Reilly Shell Scripting say to use = not == for comparison
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    BASH if elif not working

    I am trying to distinguish between a gzipped file and a non-gzipped file and I can't get the if statements to work. CODE: ================================== echo -- Restoring $database -- echo PS3='Pick a Database to Restore ... ' select bakup in $(ls -d "$folder"/* ) do...
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    Can't get php script to show select box from program in firefox - console.log shows code including results I want

    I'm going nuts!!! This all makes no sense to me. Here is my scheme that doesn't work. 'init.php' checks for MySql to have the database we want to access. If MySql it does not contain the database the program calls, through Ajax, 'restoreBakup.php' which is supposed to present a 'select box' to...
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    FireFox Google? - Get rid of CAPTCHA

    I got rid of the whole problem. I installed Ubuntu 20.04. Fixed!! Thanks for your help, R
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    FireFox Google? - Get rid of CAPTCHA

    Hi, I run Firefox 81.0(64-bit) with Ubuntu 18.04.5 on my new home-built computer with MSI B450 Tomahawk Max MB so have the newest updates on most software. My question is: How do I get rid of this CAPTCHA thing below. Recently it shows up every time I open Firefox and is very annoying. I’ve...
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    trying to purge Mariadb, didn't work - Now dpkg hangs up and re-boot won't fix

    Thanks JasKinasis, I reran dpkg and you were right. It took about 20 minutes!! R
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    trying to purge Mariadb, didn't work - Now dpkg hangs up and re-boot won't fix

    Hi, Using Ubuntu 18.04.6. Was trying to install mariadb which didn't work. So now trying to un-install (sudo apt purge mariadb*). In doing this the machine hung up. I tried to use the GUI to shut down the machine but instead of shutting down it popped up with the log-in screen. Finally used...
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    Hi from Idaho, USA

    Hi all, My name is Rick and I go by pizzipie. I have been a Linux user since about 1997. I had received an unsolicited disk from Microsoft containing the newest version of Internet Explorer. I installed it and my computer quit working. I called them for help, as I had done many times before...
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    New Computer Build - BrosTrend AC1200 Won't connect to WiFi

    Well I feel really stupid!! Your answer gave my brain a jolt. I just built the computer and are not familiar with all the connections so I tried another USB connection and IT WORKED. Thanks for the help.\\R
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    New Computer Build - BrosTrend AC1200 Won't connect to WiFi

    My OS - Ubuntu Mate 18.04. I just completed my first computer build. The ethernet works just fine. The WiFi does not and I'm trying to get this to work. I have a BrosTrend AC1200 Model AC3L Wireless USB Adapter for Linux. I have talked to BrosTrend support and have done the troubleshooting...
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