[04:57] <unagi> hi?
[04:57] <jrib> unagi: what did you do exactly?
[04:58] <unagi> well for a few days ive been trying to get maya to work
[04:58] <unagi> i downloaded rpm's and converted them to deb
[04:58] <unagi> i FINALLY get it to run but the problem is it locks my system up shortly after.......and it breaks my package manager
[04:59] <jrib> well I can't help you with maya
[04:59] <jrib> but we can fix the package manager probably
[04:59] <jrib> pastebin the error
[04:59] <unagi> ubuntu also crashes frequently
[04:59] <unagi> whats pastebin
[04:59] <unagi> !pastebin
[04:59] <ubotu> pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)
[05:00] <unagi> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/27553/
[05:01] <jrib> k, so now pastebin what happens when you try to reinstall awcommon
[05:02] <unagi> sudo apt-get reinstall awcommon?
[05:02] <jrib> no, use the .deb you have
[05:04] <unagi> the package could be corrupt or you are not allowed to open the file
[05:05] <jrib> what command did you use?
[05:05] <unagi> i double clicked on the deb
[05:05] <jrib> do it in a terminal
[05:05] <jrib> sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb
[05:06] <unagi> !pastebin
[05:06] <ubotu> pastebin is a service to post large texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the #ubuntu channel topic)
[05:07] <unagi> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/27554/
[05:08] <jrib> unagi: pastebin /var/lib/dpkg/info/awcommon*
[05:10] <unagi> ok cool good news
[05:10] <unagi> i fixed my package manager
[05:10] <unagi> bad news....had to remove maya to do it
[05:10] <jrib> ok
[05:11] <unagi> or maybe not
[05:11] <unagi> im confused
[05:11] <unagi> linux doesnt make sense to me =*(
[08:45] <checkergrrl> hi there jrib
[08:46] <jrib> one sec
[08:47] <checkergrrl> k
[08:48] <jrib> checkergrrl: what do you actually want to accomplish?
[08:48] <checkergrrl> okay
[08:49] <checkergrrl> i want to find all the .txt files of a directory and compress(gzip) it to a new directory
[08:50] <checkergrrl> is it possible?
[08:50] <jrib> do you want to keep the originals?
[08:51] <checkergrrl> nope
[08:52] <checkergrrl> but if there is no othe option ..than its fine
[08:52] <jrib> well, I'm trying to figure out the syntax to make it create them in a new directory
[08:53] <checkergrrl> what about if the  new directory is already created and we can point it out to it
[08:53] <jrib> true, we can do something like  gzip -c FILE > FILE.gz
[08:53] <jrib> does that make sense?
[08:53] <checkergrrl> mmmm
[08:53] <checkergrrl> thats a new one
[08:53] <checkergrrl> >
[08:54] <jrib> what were you thinking?
[08:54] <checkergrrl> let me try
[08:54] <jrib> wait
[08:54] <checkergrrl> okay
[08:54] <jrib> here is what you can try (it will just print stuff and not do anything):
[08:55] <checkergrrl> find -name *.txt gzip -c FILE > FILE.gz
[08:55] <checkergrrl> gzip -v *.txt
[08:55] <checkergrrl> works for all txt
[08:56] <jrib> do you want to make several seperate .gz files or you want like a tarball?
[08:56] <checkergrrl> for each .txt file i want to create a gz
[08:57] <checkergrrl> but i want to use the "find" command
[08:57] <jrib> find -name '*.txt' -exec echo "gzip -c {} > /path/to/new/directory/{}.gz" \;
[08:57] <jrib> try that
[08:58] <checkergrrl> k
[08:59] <jrib> do those commands seem to do what you want?
[09:00] <checkergrrl> yes...but i am getting this error msg: find: missing argument to '-exec'
[09:00] <jrib> can you paste the command you used?
[09:01] <checkergrrl> i used the one you typed
[09:02] <jrib> was that the only output?
[09:03] <checkergrrl> yep
[09:03] <checkergrrl> find: missing argument to '-exec'
[09:03] <jrib> it works here, did you copy and paste the whole thing or type it out?
[09:03] <checkergrrl> type it out
[09:04] <checkergrrl> mmmm
[09:04] <checkergrrl> okay let me try again
[09:06] <checkergrrl> hahha...now i got >
[09:06] <checkergrrl> jrib...i will work on it
[09:06] <checkergrrl> :)
[09:07] <checkergrrl> there must be soemthign i am doing
[09:07] <checkergrrl> maybe a space or something
[09:07] <jrib> copy and paste what you are doing
[09:07] <checkergrrl> well..i am using different boxes
[09:07] <checkergrrl> hold on
[09:07] <checkergrrl> let me try something different
[09:08] <checkergrrl> i will paste it on IM
[09:08] <checkergrrl> lol
[09:10] <checkergrrl> jrib thanks for all your help
[09:10] <checkergrrl> i will be around tomorrow
[09:10] <checkergrrl> i got class to go to
[09:10] <checkergrrl> :(
[09:13] <jrib> k
[09:15] <checkergrrl> hey jrib
[09:15] <checkergrrl> it worked!
[09:15] <jrib> hey
[09:15] <checkergrrl> awesome :()
[09:15] <checkergrrl> :)
[09:15] <jrib> it didn't
[09:15] <checkergrrl> it did
[09:15] <jrib> because you have echo right?
[09:16] <checkergrrl> yep
[09:16] <checkergrrl> your command was right
[09:16] <jrib> you have to get rid of the "echo" for it to actually do stuff instead of just printing it
[09:16] <checkergrrl> wait
[09:17] <checkergrrl> mmmm...okay ..i better go before i am late
[09:17] <checkergrrl> i will c you tomorrow?
[09:17] <jrib> sure, I'll probably be around
[09:17] <checkergrrl> great