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DMS to DD to KML with AWK and sed

 By Bob Mesibov Tutorials

In a 2014 Linux Rain article I describe a fast 'points plotter' for Google Earth. First I copy a list of latitude/longitudes (lat/lons) from a spreadsheet to the clipboard, then I launch a shell script with a keyboard shortcut. The script builds a KML file from the copied list and opens the KML for…

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20 Best Linux Password Managers in 2024

Password managers are applications created to enable users to keep their passwords in a single place and absolve themselves of the need to remember every single one of their passwords.

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Wine 9.0: Run Windows Apps and Games on Linux

Wine is an open-source and free application for Linux that allows users to run Windows-based software and games on Unix/Linux-like operating systems.

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