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13 Aug 11
I have no idea where else to place this since the forum I need to ask is the place I'm trying to join.
I'm trying to register for arch linux forums but am asked for the output of:
date -u +%W$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'
which then the terminal shows no output and no error and drops a line to a blank ">"
Any idea what's going on? Would appreciate some advice. :(
13 Aug 11
So you are trying to register at: https://bbs.archlinux.org/register.php
You are running Arch right?
Some get problem with it see: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/arch-linux/170281-answer-arch-forum-registration-question.html
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/arch-linux/178351-solved-archlinux-forums-registration-problem.html
But if I copy that to my terminal I get correct output. From what I understand it's based on what Week it is and that uname returns Linux:
This should work the same this week:
echo '32Linux'|sha256sum|sed 's/W//g'
Output of both this week (32) is:
48c5ed2b2a5e661f908c2fb557ac32a0636b90afb107395713115c1a2f45a4d0 -
And if they have the same next week (33):
5d7c85c2d6454a8a11ff227a9e3babc1a9a691daac7dbaa6e40b3d5c28fb30a3 -
14 Aug 11
By the return value it appears that you do have left the command incomplete. The command you gave us it correct, however missing a qutote or adding a double-quote would cause that.
14 Aug 11
Thanks Aron! The 2nd link with the command:
date -u +%W$(echo Linux)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'
worked, as well as your:
echo '32Linux'|sha256sum|sed 's/W//g'
Thanks a bunch!
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