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Can I capture Google searches on my site?

I see you've posted articles explaining how to put a Google Search Box and Search Results on a website. (see add Google search to your site). But is it possible to be able to store the search phrases typed into the Google search boxes? This way I can analyze the data to know what people are searching for, then create more content on that subject....

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How many Friday the 13ths are there in a given year?

I'm studying Unix, and i need help writing a script. The script requires that it outputs the number of months and years from January 2007 to December 2017 inclusive that have a Friday the thirteenth....

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Bug in shell script using awk to read /etc/passwd?

In your book Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, on p. 115, Script #40 Reporting Disk Hogs, on the 8th line the second part of the line reads:     awk -F: '$2 > 99 {print $1} ') I am very new to shell scripting, so I am probably just not understanding how this line should be interpreted. In my Linux class, I have been learning that in the /etc/passwed file the 1st field is username, the...

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How do I compare float / real numbers in a shell script?

Hi i am trying to comapre numbers for the biggest among double type of numbers. For example: 0.254, 0.255, 0.564, 0.984, 0.556, 0.6566, and 0.5666. I'm using the following script code: if [ $max -lt $i ] if [ "$max -lt "$i" ] But they all give the error message "integer expression expected". Help!...

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