Proper way to mount samba share
I would like to mount a CIFS network filesystem with samba on my Arch Linux system. I would like to mount this filesystem whenever I log in (either through ssh, a TTY, or through KDM).
Unix & Linux
How to clear memory cache in Linux
Is there any command that by using I can clean the cache in RHEL? I used this command: sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches but it didn’t work. Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them … Read more
How can I see what processes are running?
I use Ubuntu Server 10.10 and I would like to see what processes are running. I know that PostgreSQL is running on my machine but I can not see it with the top or ps commands, so I assume that they aren’t showing all of the running processes. Is there another command which will show all running processes or is there any other parameters I can use with top or ps for this?
bash variables in for loop range
I want to print list of numbers from 1 to 100 and I use a for loop like the following: number=100 for num in {1..$number} do echo $num done When I execute the command it only prints {1..100} and not the list of number from 1 to 100. Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A … Read more
How can I rename photos, given the EXIF data?
Let’s say I have a bunch of photos, all with correct EXIF information, and the photos are randomly named (because of a problem I had). I have a little program called jhead which gives me the below output:
Is there a way to simulate a “Close” event on various windows using the terminal?
I answered on Ask Ubuntu Quit all instances of gnome-terminal via a command but as you all can read gnome-terminal didn’t seems to have a SIGcall I could use to simulate this “Close” event. So this lead me to ask, is there a way in GNOME/KDE/LXDE/{put your window/desktop manager/environment here} to simulate the “Click in close button” event? I have read different questions that could have any relation to this, but don’t answer this.
Find directories that do not contain subdirectories
I’m writing script is ksh. Need to find all directory names directly under the current directory which contain only files, not subdirectories.
How to detect end of line with sed
I’m looking for a way to only execute replacement when the last character is a newline, using sed.
What is the local6 (and all other local#) facilities in syslog?
##What I understand