How to repeat currently typed in parameter on bash console?
I was just typing something along the lines of:
Unix & Linux
Why doesn’t mount respect the read only option for bind mounts?
On my Arch Linux system (Linux Kernel 3.14.2) bind mounts do not respect the read only option
How can I edit a large file in place?
I have a few files sized > 1 GB each. I need to remove last few bytes from the files. How can I do it? I prefer to edit file in place to save disk space.
Why does swappiness not work?
We have a RHEL 7 machine, with only 2G of available RAM:
What is the “Bootable flag” option when installing a distro?
Is the “bootable flag” needed in today’s distributions? If not, then why is it still in the installers? What is it exactly?
How to rename multiple files by removing the extension?
I have a number of tiff files named:
How can I “relink” a lot of broken symlinks?
I have a directory tree which has a bunch of symbolic links to files under /home… however, I have moved /home to /mnt/home and need a way to “relink” all of the symlinks. Does such functionality exist or do I need to write a script to do so?
What does dash “-” at the end of a command mean?
Given the following command:
How is sudo set to not change $HOME in Ubuntu and how to disable this behavior?
On Ubuntu 12.04, when I sudo -s the $HOME variable is not changed, so if my regular user is regularuser, the situation goes like this:
Why should I not use ‘kill -9’ / SIGKILL
Posting this question because I was surprised to not find it directly answered; apologies if this is a duplicate – I did look!