Is there a way to sum up the size of files listed?
This is the command I am using to list some files:
Unix & Linux
Direct output to pipe and stdout
Is there a way to pipe the output of a command and direct it to the stdout as well?
What’s the story behind Super Cow Powers?
As we know, apt-get has Super Cow Powers and aptitude does not:
Send email written in markdown using mutt
Sometimes I need to send a fragment of code on google-group inline. Text does not help here; I can type it in markdown, convert it to html (using pandoc etc.), attach to mutt as text/html and send it.
What’s a good example of piping commands together?
If you were helping someone to learn the concept of pipes on the command line what example would you use? The example that actually came up was as follows:
Why do we need to mount on Linux?
I understand what mounting is in Linux, and I understand device files. However I do not understand WHY we need to mount.
How to “close” open ports?
A few days ago I started to care a lot about my data security, I end up nmaping myself with: nmap 127.0.0.1
How can I tell whether a network interface is physical (device) or virtual (alias)?
I have a small home router running OpenWrt (Kind of embedded Linux for routers). It has five Ethernet ports, one labeled WAN and four labeld LAN 1 to 4. It has the following Network Interfaces defined as per ifconfig:
How to disable Alt-Arrow switching of Virtual Consoles?
The following happens on different Linuces: