Why does awk stop and wait if the filename contains = and how to work around that?
Either of the following two types of argument can be intermixed:
Unix & Linux
Using two displays on debian
I am trying to setup a dual screen configuration on debian 8 jessie with Gnome.
What does the ./ mean (dot slash) in linux?
For example, I can do the following
What is the most portable method of launching a terminal emulator?
Say I need to write a script that will launch a terminal and execute a command and I need that to work on various systems. How can I do that in a safe and portable manner?
What is the difference in usage between shell variables and environment variables?
I actually did not know there are two different types of variables I can access from the command line. All I knew is, that I can declare variables like:
Where have I set my bash PATH?
I want to remove ~/bin from my PATH. I set it up months ago when Linux (Ubuntu) was very new to me, but I don’t know how I added it…
How to write file into another
I have an empty file (only zeroes are in it) of size 9,0KB and I need to write another file (with size 1,1KB) to it, but the first file must not lose its size or the rest of its contents. So if the whole file is 00000000000000... now, I need to write second file in it and leave the zeroes as they are. I have tried to use dd, but I haven’t succeed – file resizes.
Delete all files except in a certain subdirectory with find
I want to recursively delete all files not accessed in a while in folder a, except all files in the subfolder b.
Is there truth to the philosophy that you should sync; sync; sync; sync?
When I was first introduced to Linux, working at Cisco Systems in 2000, I was taught the merits of the sync command, used to flush buffers to disk to prevent filesystem corruption / data loss. I was told not only by coworkers there, but by friends in college to always run sync “a few” or “a bunch” of times, that is, maybe 5 – 10 times, instead of just once.
How can I print a variable with padded center alignment?
How can I print $myvar padded so that it is in the center of the terminal, and to either side are = to the edge of the screen?