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deleted-files

What happens when the current directory is deleted?

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

In the first terminal A, I create a directory, enter the directory, and create a file:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags deleted-files, directory, ls, pwd Leave a comment

What’s the fastest way to remove all files & subfolders in a directory?

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

One program created lots of nested sub-folders. I tried to use command rm -fr * to remove them all. But it’s very slow. I’m wondering is there any faster way to delete them all? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve … Read more

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags deleted-files, linux Leave a comment

Is there a UNIX command to list all recently removed files from a system

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

Accidentally a rm -rf command was launched to my root directory instead of current directory. I stopped file removing by Ctrl+C but some files has already been removed. Is there a LINUX command to list all recently removed files from the system to get the affected applications ?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags deleted-files, linux, rm Leave a comment

undelete a just deleted file on ext4 with extundelete

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Is there a simple option on extundelete how I can try to undelete a file called /var/tmp/test.iso that I just deleted?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags data-recovery, deleted-files, extundelete, files Leave a comment

How can I access a deleted open file on Linux (output of a running crontab task)?

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

I have an hourly hour-long crontab job running with some mtr (traceroute) output every 10 minutes (that is going to go for over an hour prior to it being emailed back to me), and I want to see the current progress thus far.

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Best way to free disk space from deleted files that are held open

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Hi I have many files that have been deleted but for some reason the disk space associated with the deleted files is unable to be utilized until I explicitly kill the process for the file taking the disk space

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags deleted-files, lsof, open-files Leave a comment
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