I am trying to understanding the concept of special files on Linux. However, having a special file in /dev seems plain silly when its function could be implemented by a handful of lines in C to my knowledge.
How do I join two files vertically without any separator? I tried to use paste -d"" a b, but this just gives me a.
I have thousands of files named 1.txt 2.txt and so on. Some of those files are missing. Which would be the easiest way to find out which files are missing? 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 … Read more
I accidentally executed the following command on the etc directory:
I would like to have a trigger and when a particular file is accessed by some process, I would like to be notified (i.e. a script should be run). If I understand correctly, this could be achieved with inotify.
Is there a simple option on extundelete how I can try to undelete a file called /var/tmp/test.iso that I just deleted?
For the .sh file extension type, see Bourne shell.
Is there any tool available to sync files between two or more linux servers immediately after writing the file in the disk? The rsync command does not suit me on this, because if I set rsync in cron, the minimum time I can set is 1 minute, but I need it on real-time basis.
I know I can open multiple files with vim by doing something like vim 2011-12*.log, but how can I switch between files and close the files one at a time?
Say I am running a software, and then I run package manager to upgrade the software, I notice that Linux does not bring down the running process for package upgrade – it is still running fine. How does Linux do this?