User terdon - Super User

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Is there a way to display a countdown or stopwatch timer in a terminal?

answered Jun 24, 2013 at 22:11

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What is the danger of inserting and browsing an untrusted USB drive?

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 19:45

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How can I use tar command to group files without compression?

answered Jan 8, 2013 at 15:49

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Creating ext4 partition from console

answered Sep 11, 2013 at 11:25

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How to set path for sudo commands

answered Jun 13, 2015 at 22:25

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How can I create a file with a specific size from a command line?

answered Jun 18, 2013 at 11:23

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Understanding top command in unix

answered Mar 29, 2013 at 16:12

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Updating Time : ntpdate[3108]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting

answered Aug 31, 2013 at 17:07

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Is there a “reverse incremental search” functionality in Fish similar to Bash’s CTRL+R?

answered Aug 5, 2013 at 0:54

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chown - Operation not permitted

answered Jan 6, 2014 at 12:50

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How to make a symlinked folder appear as a normal folder

answered Nov 20, 2014 at 12:32

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How can I automatically convert all source code files in a folder (recursively) to a single PDF with syntax highlighting?

answered May 29, 2013 at 20:29

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How can I view pictures via ssh

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 15:03

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Execute command after seconds (without sleep)

answered Apr 4, 2013 at 18:18

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Is there a scenario where rm -rf --no-preserve-root is needed?

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 1:15

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Linux Mint doesn’t boot after running “rm” command that was supposed to setup a swap partition

answered Jan 29, 2013 at 20:43

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Add /usr/local/sbin to the PATH of a user

answered May 15, 2013 at 12:02

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How to make the about:blank page black or any other color in Firefox?

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 17:28

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How to set a custom sized rectangle select area in gimp?

answered Aug 19, 2012 at 14:00

29 votes

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Use imagemagic to put several JPG on one page

answered Mar 10, 2013 at 23:58

28 votes

How do I batch convert thousands of NEFs to JPEGs?

answered Apr 4, 2013 at 1:29

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Find directories containing a certain number of files

answered Jul 8, 2013 at 18:49

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How to set a default desktop environment at system start?

answered Dec 9, 2013 at 17:24

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What is this character: '*'?

answered Jul 20, 2016 at 10:20

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How to "unextract" a zip file?

answered Feb 14, 2013 at 0:44

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Transfering about 300gb in files from one server to another

answered Mar 26, 2013 at 18:29

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Copy files from Linux server to Mac desktop

answered Dec 11, 2012 at 17:55

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How long do temporary files made with mktemp last?

answered May 29, 2013 at 20:35

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How do you use the run-parts command?

answered Feb 20, 2014 at 16:47

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Avoid errors from tar failing to restore directory permissions

answered Jan 9, 2014 at 13:53

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Is there a way to display a countdown or stopwatch timer in a terminal?

What is the danger of inserting and browsing an untrusted USB drive?

How can I use tar command to group files without compression?

Creating ext4 partition from console

How to set path for sudo commands

How can I create a file with a specific size from a command line?

Understanding top command in unix

Updating Time : ntpdate[3108]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting

Is there a “reverse incremental search” functionality in Fish similar to Bash’s CTRL+R?

chown - Operation not permitted

How to make a symlinked folder appear as a normal folder

How can I automatically convert all source code files in a folder (recursively) to a single PDF with syntax highlighting?

How can I view pictures via ssh

Execute command after seconds (without sleep)

Is there a scenario where rm -rf --no-preserve-root is needed?

Linux Mint doesn’t boot after running “rm” command that was supposed to setup a swap partition

Add /usr/local/sbin to the PATH of a user

How to make the about:blank page black or any other color in Firefox?

How to set a custom sized rectangle select area in gimp?

Use imagemagic to put several JPG on one page

How do I batch convert thousands of NEFs to JPEGs?

Find directories containing a certain number of files

How to set a default desktop environment at system start?

What is this character: '*'?

How to "unextract" a zip file?

Transfering about 300gb in files from one server to another

Copy files from Linux server to Mac desktop

How long do temporary files made with mktemp last?

How do you use the run-parts command?

Avoid errors from tar failing to restore directory permissions