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Linux Shell Script replace last shown lines at the screen, not write it under the last once
i run a script from bring formated numbers to the screen :
#!/bin/sh
while true ; do
echo
awk -v x=987654321 -v n=8 'BEGIN{srand(); while (--n) {$++NF = int(rand() * x / n); x -= $NF}; $++NF =...
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Updating GRUB; ./configure doesn't make a makefile. Step 5 of INSTALL guide missing?
I am trying to update GRUB from 2.06 to 2.12, following the instructions in the INSTALL textfile included in the tarball (and at the bottom of the post). I am missing some dependencies, so I run:
sudo ...
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Have "ls" read many filepaths from a file
I frequently use the following idiom to find all files in the file tree starting the current directory, then submit the file paths to ls -lt so that they are shown newest-first:
$ find * -type f -...
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How to extend btrfs subvolumes space using separate SSD?
$ lsblk -f -o +SIZE
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS SIZE
sda ...
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grep pattern to find word in code
I'm looking for a grep pattern to find occurrences of a word in some code (Python, if it matters).
I want to ignore occurrences that are inside a longer word, inside strings, or inside comments (if ...
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Dump timestamps from the whole filesystem akin to `getfacl -R`
I didn't specify the -N flag when rsyncing data from my old laptop, now all the file birth times are lost.
Can I dump them to a file, and, ideally, restore on the new system too, like it's easily done ...
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pfSense routing issues
Ive got a routing issue on my pfSense box that shows the response to a ping request being routed to a IP in a separate subnet/vlan.
10:25:13.239238 IP 10.2.0.2 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 9374,...
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Keybase file explorer integration failed (KDE, Wayland, Dolphin)
Installed and running latest Keybase version using official manual.
It says "Keybase is enabled in your File Explorer" but there is neither mounted point, nor "Show in File Explorer&...
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Finding the processes trying to open some FIFO
In my example, the wc program is trying to open the test FIFO or named pipe.
These in-progress open syscalls seem not to be shown by fuser or lsof:
mknod /tmp/testpipe p
wc /tmp/testpipe &
timeout ...
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mailx doesn't decode Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I'm sending mail from python and am trying to read them on the console with mailx. As long as the body of the mail only contains ascii characters the mail is send with charset="ascii" and is ...
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How are EXT4 metadata checksums within group descriptors calculated?
I'm looking at parsing raw EXT4-formatted block devices, just using Python, primarily as a learning exercise, but am having trouble manually generating the expected Group Descriptor checksums - there ...
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email sent to root with att.net email provider and thunderbird mua on fedora 40
I have fedora 40. I use thunderbird to receive email. I would like to receive email sent to root in thunderbird. The "account settings" section of thunderbird used to have "Add ...
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What is rigid disk block (RDB) and how can I repair it?
I have a WD P10 external USB disk that is no longer being detected on macOS or Windows (on a different PC). To troubleshoot, I booted Debian (LMDE) from a Live USB and connected the WD drive again. It ...
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Cannot connect to the Docker daemon on Debian
I try to execute docker run hello-world on a debian bullseye machine where I do not have root user rights, but where I can use sudo.
I installed docker (v19.03.13) with sudo according to the docker ...
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[Kali]: Package gtk-sharp2 is not installed
I'm trying to install a screen monitor application on my kali machine, since it's a Debian-based distribution I have to go with the option to download the .deb package file, while installing the app ...
