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How to copy/paste between a console and an X session?

asked Jun 6, 2022 at 12:22

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1 answer

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Space not taken as an argument separator by shell script (could someone please explain that small file difference ?)

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9 answers

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sed : have a range finishing with the last occurrence of a pattern (greedy range)

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9 votes

1 answer

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interpret \UXXXXXXXX Unicode codes in text file

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8 answers

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How can I use quantifiers in a sed substitution expression (indenting text)?

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How is that possible : the same partition mounted twice, and each mount shows a different content?

asked Aug 23, 2021 at 10:38

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5 answers

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Remove lines that contain two string matches

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Why is mawk's output (STDOUT) buffered even though it is the terminal?

asked Jun 25, 2021 at 11:46

5 votes

2 answers

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Are there any benefits in setting a HDD's logical sector size to 4Kn?

asked Nov 13, 2023 at 17:16

5 votes

1 answer

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Is it possible to grep this output from gpg

asked Mar 16, 2024 at 13:35

4 votes

1 answer

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effective vs real user ID : why doesn't it return root as effective ID in my example?

asked Oct 25, 2023 at 14:55

4 votes

2 answers

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How to refresh decoy data on a plausible deniability dm-crypt scheme?

asked Mar 21, 2023 at 13:42

4 votes

3 answers

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find -exec command options with basename [duplicate]

asked Jan 21, 2022 at 7:06

4 votes

1 answer

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Perl - closing curly bracket before the opening one. How does it work?

asked Oct 13, 2021 at 7:16

3 votes

1 answer

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Shell - negative file globbing

asked Jan 24, 2022 at 4:53

3 votes

2 answers

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Why do X applications show a question mark as TTY in ps's result?

asked Jun 11, 2022 at 9:53

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What is "external fragmentation" in a file system?

asked Jan 2, 2024 at 9:31

3 votes

1 answer

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Are there downsides to enabling the "inline data" feature of EXT4?

asked Jan 8, 2024 at 9:23

3 votes

1 answer

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I/O errors, but after running badblocks everything works again : how is that possible?

asked Sep 13, 2023 at 13:15

3 votes

1 answer

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How to do non-greedy multiline capture with recent versions of pcre2grep?

asked Jul 27 at 12:42

2 votes

1 answer

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Why doesn't apt update fetch the Contents-* files?

asked Jun 9 at 6:16

2 votes

2 answers

211 views

Does GRUB 2.12 now support detached headers?

asked Feb 23, 2024 at 5:36

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4 answers

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EXT4 for very large (>1GB) files : increase block size, use block clusters, or both?

asked Jan 12, 2024 at 5:56

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0 answers

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Are SMART offline data collection and offline attributes obsolete?

asked Nov 6, 2023 at 16:55

2 votes

1 answer

552 views

In EXT4, are "extent" and "block group" the same thing?

asked Nov 12, 2023 at 11:07

2 votes

1 answer

422 views

Can a LUKS2 detached header technically be used for multiple drives?

asked Nov 22, 2023 at 8:34

2 votes

4 answers

410 views

rm -rf : is there an all or nothing (atomic) approach?

asked Aug 31, 2021 at 15:12

2 votes

1 answer

640 views

how to distinguish ssh from scp in ~/.ssh/rc?

asked Jul 6, 2021 at 17:06

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1 answer

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Best practices to enable SMART disk notifications on a Linux workstation?

asked Jul 30, 2021 at 13:29

2 votes

0 answers

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scp : -l option (bandwidth limiting) doesn't work when scp-ing from a remote server to another remote server

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How to copy/paste between a console and an X session?

Space not taken as an argument separator by shell script (could someone please explain that small file difference ?)

sed : have a range finishing with the last occurrence of a pattern (greedy range)

interpret \UXXXXXXXX Unicode codes in text file

How can I use quantifiers in a sed substitution expression (indenting text)?

How is that possible : the same partition mounted twice, and each mount shows a different content?

Remove lines that contain two string matches

Why is mawk's output (STDOUT) buffered even though it is the terminal?

Are there any benefits in setting a HDD's logical sector size to 4Kn?

Is it possible to grep this output from gpg

effective vs real user ID : why doesn't it return root as effective ID in my example?

How to refresh decoy data on a plausible deniability dm-crypt scheme?

find -exec command options with basename [duplicate]

Perl - closing curly bracket before the opening one. How does it work?

Shell - negative file globbing

Why do X applications show a question mark as TTY in ps's result?

What is "external fragmentation" in a file system?

Are there downsides to enabling the "inline data" feature of EXT4?

I/O errors, but after running badblocks everything works again : how is that possible?

How to do non-greedy multiline capture with recent versions of pcre2grep?

Why doesn't apt update fetch the Contents-* files?

Does GRUB 2.12 now support detached headers?

EXT4 for very large (>1GB) files : increase block size, use block clusters, or both?

Are SMART offline data collection and offline attributes obsolete?

In EXT4, are "extent" and "block group" the same thing?

Can a LUKS2 detached header technically be used for multiple drives?

rm -rf : is there an all or nothing (atomic) approach?

how to distinguish ssh from scp in ~/.ssh/rc?

Best practices to enable SMART disk notifications on a Linux workstation?

scp : -l option (bandwidth limiting) doesn't work when scp-ing from a remote server to another remote server