In the future I may be building a system with an embedded operating system. Given the commercial properties of this system, it will make sense to have all of the internals as closed source as possible. I have seen in the past many router manufacturers being forced to release source ....

I have a program to list database files. It is called direkly from the shell like db filename to list the whole file, or like db 'filename :: conditions' to list only selected elements ... Another way is to call it with a file, wich contains all parameters. db < ....

When I try to execute mail from inside a function in a bash script it creates something similar to a fork bomb. To clarify, this creates the issue: #!/bin/bash mail() { echo "Free of oxens" | mail -s "Do you want to play chicken with the void?" "example@example.org" } mail ....

I have a folder with a lot of files. I want to copy all files which begin with of these names (separated by space): abc abd aer ab-x ate to another folder. How can I do that? ....

Can I check the integrity of the archive without decompressing it as the archive is 64GB. It is a backup of my old laptop and before i format my old laptop I wanted to verify the backup but it will take too long to decompress and verify. So is there ....

I'm using linux mint with Cinnamon. The login screen comes to type a username but it also displays that in 10 seconds userx will be automatically logged in. And it happens. How to make it wait indefinitely? ....

In working through an SSH Configuration for User and Root accounts for accessing a group of VM's and Hardware servers, I have encountered situations that do not make a great deal of sense to me from the perspective of Public/Private key relationships. The recommended steps seem to be as follows: ....

I have Debian 9.5 with xfce and hexo: 3.7.1 The question is about throttle my script called "draft": s@lokal:~$ sudo cat /usr/local/bin/draft #!/bin/bash killall hexo cd /home/s/Dropbox/blog hexo clean pwd whoami hexo g --draft hexo server --draft & sleep 5 firefox 'http://localhost:4000/' s@lokal:~$ What I am trying to get across ....

I am using Linux Mint 19.1, with the Cinnamon desktop. I am wondering if there is a way to force an application to open the window to a specific size (specifically the nemo file manager). In Cinnamons Windows settings, I can specify where I want new windows to open by ....

I have a bunch of folders with sub directories please see below Books -- Temp1.nfo -- Temp2.txt -- Temp3.doc Books 2 -- Temp4.nfo -- Temp5.txt -- Temp6.doc I want to copy the txt and doc file extensions and place them into one directory. An example Final --Temp2.txt --Temp3.doc --Temp5.txt --Temp6.doc ....