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What's the difference between .bash_profile and .bashrc? I have been reading about Linux and some software I've been using, etc. Some of them...
I tried to use mail functionality of linux to send email to others, but don't know how to attach a file, can anybody help? Thanks,
While it may seem small to most here, I have spent the entire morning working on setting up a shared folder between two pcs (I suppose one is now the...
Hi, i installed linuxmint maya 13 64 bit KDE DVD version on my PC and want to buy a usb wlan stick. Some sticks do not work / are hard to...
Hi! I'm trying to write a bash script, and wondering what the best way of manipulation a returned string is. A variable $scriptString that...
Hello All I seem to be having issues with backing up my data to NAS boxes using a script that is executed by a cron job. The script used to...
Hi, so we have a teacher in a beginning linux class and we have a 10 year old book.. copyright 2003. Not only is there not much information in the...
Hi All, I have a situation where there is a log file which is being written by the running application every millisecond and is of huge size. ...
Hi! I'm having some trouble finding out how to control the output being printed to the screen from my scripts. I've tried looking for answers...
Hi All, I'm trying to setup my rsync correctly and am finding that it's not working like I need it to. The first thing I'm trying to sync is...
I feel stupid asking this but what is /tmp? Temporary? I just read some Ubuntu's tips and tricks and I found out a way to clear out your /tmp folder...
ok, so this is probably not a beginner's question, but I cannot find another forum topic this would fit in. I currently have a bash script which...
Is there a good tutorial on how to monitor the performance of a linux system that includes a detailed explaination of how to interperate the data? ...
Hello IŽd like to know in which order are my Linux resources (programs,network,filesystems..) closed when i send a SIGINT signal to init (pid=1)...
call me lazy... but how do I mv or cp a file to a new folder with the same name without having to manually re-type the file name?
hi i'm trying to install a .zip program on my linux mint i just don't have any knowledge on linux systems what can i do i tried goggling but all...
Hi! In a script, I'm running a command that builds a program- I wan't to grep "Build OK", but I would also like to save all of the output to a txt...
I had ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 installed in my system. Yesterday Windows crashed and i had to format and re-install it. I have not touched the Linux...
Hi, I want to copy the entire contents of a directory from one location to another. The source directory consists of a number of subdirectories in...
from the following link http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/cNd4eocq2K0 I can get a xml file however I noticed that there is only 1 line in...
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