Problem : The man page for find(1) says: If the expression contains no actions other than -prune, -print is performed […]
Tag: gnu
Scan first 512 bytes for strings with gnu strings command
Problem : I’m trying to use the GNU strings tool for a clean way to get all strings more then […]
Bash command to cut output after x number of lines
Problem : I’m looking for a bash command, which I can use to limit the number of lines of a […]
Where to put the GPG keys in $HOME/.gnupg?
Problem : I run OpenSuse 11.4 and KDE 4.6. I installed Thunderbird and Enigma. Thunderbird is the following version: Mozilla/5.0 […]
How to set sysctl fs.notify.max_user_watches in GUIX? (guix system: error: service ‘sysctl’ provided more than once)
Problem : IDE’s like PyCharm work better when fs.inotify.max_user_watches is set to a high level. How to do that in […]
Can less wrap lines like fmt does?
Problem : Like most people I use less as my terminal pager. Occasionally I view files consisting of very long […]
Why does the output of some Linux programs go to neither STDOUT nor STDERR?
Problem : Why does the output of some Linux programs go to neither STDOUT nor STDERR? Actually, I want to […]
Can gnu screen prompt for a title when a new window is created?
Problem : There are a number of questions about automatically naming screen windows based on what’s running in them. But […]
How to update ‘pgrep’ in macOS to get around a known ‘pgrep -d’ issue
QUESTION : In the version of pgrep ( February 11, 2010 ) that is installed in macOS Catalina there is […]
What alternatives to SSH do GNU users use?
Problem : I have heard that SSH was originally for BSD. Is this correct? And what alternatives to SSH do […]