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Q&A How can I restrict filename characters?

A file can be created by the human user directly interacting on the laptop, or indirectly by a program. In principle, you cannot detect statically all file creation calls in a software (even if yo...

posted 7mo ago by Basile Starynkevitch‭

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Q&A Why does Linux use the sudo command?

Why does Linux use the sudo command?

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by catexotica‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Copy to clipboard from terminal with Vim bindings

I use kitty as my terminal, which allows you to map a key for copying any text from the screen to the keyboard. The text is selected by pressing some hint keys, similar to the Vimium extension. It'...

posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Static IP on wired LAN

I did this with NetworkManager. nmtui to open the TUI interface and then select "Edit..." and the ethernet connection You can also use the equivalent GUI or CLI commands, but I find them hard...

posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A sensors to histogram

The basic version is xsensors, widely packaged and originating at http://www.linuxhardware.org/xsensors/. There are various desktop-environment specific versions which might be prettier, according...

posted 2y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A What is cat abuse/useless use of cat?

UUOC is an ancient Unix yarn. I can't find the original essay (I believe from Usenet, where else...) but if memory serves it's either from early 90s or before. cat is actually a program for concat...

posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Running several commands without && or ; or ()

I copy-paste several commands at once from a markdown editor (Typora) to Bash in a Putty window terminal; the file I work with reads as follows (empty lines included): $ non sed command 1 $ non s...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Grove‭

Question bash syntax
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Meta Can we ask hacking related question?

Hacking tools are execute from terminal. While Powerusers is for OS's Q&A. Some sample of Linux system's question is included below : How to turn on night light in terminal? How to create u...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A How do I migrate my main filesystem to a new drive?

To migrate your main filesystem to a new drive, utilize disk cloning software or backup utilities like Clonezilla or EaseUS Todo Backup for a perfect transfer.

posted 1mo ago by trueframe‭

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Q&A Calculate the SHA1 checksum of a file

How to calculate the SHA1 digest of a file in a shell?

2 answers  ·  posted 10d ago by Iizuki‭  ·  last activity 5d ago by Iizuki‭

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Q&A Substituting text in a sed like manner but with a richer format

I have the following problems working with sed: It doesn't allow multiline operations (thus, no indentations, no nesting) It is generally obligatory to wrap entire commands in quote marks (sed ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by user53100‭

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Q&A Why I can't update my system? (Kali Linux)

wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | apt-key add Using the above code you are adding a key. Then try to update your system.

posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A Is PipeWire easier to use than PulseAudio? [closed]

I have always found PulseAudio to be difficult to use and overcomplicated. Recently I also discovered that it is written by Lennart Poettering, whom I dislike. I am now very motivated to use someth...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  closed 10mo ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A Recursively remove files with the same name as the ones that end in `.part`

For each file named foo.xyz, you want to delete foo.xyz.part. It doesn't matter if foo.xyz.part exists, you can just attempt it and skip errors. You can get a list of all files with find etc. But ...

posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Why I can't update my system? (Kali Linux)

I had installed Kali Linux recently. I can't update or upgrade my system. Even, I can't install anything. Here's the error log apt update Get:1 http://kali.cs.nctu.edu.tw/kali kali-rolling InRele...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A Which Linux system to use?

I think so kde neon is the best linux distro but not that popular.

posted 2y ago by Vasudeo Sinha‭

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Q&A Why can't I install google-chrome?

apt install google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Meta Can we ask hacking related question?

There's lot of Facebook Brute Forcer and lot of hacking tools is available in github. Don't ask : You can't ask us which Brute Forcer is best(Which tool you have to use for fb/insta/website hac...

posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Starts systemd service and follow log

You can use the --follow option of systemctl to start a service and immediately tail the log file. Here's an example command that starts the myservice service and follows the log: sudo systemctl ...

posted 9mo ago by GoldenGold‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by AdminBee‭

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Q&A Is there possible way to change bit if my system is using 64 bit kernel?

Is it possible to change bit of a system? My system is using 64 bit kernel. I was trying to install chrome in my system. But, I couldn't since chrome doesn't support 32 bit. Since my system is usin...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A Why does the file command fail to recognize non-text files as such?

https://theasciicode.com.ar/extended-ascii-code/majuscule-c-cedilla-uppercase-ascii-code-128.html Octal 101 is 65, which is ASCII/UTF-8 for A - a valid character. Octal 200 is 128, which is ASCII...

posted 3y ago by LawrenceC‭

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Q&A Is it possible to write more than 1 equation in LO Math? [closed]

I was using Libre Office Math. I thought I can write multiple equations in LO Math. But, I noticed I can't write more than one equation. I was trying to write multi-line. Unfortunately, I couldn't....

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Do shells have anything to do with port forwarding or port triggering?

I find port forwarding and port triggering as advanced sub-topics of the topic of network protocols which include the "port" concept such as TCP and UDP. I am wondering if shells in general and Ba...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by LawrenceC‭

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Q&A Privacy focused Linux distro [closed]

Suggest me the most security and privacy focused Linux distro within three of them given below. Fedora Qubes OS Whonix. Please help me to choose. Thank you.

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by abarajithanjudith‭  ·  closed 1y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Question linux security Fedora
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Q&A Which Linux system to use?

Beginner Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu Lubuntu, Xubuntu is Ubuntu-based. Ubuntu is Debian-Based. All these are beginner friendly. Most of Developer uses Ubuntu, Lubuntu or Xubuntu. We’re pretty sure tha...

posted 3y ago by deleted user

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