Michael‭

I think the typical way to do this uses wc ("word count") with the -l ("lines") option. $ wc -l /path/to/file 47 /path/to/file $ wc -l </path/to/file 47 $ cat /path/to/file | wc -l ...

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

Richard Stallman wants you to use GNU/Linux to refer to the combination of OS and kernel that people typically call Linux. I am not a Stallman partisan one way or the other, but I think noting his ...

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

I'm trying to get a hardware driver working. Someone seems to have a kernel module project, but I have to compile it locally and install it. I can install dependencies and make just fine, but inst...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by GeraldS‭

Does it help you to go to a virtual terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 (thru F6)? Then, maybe you can kill the problematic process(es) and go back with Ctrl+Alt+F7 or Alt+F7.

posted 1y ago by Michael‭

No. There is no known danger. The XZ backdoor was serious and very nearly became a catastrophe, but it was patched before release. A few things happened as a result of the XZ debacle, wherein: ...

posted 7mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by Michael‭

There are probably myriad services for echoing your IP back over HTTP. Here are a couple: curl https://api.ipify.org curl https://ip.me curl https://icanhazip.com

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

If you just want the minimal set of top-level packages to install on your new system, brew leaves is less verbose than CodeFarmer's brew deps --installed. You get a nice concise list of the packag...

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

Over some period of time, I have used a couple tools for local TLS scans and diagnostics. One of them may include pointers for whatever situation you have. Tool Description From Current? ...

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

Wayland, ideally If you are on Wayland, the blessed way is to use the configuration for your desktop environment (DE) to map mouse keys and other input devices, except for a couple well-known opti...

posted 2y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Michael‭

Can I restrict myself from certain actions when I SSH in from outside a certain IP range? For instance no sudo? Maybe with ~/.ssh/authorized_keys having a from="!1.2.3.4/26" option with some kind ...

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

I want to issue a command[1] to open a certain folder in a new tab of the currently running Konsole instance (if any). There's a --new-tab option, but konsole --new-tab opens a new instance, even ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Michael‭

It doesn't work unless you open Konsole settings and check the option for "Run all Konsole windows in a single process." From bugs.kde.org: My bad, it happens when you turn off running all konso...

posted 1y ago by Michael‭

I use man sh and then /^\s+read to get to the section of the man page that discusses the appropriate builtin. You can get a direct link to the Bash read in Debian's manpage site, which has this to...

posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

I would look into Keyman, especially if you have expansive or niche language needs. It's a FOSS project started in 1993, and supports 2500+ languages on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Ther...

posted 11mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Michael‭

One of the applications on my phone has a field to run a CLI command. I'd like to invoke another application with that property, but I don't know where it lives. I don't see likely candidates in m...

1 answer  ·  posted 12mo ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 12mo ago by Quasímodo‭