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How do I manually modify an inode?
I am using Ubuntu Linux and, just for fun, I want to create a hardlink to a directory (as seen here). Because I'm just doing this for fun, I'm not looking for any sort of pre-developed ...
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“Recently used” directories and files in bash
In Firefox under Ubuntu, when I try to save some webpages to my local computer by Ctrl+S, there will be a window popping out for me to select the destination, where I can choose "Recently Used" ...
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How to permanently change the file/directory permission [closed]
How do I change the permission of file/directories such that I am able to create, edit, delete files/directories anywhere in my system? Currently I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
I tried
sudo chmod 777 -r ...
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How can I rename all files in the current directory having a particular extension to another extension? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Renaming multiple files (changing extension)
Suppose that in my current/working directory I have five files:
file1.xvg
file2.xvg
file3.xvg
file1.eps
file2.eps
Is ...
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“Input/output error” when accessing a directory
I want to list and remove the content of a directory on a removable hard drive. But I have experienced "Input/output error":
$ rm pic -R
rm: cannot remove `pic/60.jpg': Input/output error
rm: cannot ...
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How does apache determine what directory to show from public_html?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and have configured apache to serve from ~/public_html. I am trying to serve some directory contents over http on LAN.
When I did the following:
ln -s ...
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How to move a file to /usr/local in Ubuntu?
I am working in the most recent Ubuntu in a 64 bit machine. I am currently on the
Gnome command prompt and I am trying to move a file under the Downloads directory to /usr/local. However, it gives me ...
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Move files to specific directories [closed]
This question is the same as http://askubuntu.com/questions/47155/reorder-files-inside-folder:
I have about 30K songs in mp3. I already organized/tagged them with Musicbrainz Picard. But Picard made ...
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Is there a way to empty the trash/wastebasket from the command line?
This would be great especially considering the latest version of Ubuntu is very slow when displaying directories on my PC...
