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How to format a USB storage no detected in Ubuntu?
I have a memory stick that is not mounted in Ubuntu and it doesnt works in Windows.
I can check is connected using
Bus 003 Device 011: ID 05e3:0727 Genesys Logic, Inc. microSD Reader/Writer
But I ...
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Are .so files in Fedora considered ELF files?
ELF 'Executable and Linkable Format' So if I generate Shared Object files .so are those considered ELF files?
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More sophisticated file command for deep inspection?
Sometimes it seems that the standard file command (5.04 on my Ubuntu system) is not sophisticated enough (or I am just using it wrong, which could well be).
For example when I run it on an .exe file, ...
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How to read Word .doc files?
How can we read Microsoft Word (.doc) files in a Linux system? It doesn't support .doc files. I tried
strings filename.doc | less
but it gives ugly output. Any other option?
I would prefer a ...
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Different formats of object files in Linux
I was wondering what are some formats of object files in Linux?
There are two types of object files that I know:
executable, which has ELF format
object files that are generated by gcc after ...
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Sometimes I feel like a directory, some times I feel like a regular file
For organizational purposes I would like a certain filesystem object which most of the time appears as a file, on occasion, to appear as a directory.
The basic idea is that generically for cp, mv, ...
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IANA image format string from binary stream
How can I get the official IANA Image Media Type (if any) of a binary stream? I'd like to avoid trusting to file extensions and vague guesses when handling images. Preferably some command using common ...
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More doubts in bzImage
The description of the bzImage in Wikipedia is really confusing me.
The above picture is from Wikipedia, but the line next to it is:
The bzImage file is in a specific
format: It contains ...
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What is the difference between the following kernel Makefile terms: vmlinux, vmlinuz, vmlinux.bin, zimage & bzimage?
While browsing through the Kernel Makefiles, i found these terms. So i would like to know what is the difference between vmlinux, vmlinuz, vmlinux.bin, zimage & bzimage?
