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I am a computer programmer. Knowledge representation and algorithmic complexity are my main interests.


Apr
30
revised Removing all spaces, tabs, newlines, etc from a variable?
corrected 010 to 011 as per @magixx comment
Apr
4
revised Emacs: mode-local macro with dashes and dots
corrected require statement
Feb
8
revised Why does “chmod 1777” and “chmod 3777” both set the sticky bit?
fixed typos and some grammar
Dec
9
revised Removing consecutive newlines with ed
fixed typo in input, removed incorrect example code
Dec
1
revised Using rsync to sync two directories on server and localhost, but size is different
added missing --hard-links possibility
Nov
29
revised Logging ALL stderr output of crontab to file
added an example MAILTO and /etc/mail/aliases setup.
Nov
9
revised How to prevent users from deleting a directory?
added 7 characters in body
Aug
30
revised Is it possible to stop emacs from down translating my key chords?
Answered the first part of the qeustion.
Aug
17
revised Why is `sudo pkill -HUP -f “nginx: master process”` returning code 129 and no output
added 16 characters in body
Aug
4
revised Clear unused space with zeros (ext3,ext4)
removed use of <pre> in favor of formatting the paragraphs properly.
Jul
26
revised Is interrupting badblocks risky?
added 1 characters in body
Jul
25
revised linux stdbuf - line-buffered stdin option does not exist
added missing word
Jul
18
revised How to introduce timeout for shell scripting?
added 50 characters in body
Jun
5
revised Monitor directory and if a file is requested then rsync on demand
added 12 characters in body
Apr
28
revised In what order do piped commands run?
added 1 characters in body
Apr
16
revised Force grub to accept windows installation
removed oracle tag, added bios tag
Apr
7
revised Change column width in an emacs Ibuffer on the fly
added an example
Apr
6
revised Change column width in an emacs Ibuffer on the fly
misunderstood the question, edited answer to be relevant.
Mar
31
revised Is my USB hard disk dead?
fix typos
Mar
11
revised Opening a file with space from Ruby
edited tags