Questions tagged [units]
For questions about the command-line unit converter.
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Interact with Linux service via SSH
I've rented a server which I access using the Terminus SSH terminal. I've created a program that has prompts and takes input and works as intended when started normally. But I've created a service to ...
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Issues creating boot and shutdown systemd daemon
I'm trying to create a config file for my unit but when I start the daemon after enabling and shutdown the computer it doesnt works. The script only executes the ExecStart line after network.target on ...
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Gnome (Debian 11): How to install en_DK formats (date, numbers, units)?
I switched my system from Debian 10 to 11 (new computer), so I'm trying to revert to my normal settings. I have installed with en_US locale, which I do want for UI texts, but I need to revert to ISO ...
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How to get just the number from units?
The default output of units seems to be a bit verbose:
$ units "2 fortnight" seconds
* 2419200
/ 4.1335979e-07
Suppose I just want the number only, so that I can do things like ...
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How do I tell the "units" command to use a different length unit by default?
By default, the GNU units command outputs length units in meters. If I want to use a different unit, I have to specify this manually at the You want: prompt. Is there a way to change the default from ...
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What units are the values in /proc/partitions and /sys/dev/block/<block>/size?
I have a sample emmc block info from an android device
From /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 1 5120 mmcblk0p1
Using my little intelligence I am assuming /proc/partitions ...
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Human-readable `du` with finer grain
I sometimes wish human-readable du -h option to be more fine-grained while still human-readable.
Instead of showing:
14G
it would show something like:
14G 236M 788k 110b
Is there an easy / ...
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Polkit rule for systemd template unit files
I'm trying to figure out how to write a polkit rule for a systemd template file. The rule is triggered when I use the actual service that will be instantiated (openvpn-client@miami.service) but not ...
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Filesystems Size Single Letter Abbreviation
In many file system related man page, the units are represented by single letters [bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE]. What do the upper case and lower case mean? I.e. megabyte, megabit, mebiyte, mebibit, which one is ...
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systemd // failed with result 'dependency'
I'm quite new to this systemd topic. I have some Units with varios Requires, After and Before. On some Units I got messages like:
tinc.service: Job tinc.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
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Systemd doesn't start a timer unit
I would like to create a timer that launch a command every 2 months (the first of the month)
I already do that with a cron, but I would like to do the same with systemd and get rid of cron.
I have a ...
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What is wrong with my systemd unit file?
Here is my unit file:
[Unit]
Description=Backend Service
After=mariadb.service
Requires=mariadb.service
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/var/www/html/pythonscripts/Backend.py
[Install]
Alias=BEd
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CSV Units Conversion
I've got a CSV file that looks like the following:
miami,20,in
lansing,2,cm
austin,3,mm
chicago,5,miles
phoenix,2,feet
The first field is the name, the next field is the numeric value and the third ...
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Logging interactive input and output without capturing all typed input and control characters
I am trying to log output from an interactive command-line program; units, specifically.
I have tried using tee like this:
units | tee units.log
or script like this:
script -c units units.log
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Tool to convert between human-readable byte sizes and bare byte counts [duplicate]
Can you recommend a Unix-style tool that converts between human-readable bytesizes (e.g., 10KiB->10240, 10240->10KiB)?
By Unix-style I mean that it should do just this (i.e., be just a simple filter ...
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A standard tool to convert a byte-count into human KiB MiB etc; like du, ls1
Is there a standard tool which converts an integer count of Bytes into a human-readable count of the largest possible unit-size, while keeping the numeric value between 1.00 and 1023.99 ?
I have my ...
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How do you sort du output by size?
How do you sort du -sh /dir/* by size? I read one site that said use | sort -n but that's obviously not right. Here's an example that is wrong.
[~]# du -sh /var/* | sort -n
0 /var/mail
1.2M /...
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