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How to truncate text lines to N characters maximum? [duplicate]

asked Mar 25, 2015 at 15:02

81 votes

3 answers

161k views

Can I rollback an apt-get upgrade if something goes wrong?

asked Jun 11, 2013 at 18:55

75 votes

4 answers

103k views

How to find the driver (module) associated with a device on Linux?

asked Oct 26, 2013 at 10:06

57 votes

10 answers

36k views

Can ps display only non kernel processes on Linux?

asked Jun 7, 2013 at 14:06

50 votes

13 answers

156k views

Check if folder is a mounted remote filesystem

asked Apr 12, 2013 at 17:07

44 votes

6 answers

91k views

How to check drive temperature on Linux?

asked Jul 20, 2013 at 21:07

39 votes

7 answers

19k views

How to renice all threads (and children) of one process on Linux?

asked Jul 6, 2016 at 20:25

36 votes

3 answers

30k views

How to safely replace a not-yet-failed disk in a Linux RAID5 array?

asked May 7, 2013 at 1:05

36 votes

6 answers

51k views

Shutdown my (backup) hard disk on Linux when I don't use it

asked Feb 2, 2014 at 4:50

22 votes

9 answers

21k views

How to rip a scratched DVD-Video? (a "cdparanoia for DVDs")

asked May 31, 2013 at 22:10

19 votes

4 answers

8k views

How can I know if a virtual package is "installed" on a Debian system?

asked Oct 16, 2013 at 13:24

18 votes

2 answers

46k views

What does "INFO: task XXX blocked for more than 120 seconds" exactly mean on Linux?

asked May 17, 2013 at 8:39

17 votes

2 answers

20k views

Can vim display ASCII characters only, and treat other bytes as binary data?

asked Jan 6, 2014 at 1:22

14 votes

2 answers

8k views

Change remote host IP address without losing control (Linux)

asked Jan 12, 2013 at 22:06

13 votes

1 answer

19k views

Why does my firewall (iptables) interfere in my bridge (brctl)?

asked Jun 13, 2014 at 9:44

13 votes

4 answers

3k views

Why does *BSD uses driver specific names for network interfaces? Does it imply limitations?

asked May 7, 2014 at 8:40

13 votes

1 answer

19k views

How to reset bluetooth that stopped working on a Linux laptop? (after resuming from standby)

asked Dec 13, 2021 at 1:42

12 votes

2 answers

9k views

Convert a single-drive LVM volume to a striped volume across 3 drives

asked Mar 3, 2017 at 10:01

12 votes

1 answer

6k views

Know which process does I/O without iotop

asked May 29, 2015 at 6:57

12 votes

1 answer

5k views

Using shell's read command with live editing functionality (readline like)

asked Feb 2, 2014 at 3:09

10 votes

1 answer

11k views

Forced reread of partition table: difference between BLKRRPART and BLKPG ioctl? (Linux)

asked Jul 9, 2014 at 8:08

10 votes

2 answers

2k views

ssh-agent: don't forward authentication for the whole keyring

asked Mar 31, 2013 at 20:06

10 votes

1 answer

13k views

Temporarily disable history in zsh

asked Mar 4, 2022 at 12:08

9 votes

3 answers

8k views

What is using my swap space?

asked Jul 16, 2018 at 14:36

9 votes

4 answers

3k views

Check if 2 directories are hosted on the same partition on Linux

asked Mar 21, 2014 at 16:28

8 votes

4 answers

7k views

Why is writing SLOW on raw device, and FAST on filesystem (USB key)?

asked Apr 7, 2014 at 17:48

8 votes

2 answers

6k views

Is it possible to enlarge the / partition without rebooting?

asked Apr 15, 2015 at 16:34

6 votes

2 answers

2k views

Does "mount -o remount,ro" flush filesystem buffers?

asked Jul 24, 2014 at 11:56

6 votes

1 answer

5k views

What is the recommended way of setting a default IO scheduler on Linux?

asked Mar 5, 2014 at 0:59

6 votes

2 answers

5k views

Difference between "blockdev --flushbufs" and "sync" on Linux?

asked Nov 2, 2013 at 15:31

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How to truncate text lines to N characters maximum? [duplicate]

Can I rollback an apt-get upgrade if something goes wrong?

How to find the driver (module) associated with a device on Linux?

Can ps display only non kernel processes on Linux?

Check if folder is a mounted remote filesystem

How to check drive temperature on Linux?

How to renice all threads (and children) of one process on Linux?

How to safely replace a not-yet-failed disk in a Linux RAID5 array?

Shutdown my (backup) hard disk on Linux when I don't use it

How to rip a scratched DVD-Video? (a "cdparanoia for DVDs")

How can I know if a virtual package is "installed" on a Debian system?

What does "INFO: task XXX blocked for more than 120 seconds" exactly mean on Linux?

Can vim display ASCII characters only, and treat other bytes as binary data?

Change remote host IP address without losing control (Linux)

Why does my firewall (iptables) interfere in my bridge (brctl)?

Why does *BSD uses driver specific names for network interfaces? Does it imply limitations?

How to reset bluetooth that stopped working on a Linux laptop? (after resuming from standby)

Convert a single-drive LVM volume to a striped volume across 3 drives

Know which process does I/O without iotop

Using shell's read command with live editing functionality (readline like)

Forced reread of partition table: difference between BLKRRPART and BLKPG ioctl? (Linux)

ssh-agent: don't forward authentication for the whole keyring

Temporarily disable history in zsh

What is using my swap space?

Check if 2 directories are hosted on the same partition on Linux

Why is writing SLOW on raw device, and FAST on filesystem (USB key)?

Is it possible to enlarge the / partition without rebooting?

Does "mount -o remount,ro" flush filesystem buffers?

What is the recommended way of setting a default IO scheduler on Linux?

Difference between "blockdev --flushbufs" and "sync" on Linux?