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

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3 answers

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

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75 votes

4 answers

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

asked Oct 26, 2013 at 10:06

55 votes

10 answers

34k views

Can ps display only non kernel processes on Linux?

asked Jun 7, 2013 at 14:06

50 votes

12 answers

153k views

Check if folder is a mounted remote filesystem

asked Apr 12, 2013 at 17:07

43 votes

6 answers

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How to check drive temperature on Linux?

asked Jul 20, 2013 at 21:07

37 votes

7 answers

18k views

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

asked Jul 6, 2016 at 20:25

36 votes

3 answers

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

asked May 7, 2013 at 1:05

35 votes

5 answers

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

asked Feb 2, 2014 at 4:50

21 votes

9 answers

20k views

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

asked May 31, 2013 at 22:10

18 votes

2 answers

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

asked May 17, 2013 at 8:39

18 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

16 votes

2 answers

19k views

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

asked Jan 6, 2014 at 1:22

13 votes

1 answer

18k views

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

asked Jun 13, 2014 at 9:44

13 votes

4 answers

2k views

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

asked May 7, 2014 at 8:40

13 votes

2 answers

7k views

Change remote host IP address without losing control (Linux)

asked Jan 12, 2013 at 22:06

12 votes

1 answer

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Know which process does I/O without iotop

asked May 29, 2015 at 6:57

11 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

10k 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

2 answers

8k views

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

asked Mar 3, 2017 at 10:01

9 votes

3 answers

7k views

What is using my swap space?

asked Jul 16, 2018 at 14:36

9 votes

1 answer

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Temporarily disable history in zsh

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9 votes

4 answers

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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

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Is it possible to enlarge the / partition without rebooting?

asked Apr 15, 2015 at 16:34

8 votes

1 answer

11k views

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

asked Dec 13, 2021 at 1:42

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

4k 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

4k views

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

asked Nov 2, 2013 at 15:31

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64 Questions

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")

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

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

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

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

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

Change remote host IP address without losing control (Linux)

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

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

What is using my swap space?

Temporarily disable history in zsh

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?

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

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?