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Philip Couling
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How can I recursively delete all empty files and directories in Linux?

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Does the Linux kernel need a file system to run?

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How can it be that ssh somename works, while nslookup somename does not?

31 votes

Why can't hard links reference files on other filesystems?

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Why does catting a symlinked file and redirecting the output to the original file make the latter file empty?

27 votes

Unmount /boot after booting

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Can I download and write a disk image to partition without saving as a file?

23 votes
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How to install cross-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04?

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Postfix: How (and why) set up /etc/aliases.db?

18 votes

Bash script should only kill those instances of another script's that it has launched

18 votes

Minimalistic ext4 filesystem without journal and other advanced features

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Is it possible to protect a bash script against a hostile environment?

17 votes
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Piping 'false' does not give non-zero result code

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Can I have a single server listen on more than 65535 ports by attaching an IPv4 address

16 votes
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Windows 11 erases GRUB data making booting into Linux painful

13 votes

date - Can't Go Back More Than 115 Years or Can't Go 5879565 Years Into the Future

12 votes
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Is it necessary to set the executable bit on scripts checked out from a git repo?

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Can I get UNIX file permissions to take effect immediately for all processes?

11 votes
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ssl_protocols has been replaced by ssl_min_protocol

11 votes

How to install docker-engine in macOS without docker desktop?

10 votes
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How to compress disk swap?

10 votes
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Correct permissions for a LUKS key file

10 votes
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Where to put daemon files?

9 votes

How to move disk space from /dev/sda to /dev/sda1?

9 votes

Using Heredoc in a Makefile. Is it Possible?

9 votes
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ssh, accept two key fingerprints for the same server IP

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Why can't entire kernels be patched live?

9 votes

Unmount /boot after booting

8 votes

Is '..' really a hard link?

8 votes

Unix sort doesn't sort string correctly

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