Comment by knittl on How to delete all the files with a certain extension...
This will not remove files from subfolders …
View ArticleComment by knittl on Ubuntu 11.10 broken after updates
try dpkg --configure -a or apt-get install -f
View ArticleComment by knittl on Cannot read NTFS partition while in Ubuntu
Have you successfully shut down windows? For example Ubuntu cannot open NTFS partitions, if Windows is hibernated. You could try to mount the partition read only (this works even if the hard drive was...
View ArticleComment by knittl on What is the difference between a hard link and a...
@kniwor: the easiest way to describe hardlinks is "just another name for the same file (that is, data on disk)". And – at least on my system(s) –ln cannot be used to make hardlinks to directories....
View ArticleComment by knittl on Why swap is used when loads of memory is free?
When there's a swap partition available, live systems can (and often will) use it
View ArticleComment by knittl on Out of space, even when I have around 300gb free
@HasanMustafa: if you can't change the output directory, use symlinks or mount --bind another partition over the expected/current directory. I don't see why this wouldn't work?
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for Can I make links to email addresses open Gmail instead...
For Firefox confer to this article on lifehacker:Open Gmail in Firefox.In the tab where Gmail is loaded, copy and paste the following snippet of JavaScript into your address...
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for Delete file from the /usr/sbin
You should never just delete system files, you will run into problems 100 %.`/usr/sbin/ usually contains files with the »setuid« bit set – when executed they will run under their owning user instead of...
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for How can I see a folder's exact size in bytes?
Use the -B1 parameter to du:du -s -B1 foldername$ man 1 du -B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocksYou could also try the --apparent-size flag
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for Run a command against an entire batch of files
You can use a for loop:for FILE in "file1""file 2""another file"; do command "newfile_$FILE""$FILE";done
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for Headphones Don't work
Try alsamixer and turn up the volume for the Headphone slider. I've seen pulseaudio mute this setting way too often for me. Quit alsamixer by pressing esc
View ArticleAnswer by knittl for Why is `$(git branch)` outputting all files' names...
Don't use git branch in scripts. Instead, use the low-level commands such as git for-each-ref:git for-each-ref --shell --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads | \while read branch; do git branch -d...
View ArticleComment by knittl on can't play videos in totem - error says that we're...
This fixed it on Ubuntu 23.10 as well! Thanks!!
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