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rm -rf argument list too long

Jun 2

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Well to often here is this the error message rm -rf argument list too long cause there are too many file in the directory. With the help of a little script those files can be deleted.

for FILE in `ls`
do
rm $FILE
done

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Things to know about nano editor

Sep 2

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Open nano with

nano -wcF

ALT + G = Goto Line Number
CTRL + R = Insert File
CTRL + W = Search String or by RegEx
ALT + R = Replace string or Replace by RegEx
ALT + , = Goto previous buffer
ALT + . Goto next Buffer

debian boots into uefi shell

Jul 21

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Today one of my linux servers did not boot. Instead there was a grub uefi shell. Typing the help command listed a bunch of commands in dark blue on a dark grey. Not easy to read. Trying to use the gui did not solve the problem. Resetting the config did also not help. Some forum posts said to create a symlink to the efi file. My issue was that /boot/efi is a separate partion due btrfs on the my system.

What did work was using the command line to add the efi again.

bcfg boot add 0 fs0:\EFI\debian\grubx64.efi "Debian"

However writing in english mode on a german style keyboard is often “times of wonder”. Use # ( hash) for the backslash and ä for the quotes. I still wonder why I have to use a backslash on a linux system…

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Bash list only hidden files

Feb 24

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A shortcut / alias for listing only hidden files and folders<

alias us="ls -la | grep ^- | awk '{print \$9}' | grep ^\\\."

print only file name with ls -l

Feb 19

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There is an easy trick to display only the filename with ls -l

ls -l | awk '{print $9}'

nano goto line number

Nov 10

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It is very hidden how to go to a line number in linux nano editor

  • strg + w
  • strg + t
  • enter Line number

 

Find the largest files on your linux system

Jan 20

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Find the largest files on your linux system

cd /
du -k | sort -n | perl -ne 'if ( /^(\d+)\s+(.*$)/){$l=log($1+.1);$m=int($l/log(1024)); printf  ("%6.1f\t%s\t%25s  %s\n",($1/(2**(10*$m))),(("K","M","G","T","P")[$m]),"*"x (1.5*$l),$2);}'

 

Subversion (svn) 1.8 on Debian 7 wheezy

Aug 4

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Just installed a brand new debian and than I can’t use my working copies cause the svn version is still 1.6.x
So an upgraded is required!

 

wget http://opensource.wandisco.com/wandisco-debian.gpg -O /tmp/wd-deb.gpg
apt-key add /tmp/wd-deb.gpg
rm /tmp/wd-deb.gpg
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://opensource.wandisco.com/debian wheezy svn18

So now I can have fun again! Why not git? Cause the company repos are still in svn and I had some troubles with git-svn.

/dev/null: Permission denied

Aug 13

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Das ist mal ein nette Fehlermeldung! Also, wie reparieren?

sudo rm /dev/null
sudo mknod -m 0666 /dev/null c 1 3

und schwups geht alles wieder. Bleibt nur die Frage, wieso und wann das  kaputt gegangen ist!?

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farbige man pages

Jun 12

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Man pages sind nicht immer sehr übersichtlich. Die man pages etwas einzufärben hilft!

ans Ende der .bashrc

export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'

schon sind die man pages in Farbe.

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