Question: How can I delete empty directory, directory with files and sub directories in Linux / Unix ? Also, how can I use an alias effectively for rm and rmdir command? Answer: You can delete empty directory using rmdir command, or directory with content using rm command. Deletion can be done interactively, recursively, forcefully, [...]
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Question: How do I find out the major and minor number of my block device / partition / mount points / SAN disk / filesystem? Why do you need to know major and minor device number? Sometimes you may need to know the major and minor number of devices for various reasons. For example, sar [...]
Imagine the situation where you are working on a huge project and the project manager uses Windows and created a project document using Microsoft word 2007 document and send it to the whole team including you. You can call the project manager and ask him to convert it to txt or pdft and send it [...]
Question: How to Fix “Google Gears google.gears.factory.create failed” Error message that I received when browsing a website? Sometimes when you are browsing a website, you may get Google Gears error message as show below. Fig: google.gears.factory.create failed error message Answer: It is possible that when you initially visited that particular website, you would’ve said [...]
Renaming a single file is very simple task for Linux user. But renaming multiple files in group may not be a straight forward task. In this article, let us review 3 different methods to rename multiple files together. Method 1. Use Rename Linux Command Using rename command you can rename group of files. The syntax [...]
Question: How do I fix “Error: no suitable installation target found for package” error message that I received when installing a perl module using ppm install? Answer: When we are behind firewall, we would opt for ‘ppm through local repository’ to install perl modules, which is the very easiest way. When installing perl module using [...]
When executing the apt-get update command, you may get “There is no public key available” warning message. This article explains how to solve this warning message message. $ apt-get update Get:1 http://debian.linux.org.tw lenny Release.gpg [394B] Get:2 http://debian.linux.org.tw lenny Release [73.6kB] Get:3 http://debian.linux.org.tw lenny/main Packages [5310kB] Fetched 5384kB in 1m13s (73.5kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: [...]
If your internet speed is really slow, you may want to identify your current upload and download speed in Mb/s before calling your ISP provider. There are lot of websites out there you can use to calculate the speed. This article explains how to perform the internet bandwidth speed using speedtest.net. If you use some [...]
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