To kill the outer loop I usually add a sleep command and press CTRL-C some more times: while :; do LONGTIME_COMMAND; sleep 1; done. Please notice: the colon behind while is interpreded as …

I have a program which produces useful information on stdout but also reads from stdin. I want to redirect its standard output to a file without providing anything on standard input. So far, so goo...

Aug 7, 2011 · I encountered the following in /var/log/syslog on Ubuntu 14.04. Mar 24 09:41:19 ripple pulseaudio[4838]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/112/pulse): No …

Apr 9, 2021 · Also, in while [ true ], the test checks if true is a non-empty string. It obviously is, so this does work in giving an endless loop. But [ false ] would also be always true, so a test like that is …

How would you compare these editors? What are the pros and cons of each? [note] This is not meant to be answered by those who "hate one and love another" or those who haven't used both.

Mar 22, 2021 · Decryption works. The problem is error message only "Can't check signature: No public key". How to get rid of it?

Jan 27, 2015 · I'm using git. I did a normal merge, but it keeps asking this: # Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary, # especially if it merges an updated upstream into …

I am pinging a remote IP. I know very little about the Ping command. When I ping the IP, it keeps going and going... I am not using the -t option. Me$ ping 137.30.124.104 PING 137.30.124.104 (137....

FYI BSD solved this decades ago. Scroll lock will pause any scrolling buffer in any terminal or screen. Where is this in linux!!!!!

Jun 25, 2021 · I have a directory full of mp3s - /home/pi/Desktop/Music - and I want to be able to shuffle all the songs in the dir, so when I use sox to convert them into wma files on-the-fly, they will all be