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Why are the 'proc' and 'sys' folders more than 100 TB in size?
Someone I know just made the following statement: "I have 140.7 TB worth of files on my system" Someone else said something along the lines of "how?" and the response was: "Virtual RAM, Ubuntu has its quirks. file" I don't know much about Linux and wondered if someone could explain what the above i…
How can I refresh a document I have open in Excel in read-only mode?
I have an Excel document that is stored on a SharePoint Server, which I always have open on my computer in read-only mode because I need to refer to it. Every so often, in order to get the latest changes, I have to close down the file and reload it again. Are there any options within Excel 2007 whi…
Creating new bash command for Sublime Text 2
I'm trying to get Sublime Text 2's command line alias working. The instructions make perfect sense: Run So, in ~/bin, exists. However, even when I restart terminal, the command 'subl' is not found. The path specified to the application's subl file is correct, I've verified that. Logging out does no…
Tell git which private key to use for a user without home folder
I was reading the question Tell git which private key to use, and the answer doesn't apply for a case were the user doesn't have any home directory. We're setting up a Jenkins server right now, and the user who run Jenkins doesn't have any home folder. But that particular user must access a GIT rep…
CPU temperature too high but fan not running at max speed
My processor fan never runs on full speed event though my processor temperature is going so high. I am using HWMonitor (also speedfan) to record temperatures and my temperature readings in normal are as follows: But during high usage like while playing a game or something it hits around 80+, I trie…
Homebrew keeps saying XCode is not installed
I'm trying to installed Ruby using Homebrew, the OSX package manager. When I run 'brew install ruby' I keep getting the message 'Warning: XCode is not installed!'. XCode is installed, it's lying. Is there anything I can try to fix this? I'm running Lion with XCode 3.2.6.
Automatically reconnect interactive SSH session
What's the best way to automatically reconnect an interactive SSH session to re-establish the shells on terminals? I looked at autossh but that seems to be dedicated to port forwards (which I do not need). Is there any shell-fu or utility that allows that?
Vim across multiple monitors
Does anyone have an elegant solution for having MacVim or gvim span across multiple(potentially different resolution) monitors? Having 2 sessions doesn't work well due to separate buffers and swap files. You would think you could have 2 gui windows share the same buffers, but I can't find anything …
ls version number sorting Mac OS X
Is there an equivalent to in Mac OS X that will do version number sorting? In Mac OS X, does NOT do version number sorting, but the Finder seems to.
How do I determine which HD is involved in the Event Viewer?
My PC apparently crashed before I came home from work (so my daugthers tell me; they rebooted it). The first thing I did, after it came up, was got into the Event Viewer to see what it said. Several hours before they rebooted it, there's a message in the event viewer that says: The driver detected …
Identify Mac OS X Window, Group, and Text Field names for use in AppleScript
I have an Applescript in which I wish to set the value of the text fields and of a window belonging to the process . It is similar to the following: While my script is also referring to the process , the window in question is the one that pops up when you shut down OS X, and another user is logged …
Is there a way to access OS X location services from the command line?
I'd like to be able to fetch OS X's current estimate of location from the the command-line so that I can script based on it. Is there a tool that does this? I've found apps like locations that let you trigger actions based on location but I haven't found anything that let's you fetch the actual loc…
How to find files that don't belong to a given user
How do I recursively search for all files or directories that do not belong to given user?
Changing Vim Home Directory
Previously I've been using vim without any problems. However a few months ago our company made some network and security updates. After that whenever I plug a network cable into my laptop, it creates a network shared drive "H" with my company name and when I try to open vim it doesn't load plugins …
Live rsync/directory monitor for Windows?
Right now, we have a central Linux server and several satellite Windows servers dispersed around the region. Every 15 minutes, the Linux server rsyncs files from the others (which are running the cwrsync daemon via Cygwin). However, the directory tree on one of them is now topping 85gb and 400,000 …
gvim redraw failure
I have a problem with gvim where the screen redraw partially fails. It's hard to explain but when I open a text file and page down or up the entire text file is not redraw properly. I have to move the cursor first before it redraws. I've got a screencapture here of it since it demonstrates the prob…
how do you make a letter password generator in batch?
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make a password generator with random letters in it. For example, ASWED-ASDWAD-EFEST. So far I can only make random numbers by using the code PS: my OS is windows vista. all help will be appreciated.
What is the ASCII (Alt+number) for the square root symbol (√) in Windows?
How do I type the square root symbol (√) in Windows?
Free panning/scrolling on LibreOffice Draw
LibreOffice Draw allows me to scroll vertically or horizontally using my mouse as follows: My question is: Is there any way to have free scrolling/panning on it? By free scrolling/panning, I mean the ability to pan in any direction, e.g. diagonally. Many applications allow you to freely pan using m…
Detecting blank image files
I am using with a document scanner (Canon DR-2510C) that supports duplex scanning. Unfortunately, its SANE driver does not support blank page detection, so that with mixed pages (single/double-sided), blank pages make it into the scan result. I would like to automatically get rid of those blank pag…