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Differences between /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin

I'm running an Ubuntu Server 13.04, but I see the same on a 12.04: I have six directories with command files. These are: /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin What are the ...
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How can I rename a file in a different path without changing the current directory or writing the path twice?

For example, I want to rename tif/fat/tul/codes/MyCode.pl to TheCode.pl in the same directory. Currently I know these: mv tif/fat/tul/codes/MyCode.pl tif/fat/tul/codes/TheCode.pl , which requires ...
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How to merge folders and subfolders?

I have two folders (ORIGINAL A and ORIGINAL B), and both do have subfolders. How do I merge these two folders (and subfolders) to DESTINATION C? a) ORIGINAL A and ORIGINAL B do have the same ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu for phones - is there a terminal similar to the one known from PC's?

I am thinking about install Ubuntu on a phone. I spend a lot of time in terminal while working on my PC. There are much things I do using bash scripts, for example. Then, is there a terminal on ...
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2answers
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Why doesn't “whereis” locate a file?

I was looking for a specific file using whereis from the command line. I got a rather useless result, but I then found the exact file I was looking for by manually searching. I did not make a ...
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How to open Nautilus at current command line directory?

I was wondering if anybody knew a command that would allow me to open a Nautilus (if that's the right name for the Ubuntu 12.04 graphic/window explorer) window from the command line at the current ...
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2answers
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List of all shared folders

Is there possible to list all shared folders (with their physical locations) from command line?
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3answers
979 views

get device with mount point

there's a way to get the device name (/dev/sdx) with the mounted folder? i mean, get the assosiated device in a mount point using the mounted folder as the reference, or make a python dictionary with ...
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How do I use a sudo command line to copy a folder into the system files?

Specifically, my "themes" folder has been corrupted (my fault), and I need to replace the entire folder with a backup that I made. I will add a finalized answer once I can.
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0answers
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I cannot log in

I left my computer open in the night and in the morning I saw a small icon with the user name and saying log in. I pressed that login button and transferred to a black screen saying: username@the ...
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4answers
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Unable to “cd” into an external drive

I am new to Linux. So please excuse me if my question is amateur. I have two partitions: "Windows and Linux OS" Both are listed as Storage-Files, called under the name of "New Volume" The external ...
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2answers
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Broken external harddrive (repair help)

A friend has asked me if I could fix this external harddrive without formating it. I mean, i need to get the files back and it seems to be corrupted. I took a picture: (its in spanish though)
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1answer
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Terminal error File system read only (Solo lectura)

When I install a terminal application in the following error occurs Cuando instalo una applicacion por terminal me ocurre el siguiente error omega@omega-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install wine [sudo] ...
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1answer
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Difficulty trying to mount an ISO file “mount: you must specify the filesystem type”

I have an .iso file which I would like to mount. I have made a folder in /mnt/iso as a mount point. Now I try: sudo mount -o loop filename.iso /mnt/iso and the reply is: mount: you must specify ...
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4answers
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What file system do I have installed?

Is there any way to check it from command line?
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2answers
974 views

Changing ownership of home folders

Okay, so I have a bit of a self-created problem. We were running out of space for SVN, so I moved our home folders to a new (much bigger) partition. This seemed to work fine at first, and SVN itself ...
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2answers
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What does `~/ ` mean?

I'm new to Linux and Ubuntu. People keep using ~/filename in their answers to my questions. What does ~/ mean?
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3answers
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Is it possible to check when a folder or a file is created?

I am looking for a way to check when a specific folder and also a specific file were created. Is it possible? My system uses the ext3 file system. Thanks a lot!
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How to monitor what files are opened

Is there a tool to monitor what processes open what files on the system so you can track down which process keeps touching a specific file? Lsof can find out if you run it while the process has the ...
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1answer
1k views

How do I access my Windows partition using the command line?

I had a problem with my Ubuntu install, and I need to uninstall it. However, I have one folder on there with an important assignment in it that I'd like to keep still. I can still get into Ubuntu with ...
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3answers
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Command line option to check which filesystem I am using?

Is there a command that will show which file system (ext3, ext4, FAT32, ...) the various partitions and disks are using? Similar to how sudo fdisk -l lists information about disks and partitions?
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3answers
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Is possible to make symlinks that 'follow' the file?

Behavior: me@local: tree . |-- ba | `-- file.txt |-- foo | `-- file.txt -> ba/file.txt `-- foobar now, let's say i move the file.txt from ba to foobar: me@local: mv ba/file.txt ...
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6answers
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How to determine where biggest files/directories on my system are stored?

I was wondering how do you know where the largest files in my system are stored. For example--- Disk Space Used: 1GB Java: 500MB Java Percentage: 50% maybe represented in a pie chart. Maybe? I know ...
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4answers
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How can I determine a folder's size from the command line?

Are there any commands that will display the size of the contents of a folder? I can use ls -l to get the size of the files in a folder, or df -h to get the space used on my disks, but neither of ...