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ls -al output column fields

Can someone guide me what does each column of ls -ali output in linux describe? Answer ls -ali something like this -a, –all do not ignore entries starting with . -i, –inode print the index number of each file inode, authority, num ,user,group, size , date file name you can use “man ls”…

How to remove temp file in ansible using copy module

I’m using adhoc command for example After copy in the remote host. I found temp files in the directory ~/.ansible/tmp How to remove this temp directory on remote host? Using another module like “commmand” ? In the reference of copy ansible module i did not found about remove temp file after …

ack outputs nothing using crontab in linux

ack outputs nothing using crontab in linux. In the crontab file (edited with sudo crontab -e): And cat /ext/test110.sh will show After cron, there are 1.t and 2.t in /ext cat 2.t will output /usr/bin/ack; However, nothing in 1.t. If I run ack “localhost” /etc/hosts > /ext/3.t in bash (4.3.30) o…

Know who is the inheritor while debugging core dumps with GDB

My process has crashed, and I have a core dump. I see that the process crashed while running a code similar to that : I have a full call stack in the core dump, but I don’t know who is the inheritor that runs the “func”. Is there a way to figure it out (maybe by some pointer calculation tric…

ACPI event not triggering associated action

I’ve been trying for some time now to enable my computer’s Fn+F9/F10 brightness control. Reading this thread, I tried to set up an acpi event/action script to manually change my brightness. The scripts themselves work – I can manually call bl_down.sh and bl_up.sh in the terminal. However, fo…

Node.js is installed but it’s not usable

I’m using Debian 9.1.0 and I have installed Node.js by downloading the LTS version Linux Binaries (x64). From the location (where I installed Node.js), I can use it: But when I run it outside this location, like: I got the error: bash: node: command not found The solution I found on Internet: create a s…