Questions tagged [files]
Manipulating files: copying, renaming, searching, analyzing, archiving, etc. For operating on text in a file, see /text-processing. For questions about the Files file manager (formerly Nautilus), see /nautilus.
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Moving the Desktop folder (Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon)
Recently, I accidentally dragged my "Desktop" folder into another folder (/home/[name]/Programs/). I have been trying to return the Desktop folder to its proper place, /home/[name]/. However,...
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HDD Write Performance: Pre-allocate vs. Append (Inode Impact?)
When writing a large (10GB) file to an HDD, I'm considering two approaches for writing the data: Pre-allocate: Create a 10GB file upfront and then write data sequentially (e.g., using fallocate on ...
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Why does there appear to be a discrepancy when trying to programmatically access files associated with different tasks in Linux from kernel space?
As a way to better understand Linux kernel structures, interacting with and pulling information from these (and also getting more experience coding in C), I've been building simple kernel modules to ...
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find output is different from ls - what could be the reason for this?
On a MacBook, I tried to access one of the system apps, Maps.app which is normally a folder stored in /System/Applications on a separate volume (here mounted as /System/Volumes/Data). What I found odd ...
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System call to remove content from file or Append it in the middle?
One issue that I ran into when making a custom database, without creating an entire block-chain based filesystem from scratch, is deletion and insertion from/to the middle. It's easy to many a binary ...
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Fedora "Files" app gives wrong "Detailed Type" description
I'm on Fedora 41 (Gnome 47). I installed Foxit Reader to read PDFs, didn't like it, and uninstalled it. Now, the Detailed Type description in the Files program for all PDF documents is FoxitReader ...
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Why are some files not seekable?
I thought all files were seekable, but I’m going through a codebase that handles cases where a file is not seekable. Why is that necessary? In what scenarios would a file be unseekable, and why?
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Can you safely downgrade/upgrade/remove a package an executable of which is running by APT? [duplicate]
Suppose apt modifies or removes an executable, say a script file, of the package, while the executable is running. Can you rely the running executable will be intact so that the executable runs like ...
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Installing python 3.12 and pip on Ubuntu 22
Im on Ubnutu 22 and trying to run some python code I developed on my mac which runs python 3.12, Ubuntu 22 comes with python 3.10.x but I cant use that version. Im also using the idle IDE and pip as ...
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Transparently connect two devices via USB storage for one-way file exchange
Context I want to go paperless with a document scanner which I can operate without having to turn on my PC or use an app on my smartphone. Additionally, I want the scanned documents to end up in my ...
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Find items by name, and print out if they are files of directories?
Consider the following example: mkdir /tmp/test2 && cd /tmp/test2 mkdir -p aa/{tmp,src} mkdir -p bb/aa/{tmp,src} mkdir -p {dd,ee}/bb touch {dd,ee}/bb/aa tree | awk '{print "# " $0}' ...
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How can I store some 6 Gb of files in a temp directory that will be automatically deleted within one day and not require a reboot
I would like to store some files in a temp directory that will be automatically deleted within one day and not require a reboot. The files will be about 6 Gigabytes. When should I use /tmp? Use /...
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inserting colored properties into files
when it comes to the echo -e command, of course you can do a lot with it when it comes to printing color text, especially when it comes to making terminal based UIs, but I have one main question, does ...
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/run/user/1000/docs saved files cleanup
Debian 12.9 GNOME DE My /run/user/1000/doc folder contains some 150 subdirectories, a significant number of which contain no files and of some which do, selecting the file using Midnight Commander ...
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how to find files that bloats a specific partition? [duplicate]
My title may not be the best so I will try to explain it. I am using an old computer (more than 10y) with a ubuntu style distro. It has a lot of independent partitions. I recently had an alert telling ...
