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Traditional search-as-you-type on newer Nautilus versions

Until now I was using a "traditional" version of Nautilus: that that comes with Ubuntu 10.10. Now I'm using 3.6.3, included with Ubuntu 13.04 (most likely any recent version is equivalent for the scope of my question, anyway). One major difference…
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How to exclude/ignore hidden files and directories in a wildcard-embedded "find" search?

Starting from (notice the wildcards before and after "some text") find . -type f -name '*some text*' how can one exclude/ignore all hidden files and directories? I've already been googling for far too long, came across some -prune and !…
nutty about natty
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How to get disk usage from command line?

How can I get the current disk usage (in %) of my hard drive from the command line?
Olivier Lalonde
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Uninstall a program installed with Wine

I am using Ubuntu 11.10. By using wine software i installed some software like nimbuzz and ibibo messenger. Both the programs are not working and showing the bug as We're sorry, but an unknown error has caused ibibo Messenger to close. So I wanna…
Teja
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How do I find the version of bash I am running?

(learning bash) I was trying to check the bash version so I typed /bin/bash -v. That outputted a whole lot of text to the screen (contents of .bashrc, and other files sourced from it). Could I have screwed up something (like overwriting some config…
Zabba
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How do I find the path to pg_hba.conf from the shell?

I would like to obtain the path to pg_hba.conf from the shell. The path varies between versions of PostgreSQL. For instance, for 8.4 and 9.1: /etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf I have tried the pg_config…
Roger Dahl
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Moving folder and subfolder to another path

I need to move my folder with many subfolders to another path. I'm using putty and this is what I tried: MV -r fromflderpath tofolderpath What am I doing wrong?
ram
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Ubuntu 17.10 and later: can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift

When I try to set the default combo for switching to different language layouts in my keyboard from Shift+Super+Space to Alt+Shift I can't. I used to have this combo since Ubuntu 14 and even before that when I used to have Windows. Now for some…
papajo
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What does this apt error message ("Download is performed unsandboxed as root...") mean?

I get it after updating in Synaptic Manager I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 17.04 from 16.10. error message:- W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file…
Julian Arthurs
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Find number of files in folder and sub folders?

I want to find the total count of the number of files under a folder and all its sub folders.
topless
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How to install Eclipse?

I want to install the latest version of Eclipse but the Ubuntu Software Centre contains an older version. Is there a PPA or some other way to install latest Eclipse? Please describe the steps for full installation.
Gaurav Butola
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How to kill all tmux sessions (or at least multiple sessions) from the CLI?

How to kill all tmux sessions (or at least multiple sessions) from the (Ubuntu) CLI? When I do ps aux | grep tmux I see 3 processes: UU 2970 0.0 0.0 19556 1228 pts/0 S+ 02:48 0:00 tmux UU 3445 0.0 0.0 12944 988 pts/5 S+ …
user423047
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How to install Oracle Java on Ubuntu 14.04?

I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, x64 architecture, and I specifically need to install Oracle Java. Now I know there are some instructions on the website which I follow but the same website does not recognize it. Can any one please help me with some…
Dan
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How do I make apt-get install less noisy?

If I use apt-get install -qq mono-devel, I expect it to be quiet except for errors, according to the help: -qq No output except for errors Instead I get: Extracting templates from packages: 100% Selecting previously unselected package…
jbtule
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Command to list services that start on startup?

Is there a command to list services that run on startup? I imagine it would involve parsing /etc/init.d/, and the various /etc/rc.* directories.
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