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Organized data encoded in a pre-defined format and stored on a filesystem.

In the computational sense, one-dimensional array of bytes stored in a filesystem, typically encoded a pre-defined format, often indicated by a file-extension or "magic number". More "durable" than in-memory storage.

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How to administer files on a remote ubuntu machine?

I do not have very much linux experience. Previously I administered a debian machine on a local network by logging in as root, and using ftp as root. Now I m working with an Ubuntu machine, and having to type sudo for everything is annoying but…
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Remove a file with in the name?

So, on a CentOS box, I accidentally executed :w in a vim editor, with "" being literally pressing the down arrow key on the keyboard (rendered onscreen as ""), and now I have a file named "" which I can't seem to get rid of;…
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IIS7 doesn't monitor changes across symlinks

I've used the mklink utility to create a symlink to a directory of web content. IIS7 doesn't "see" changes to any classic ASP files in this linked directory without issuing an iisreset. I've disabled caching and file changes are picked up on other…
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Any cross-platform two-panel file manager?

Using a two-panel file manager really helps for some file operations. Midnight Commander is available for any Linux distribution. There's Servant Salamander for Windows. I have also looked at Total Commander. Mucommander is pretty good, except…
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List all files modified or created by certain application

Is there a free tool to list all files modified by certain application? What I would like to see is that I can start "monitoring" and start my application (MS Word). After that I can stop "monitoring" and my monitoring application will list all…
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Not sure how to read lsattr output, where can the legend be found?

When I run the lsattr command, I get the following output: root@swarm-stg-01:/etc# lsattr timezone --------------e--- timezone But I don't understand how to read he output and man command doesn't contain this legend. So what does the "e" mean and…
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Open files inside Windows Recycle Bin

I've done lots of research on trying to recover files from another user's recycle bin (Windows 10). They can just log in themselves, but I wanted to work on their ticket while they're out of office. So far, I have figured out their user SID and…
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Ignore windows hidden files when copying with rsync

I need to keep in sync a very large directory structure (a few hundreds GB) between a Windows machine and a Linux machine. I'm using rsync to do the copy because it automatically ignores unchanged files and is more effective at copying changed files…
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Pruning of backup files as they get older

I'm looking for a tool (for Linux) that will prune my backup files, not like the standard logrotate that completely deletes them after defined number of rotations, but where the files are basically kept permanently, except they are pruned as they…
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Monitoring what files are changed

Is there a way in linux (possibly using Inotify?) to "log" what files are edited, live?
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Real-time file sync between servers with hunderd-thousands of small files

I've given the task to create two CentOS 7 servers where not only the databases will be replicated but also files. Now my problem is that there will be probably hundred-thousands of files if not a million of files with a wide variety of sizes from a…
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How to maintain ssh connection for multiple scp transfers?

I'm using the scp command to copy files from my local machine (ArchLinux) to my server (CentOS 6.5). But for each scp command a new connection is established and although I'm using SSH keys for authentication the proccess is taking to much time. So,…
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Linux Find File with Exact Size

In the Linux command line, how can I find all files exactly 158 kB in size? I was using the following command but it didn't work: find /var/www/ -xdev -type f -size 158k
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What are the file name limitations in an FTP path?

What characters are allowed and what is the maximum length of a filename in an FTP path? And can the rules be different between the various FTP servers? Any other limitations?
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How to check what process or application is deleting a file without using Process Monitor? (Windows Server)

Currently I'm having an issue with a piece of software that makes use of specific files (which are basically xml), sometimes stored on a file share and sometimes stored locally. Every so often one of these files goes missing unexpectedly. No users…
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