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Adjusting screen split pane sizes in tmux
I'd like to resize the panes so I can expand / compress the pane sizes (up / down / left / right etc) ..
Any way to get this done?
Prashant
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Altgr randomly stops working on windows 8
usually AltGr Works fine on my computer but latelly it stops working. I can still use Ctrl+Alt but it's a pain as I need it to write {} and I'm a c# programmer :S
Any idea on what can happen? If I reboot the laptop everything Works fine. It's not a…
Ignacio Soler Garcia
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Equivalent to tar's "--strip-components=1" in unzip?
I have a script that extracts a tar.gz-file to a specified subdirectory mysubfolder:
mkdir mysubfolder; tar --extract --file=sourcefile.tar.gz --strip-components=1 --directory=mysubfolder;
Is there any equivalent way of doing this with a zip-file?
Fredrik
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View a list of symbolic links on system?
Is there a way to see a list of all the symbolic links that are active on a Windows machine?
I have accepted @JoachimOtahal's answer as it works within a single second and I think provided what I needed when the questionw as asked.
Former accepted…
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How can I force Thunderbird to reload IMAP folder structure
Whenever I create a new label in my Gmail account, this creates a new IMAP folder. Sadly, that new folder does not show up in Thunderbird unless I restart Thunderbird.
This is not specific to Gmail. When I create a new IMAP folder on my own server,…
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What "allocation unit size" should I use for a drive with a single NTFS partition?
I'm formatting a 1TB external hard drive as a single NTFS partition. This drive is mainly meant for storing media.
Should I choose something other than the default allocation unit size? The options range from 512 bytes to 64K. Are there any…
Andrew Keeton
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How to auto detect text file encoding?
There are many plain text files which were encoded in variant charsets.
I want to convert them all to UTF-8, but before running iconv, I need to know its original encoding. Most browsers have an Auto Detect option in encodings, however, I can't…
Lenik
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How to get list of dependencies of non-installed RPM package?
apt-cache show shows also it's dependencies.
yum info does not show dependencies, but it obviously know them.
How to ask yum for dependencies of specified package?
Vi.
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Why does Windows only show about 3.5 GB of my 4 GB of RAM?
I recently upgraded my computer's RAM to 4 GB. My 32-bit Windows installation shows only 3574 MB of the memory. How can I make Windows use the full amount of RAM?
ala
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What's the easiest way to sniff TCP traffic data on Linux?
I want a simple way to show all the TCP data (not the TCP headers or anything else) going over any interface on my Linux box.
For instance, I want a magical command that if I do:
magic_commmand_I_want port=1234
then if there was a server listening…
Dustin Boswell
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Directory vs. Folder
Are both names synonyms or should one prefer one name over the other on different platforms?
Mike L.
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Why doesn't clipboard sharing work with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS inside VirtualBox 5.1.26?
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS inside VirtualBox 5.1.26. I installed guest additions, enabled clipboard sharing and rebooted the guest VM. However, clipboard sharing doesn't work. How can it be fixed?
juhist
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How do you type Unicode characters using hexadecimal codes?
This is in Windows, but answers for other operating systems can be handy to others.
Most guides say something to the effect of "hold down the Alt key and type in the code on the keypad". This works fine for decimal codes (like 65 for 'A'), but not…
user939
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How to search for only folders in Windows 7 instead of folders AND files
I've had some issues with the new search function in Windows 7. The Search in Windows XP was packed with so many more options. The only option I can access now are Date Modified and Size.
Any pointers to how to get more options in the Windows 7…
sshow
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Disable Win + Space keyboard layout switch in Windows 10
When I have multiple keyboard layouts enabled, Windows 10 seems to switch between them randomly (similar to what's described here). I suspect I am accidentally pressing Win + Space, so I'd like to disable this shortcut.
However, looking at the…
Kyle Strand
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