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Remove first character in a folder name [duplicate]

How can I remove the first letter from a directory name? for example: Folder is named as "AFolder_01" how can I rename it to "Folder_01" The reason for my question is that I have list of folders and ...
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Erase character with BackSpace on a bash command line

I have a configuration for bash and profile files, but I copied that file to other server so now I can't erase text only by pushing backspace, I need to press Shift + Backspace to erase text. What is ...
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Format other drives than /dev/sda using dd

I have a second laptop which I want to sell. Before that, I need to erase my entire computer securely. To do so, I use an Ubuntu Live USB-Stick. Entering lsblk gives me the following result: max@...
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Finding last item in a line using grep

I'm attempting to take the last word or phrase using grep for a specific pattern. In this example, it would be the from the last comma to the end of the line: Blah,3,33,56,5,Foo 30,,,,,,,3,Great ...
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fatal: cannot exec 'git-archive-all': Permission denied

I'm running a Perl script that has a line to run git-archive-all in the command line: runx $git, 'archive-all', '--force-submodules', '--prefix', "$name-$version/", $src_dir->file("$name-$...
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Is it possible to browse samba resources in command line?

I would like to browse Samba server resources from my command line. I guess this is possible, though not that sure if I could cd to smb directories. Do I need any special package to do that?
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Command to cycle commands?

Is there a command containing command1, command2, command3, command4, etc that when run will cycle between these? My idea would be then to use that one command with a shortcut or launcher (in ~/....
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How to search and print corresponding value of match from the command line?

I have below string, e.g. 2017-01-19:31:51 [ABCD:] 37723 - MATCH: 10 [text] I want to find MATCH and print its value, 10, using awk. I am able to do this using traditional grep and cut but want to ...
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Find a file by hash

I have a file x1 in one directory (d1) and I'm not sure if the same file is already copied (x2) in another directory (d2) (but automatically renamed by application). Can I check if hash of file x1 ...
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Reading Gmail from command-line: Full message body, and not just a summary

When I issue this command... $ gmailUser=RECEIVER $ gmailPassword="..." $ curl -u "$gmailUser:$gmailPassword" --silent "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom" ... I do see a summary of new message(...
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Identify the slow hop when downloading video

I'm downloading a video as follows $ youtube-dl url_to_video The download of the file is very slow 33.1% of 301.31MiB at 19.75KiB/s ETA 02:54:03 It was usually faster. Could you identify with ...
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Determine how bash or sh was called

From a bash or sh shell, how can I determine if it was called with the bash or sh command, a login shell, an xterm, and, in the case of the former, how was that called? For example, if I call bash ...
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How to download packages without FTP access on a Linux Server if no download commands are listed?

I am not a Linux expert and currently using a Fedora 23 Server (so only command line) with no FTP access for a project. I am used to install software directly in command line with prepared download ...
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mogrify -monochrome to several Picture

I have some Picture, that I want have in black and white. I'am in the right folder. -rw-r--r-- 1 alex alex 1027 Jan 21 13:07 target-0.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 alex alex 1001 Jan 21 12:17 target-1.jpg -rw-...
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How to copy the id_rsa.pub keys in remote server authorized_key without knowing the remote server password [on hold]

I want to login in remote server and I don't know the remote server password. I am doing the below command cat id_rsa.pub | ssh [email protected] | cat > authorized_keys or scp id_rsa.pub root@...

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