bash - How to do nothing forever in an elegant way? - Unix & Linux ...
I have a program which produces useful information on stdout but also reads from stdin. I want to redirect its standard output to a file without providing anything on standard input. So far, so goo...
Terminating an infinite loop - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
To kill the outer loop I usually add a sleep command and press CTRL-C some more times: while :; do LONGTIME_COMMAND; sleep 1; done. Please notice: the colon behind while is interpreded as …
Can I install Node.js on Endless OS efficiently?
1 Endless OS is a linux-debian distribution that runs on the Endless Mini computer. I found out about Endless form this itsfoss See this wikipedia. I'm trying to find a small PC that runs a nix OS and …
Endless pulseaudio error logging: failed to acquire autospawn lock ...
Aug 7, 2011 · I encountered the following in /var/log/syslog on Ubuntu 14.04. Mar 24 09:41:19 ripple pulseaudio[4838]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/112/pulse): No …
Bash while loop stop after a successful curl request
Apr 9, 2021 · Also, in while [ true ], the test checks if true is a non-empty string. It obviously is, so this does work in giving an endless loop. But [ false ] would also be always true, so a test like that is …
Scroll inside Screen, or Pause Output - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
FYI BSD solved this decades ago. Scroll lock will pause any scrolling buffer in any terminal or screen. Where is this in linux!!!!!
Purpose of /dev/zero? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Jan 31, 2013 · 64 /dev/zero is a special file (in this case, a pseudo-device) that provides an endless stream of null characters (so hex 0x00)? That's why your cat is not outputting anything (but try …
Arch linux: Cannot install R package "ragg"
Aug 23, 2024 · After 10+ years using debian-based linux, I am now using Arch. I use R for data science analysis and development. I am facing difficulties to install the R package ragg (r-ragg), which is a …
How to exit a git merge asking for commit message?
Jan 27, 2015 · I'm using git. I did a normal merge, but it keeps asking this: # Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary, # especially if it merges an updated upstream into …
Can I run GUI programs without needing a desktop environment?
Feb 5, 2024 · About the terminology: the X Server is a server because it serves the requests sent by the X Client - your X program. X is an exciting system if you enjoy trawling through endless configuration …