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| === Changing default editor for visudo === | === Changing default editor for visudo === | ||
| sudo update-alternatives --config editor | sudo update-alternatives --config editor | ||
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| + | If visudo complains about a missing defaults.vim file, it can be fixed thusly: | ||
| + | sudo touch ~root/.exrc | ||
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| === Disable GUI screen lock === | === Disable GUI screen lock === | ||
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| === Find the oldest file in a directory (and it's subdirectories) === | === Find the oldest file in a directory (and it's subdirectories) === | ||
| find . -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | sort | head -n 1 | find . -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | sort | head -n 1 | ||
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| + | === Finding files by file name (or file name portion) === | ||
| + | find . -iname < | ||
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| === Disable colors in the vi editor by default === | === Disable colors in the vi editor by default === | ||
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