yy - copy a single line defined by current cursor position
3yy - copy 3 lines. Current line and two lines below it.
We Saw The Mention On The Linux Bios Website About One Million Devices Shipped With Linux Bios. Could You Tell Us More About These Devices?
Yes, these are internet terminals that were built in India, based on the [x86 system-on-chip] STPC chip, I am told; also, there evidently is a Turkish-built digital TV that runs Linux BIOS. I have also heard that there are routers and many other embedded devices running Linux BIOS. I think at this point that 1 million is a low number. I am in contact with other set-top box vendors that are talking about numbers in the lOs of millions for their products. These numbers actually make the OLPC numbers seem small, which is in it amazing.
What's Your Goal For Your Talk At Fosdem?
I’d like to communicate the basic ideas — that Linux is a good BIOS, and why; why Linux BIOS is built the way it is; where we are going; and how people can help. Most importantly, why it all matters — and it really matters a lot. We’re on the verge of losing control of the systems we buy, and we need to make a conscious effort, as a community, to ensure this loss of control does not happen. That effort will not be without some sacrifice, but if we are to maintain our ability to use and program our machines, and have fun with them, we have to act now. Because, if the computing business stops being fun, what’s the point$
What Are Mysql Transactions?
A set of instructions/queries that should be executed or rolled back as a single atomic unit.
Explain Multi-version Concurrency Control In Mysql?
Each row has two additional columns associated with it - creation time and deletion time, but instead of storing timestamps, MySQL stores version numbers.
Name Two Methods You Could Use To Rename A File?
Two methods that could be used
a. use the mv command
b. copy the file and give it a new name and then remove the original file if no longer needed.
List All The Files Beginning With A?
To list all the files beginning with A command: ls A*
Which Of The Quoting Or Escape Characters Allows The Dollar Sign ($) To Retain Its Special Meaning?
The double quote (") allows the dollar sign ($) to retain its special meaning. Both the backslash (\) and single quote (') would remove the special meaning of the dollar sign.
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What Is A Faster Way To Do The Same Command? Mv Fileo.txt Newdir Mv Filel.txt Newdir Mv File2.txt Newdir Mv File3.txt Newdir?
A shortcut method would be: mv file?.txt newdir
List Two Ways To Create A New File
a.Copy a file to make a new file.
b. Use the output operator e.g. ls -l > newfile.txt
What Is The Difference Between > And >> Operators?
The operator > either overwrites the existing file (WITHOUT WARNING) or creates a new file.
The operator >> either adds the new contents to the end of an existing file or creates a new file.
How Can You See All Mounted Drives?
mount -l
How Can You Find A Path To The File In The System?
locate file_name (locate - list files in databases that match a pattern)
What Linux Hotkeys Do You Know?
Ctrl-Alt-F1 Exit to command prompt
Ctrl-Alt-F7 or F8 Takes you back to KDE desktop from command prompt
Crtl-Alt-Backspace Restart XWindows
Ctrl-Alt-D Show desktop
What Can You Tell About The Tar Command?
The tar program is an immensely useful archiving utility. It can combine an entire directory tree into one large file suitable for transferring or compression.
What Types Of Files You Know?
Files come in eight flavors
Normal files
Directories
Hard links
Symbolic links
Sockets
Named pipes
Character devices
Block devices
How You Will Uncompress The File?
Use tar command (The GNU version of the tar archiving utility)
tar -zxvf file_name.tar.gz
What Does Grep() Stand For?
General Regular Expression Parser.