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Disable IPv6 in Linux
Answer:
To disable IPv6 during boot time.
1. edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
# sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
2. append the following line at the end of your targeted kernel, save the file.
ipv6.disable=1
3. Restart your system and verify to see it is now disabled (The following command should return nothing)
# ip a | grep inet6
How to cp (copy) files without asking for confirmation?
Answer:
1. Type the following
unalias cp
2. Then copy the files using the cp command.
A better alternative to top
Answer:
It is the htop : http://htop.sourceforge.net
To install under Ubuntu
# sudo apt-get install htop
Search for a software/package to install using aptitude
Answer:
To search for a software/package to install under Debian/Ubuntu is easy with aptitude
# sudo aptitude search php5-xdebug
i php5-xdebug - Xdebug Module for PHP 5
Convert DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter
Answer:
Sometimes if a file was edited on Windows, and you might find strange characters "^M" occur at the end of every line when you open in vim under Linux, you can use the dos2unix command to reformat the file format to remove them.
E.g.
# dos2unix input.pl output.pl
