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AllaN01Bear

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Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:01 PM Aug 2023

i just downloaded a basic list of commands for linux. [View all]

its called 12 essential commands for linux . sorrry , but i dont have the url.
a good one they forgot is killall. $ killaall your app. i have a cranky app called sea monkey , when i goto the silver apple or go command q only a certain part of the app dissapears . then i have to goto the app icon on the bar i have to force quit. i found if i goto terminal and type killall. the app behaves nicely and quits .
a little hint and kink. i have a printer that gets naughty now and then . one time it got stuck in standby for 5 hours . i remembered a trick from long a go is to pull the plug and cout to ten by thousands , then plug it back in. its like throwing a real hard switch that used to be on the sides of things . after i plugged the printer back in, it behaved .

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