I want to count the number of files and folders contained within a given root folder, potentially excluding certain subfolders. According to this accepted answer, the basic structure of the command should be find <root> -path <exclude> -prune -o -name '*.txt' -print Since I am interested in all files, regardless […]
Monthly Archives: December 2025
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I just reinstalled Windows and started adjusting the settings. I changed the Change system locale setting to Finland, after which the subtitles broke and now appear in bold. I changed the setting back, but the issue still persists. I also changed the language and regional settings so that the time […]
I have a relatively high quality SanDisk USB 3.0 flash drive. I have had it for a while (years). Can these flash drives be interrogated either under Windows, Linux, or macOS to disclose any firmware information regarding lifespan left? Will they just fail outright, or will there be signs before […]
Context: I have a Windows Server 2022 VM where Jenkins generates nightly builds. Jenkins checks out the repository and produces an ISO file as an artifact. I need to boot that ISO and run an automated test script (e.g., /mnt/workspace_devel/test/test_run.sh) inside the OS that starts from the ISO. Nested virtualization […]
I have a web server that uses a additional restful server in a different port. I would like to allow traffic to the restful server only after a connection to the main server has been established. To accomplish that I use the following rules -A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED […]