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Linux

Q. I’m using PHP along with latest version of Apache. Only <?php and <script> tags are recognized. Many of my scripts are broken. How do I allow the <? tag also?

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Q. Some of my programs and scripts needs a real path and not a a symbolic link. How to I determine a real path of any directory under Linux / UNIX operating systems? How do I remove references to /./, /../ and extra ‘/’ character in path?

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Q. I know how to update my system using yum command. But how can I find out that patch has been applied to a package? How do I search CVE patch number applied to a package under Red Hat / CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux?

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Q. I’ve HP all in one printer / scanner / fax machine installed and I’d love to scan an image using Linux command line or GUI application. How do I scan an image under Linux?

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Q. My log files grow continuously. How do I limit the growth of UNIX log files stored in /usr/spool/ or /var/log/ directory?

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Q. Can you explain UUID concept related to Linux ext3 partitions and storage devices? How do I update /etc/fstab using UUID under Ubuntu Linux or any other Linux distro?

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Q. How do I get rid of an error message that read as - “Page allocation failure”?

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Q. I know #!/bin/bash is shebang line. But, I noticed a few shell script shebang line ends with a single dash ( #!/bin/bash - ) or double dash ( #!/bin/bash ). Can you explains me purpose of such shebang line?

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Q. I’m new to GNU/Linux world and a single query (apt-cache search office or yum search ‘office’) shows so many application for a single task such as network monitoring or office applications. The number of apps choices just confusing. How do you select application from so many choices?

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