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Ubuntu/Nautilus - connect to server: is it possible to disable moving folders?

Sometimes I use Nautilus on Ubuntu to connect to a remote SSH server. I can browse folders easier and open and edit files remotely in my local editor. One thing I'm concerned about is accidentally ...
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Double Commander - edit folder

Is it possible to somehow "edit" the folder? I've set up Double Commander to edit files using sublime aka subl filename. However, the edit feature is not present for folders (hitting F4 does ...
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Online File Library - DIY [closed]

I'm not sure if superuser is the right place for this question, but here goes. I'm looking for a preferably PHP and web based system, to run on Ubuntu server. Basically it should be a "file forum" ...
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Is it possible to trace a file's history?

A file recently appeared on my desktop, an image of a chess board. I'd like to know a bit more about it. Unfortunately, thinking it was a gift from someone I knew, I have opened it in Gimp, modified ...
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Unhide files that start with a dot on Linux

I was looking into a folder where I normally store data that I've unpacked and found that some files I thought were lost were actually in a folder that started with a .. Using Nautilus the folder was ...
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Copy all files from multiple subfolders into a folder on Ubuntu

I have downloaded over 7000 ebooks from Gutenburg, but the issue is is that they are all in zip files. and each of these zip files is in its own folder. I am trying to move all of the zip files into a ...
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Alternative to Windows Explorer for long path names

Update: I found that not only Windows Explorer but also other software suffers from too long path names. For example, in Firefox, when I save a webpage into a directory, I still cannot do it if its ...
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Linux regex file move

Im trying to move files into subfolders based on a regular expression. For example im trying to move tv shows into the correct show and season folder. All files follow the pattern "Show ...
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Is there a tool on Unix, Linux, Mac, Windows, Ubuntu, that will list file / directory structure?

I wonder if there is a tool that will list file / directory (i.e. take a snapshot of the folder and file structure) like the following: audio mp3 song1.mp3 some other song.mp3 audio books ...
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adding a custom user folder on Ubuntu

Question: How do you add a custom folder to the collection of user folders that come with Ubuntu? Info: I just loaded my netbook with Ubuntu Desktop 10.04LTS (Desktop because it is an aspire one ...
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How do I *move* a file between filesystems on GNOME (move, not copy!)?

When I drag a file from "Downloads" to my USB stick window, it copies. I want it moved. What do I have to config, or which key to press to achieve this? (Yes, I googled, but came up empty). And ...
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How to remove a directory which looks corrupted

I am using Ubuntu 9.10. When I examine a directory, it shows as '?' for user/ownership. How can I remove it? -rw-r--r-- 1 hap497 hap497 1822 2010-01-28 22:48 IntSizeHash.h d????????? ? ? ...
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I/O error on Linux: cannot remove directory as root

ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/locale$ sudo rm -R nl_NL.utf8 rm: cannot remove directory `nl_NL.utf8': Input/output error I'm having problems deleting a seemingly corrupted directory to allow for a ...
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How do I move files and directories to the parent folder in Linux?

In Linux (Ubuntu), how do you move all the files and directories to the parent directory?
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Nautilus cannot move to trash

Thing takes place on ubuntu. I want to move a file to trash. I am not the owner of the file, but file belongs to root:samba, and I am member of samba group, and file permissions are rwxrw-r-- There ...
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Add the extension, jpg, to a lot of files

I have a folder with a lot of folders with a lot of files and maybe more folders with more files, where some files lost their extension. I believe they are all jpgs, but I could be wrong. Any ideas ...