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What's a good solution for file-tagging in linux?

I've been looking for a way to tag my files and search/filter them based on those tags. Here are my (updated) requirements : any file readable by the user can be tagged freely a user can search for files matching one or several tags files can be…
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Opened a JPG picture with notepad, pasted all the "text" to a new notepad file, changed to .JPG and it no longer opens. Why?

This phenomenon has been leaving me questions to ask. Here is the detailed experiment, my OS is Windows 7 x64 SP1: I changed a picture (JPG) file to TXT by simply changing its extension (or one could just choose to open the JPG with notepad, same…
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Convincingly "breaking" a system for a non technical user

For various reasons out of scope for Super User, I've been tasked with temporarily disabling one of my own systems. I have full admin control and own this system. It’s running Windows 7 SP1. I want to do this right—something believable, deniable and…
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How to fully uninstall the Cocoapods from the Mac Machine?

I installed Cocoapods version 0.28, and now I want to uninstall it from my machine. How can I do that?
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Chrome: any way to zoom a single page, not all pages in domain?

I often use Chrome's Cmd+ and Cmd- (Ctrl+ and Ctrl- on Windows) to zoom in and out on a web page. However, the new zoom level affects every tab showing a page from the same domain. Sometimes this is handy, but other times it's a big problem. …
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How to remove read-only attribute recursively on Windows

I need to remove read-only attributes of all files under a directory recursively on Windows using command line. Could you please provide an example on this?
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How do I install ant on OS X Mavericks?

After upgrading to OS X 10.9 Mavericks, ant is no longer on my path. [126] 11:23:26 rkarl-mba-4:~/mobile-baselayer > ant zsh: permission denied: ant [126] 11:23:50 rkarl-mba-4:~/mobile-baselayer > which ant ant not found I tried installing through…
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Resizing videos with ffmpeg/avconv to fit into static sized player

I have a html 5 video player which is 700px wide, 400px high. I'm trying to use avconv to use ffmpeg to resize (while retaining the aspect ratio) and making sure it fits into my player. Input can be a file of any size, so I need to resize the larger…
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Why is my USB mouse disconnecting and reconnecting randomly and often?

My mouse will reconnect/disconnect (will even hear the sounds from Windows), and the light on the bottom of the mouse will turn off/turn on as it starts working again. It really sucks to be playing a game (and happens on desktop as well) for the…
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how do I add the 'tree' command to git-bash on Windows?

I'm using git-bash on Windows 7. I'd like to see a tree of the current directory. However: jcollum@DEVELOPER01 ~/Dev/express_coffee $ tree . sh.exe": tree: command not found OK, so I don't…
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How to exit from fullscreen mode of Putty?

This annoyed me for a while, but as usual; really annoying problems have quite simple solutions. Some sw I just don't use often enough to remember its hotkeys, like PuTTY. So I end up using the toolbar-menu or the right-click menu to achieve what I…
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View a list of symbolic links on system?

Is there a way to see a list of all the symbolic links that are active on a Windows machine? I have accepted @JoachimOtahal's answer as it works within a single second and I think provided what I needed when the questionw as asked. Former accepted…
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How do I access MTP devices on the command line in Windows?

Most MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices show up in Windows File Explorer under their device name or a GUID, but they don't have a drive letter assigned. How can I access the files on such devices from the command line? Using either cmd.exe or…
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how can I uninstall using homebrew?

Can I uninstall something I installed via homebrew using homebrew?
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Disable “Ctrl”+mouse wheel zooming in Chrome?

I'm a normal-sighted person and I would like to view pages at 100% all the time. I use keyboard shortcuts that involve Ctrl a lot, so about twenty times a day I accidentally hit Ctrl at the same time that I'm scrolling, which results in the page…
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