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What's your "Oh fuck, that actually worked!" Linux moment that made you feel like a wizard? (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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For me, my high bar that I have yet to beat, was the time I pivoted the running OS (ubuntu) into RAM over SSH so I could unmount and image the boot drive without rebooting and loading a live USB (Which would have required a ticket with my provider to enable IPMI)

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[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

scp

I'm never using a flash drive again.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

especially nice when you get path completion on the target server :D

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 8 points 12 hours ago

Note: to do this you have to have your public key on the remote server

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 11 hours ago

Next step: rsync, because it lets you resume.