I have a copy of all the files in my root folder with ~ symbol. I can see it on the terminal but not in the folder. How do i stop this
I have observed that in gedit if I edit a file, another file is created in the same directory (the one with the same filename and a tilde '~' suffix). The extra file remains even if I close gedit.  I understand the need for a temp file (eg. in case of a crash), but vim for example deletes the extra file it creates, when I close it.  Is there a way to do the same with gedit? Some configuration perhaps?
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Note: I am a bit familiar with the PySpice python package, but from what I have read and understood it works when you use it to create your netlist and run it, by using the already stored variables in its memory. In my case however, raw files are already generated... Hope I was clear enough. Could Dark Matter form black hole? Some people speculate that the mysterious dark matter in the universe could be tiny black holes. But on the other side, could dark matter particles attract each other by gravity and finally form a black hole? Since dark matter is even more abundant than normal matter, the dark matter black hole should not be rare. Sending an E-mail to all addresses of all contacts in a contact group in Gmail I'm trying to send an E-mail message using Gmail to a contact group where some of the contacts have more than one E-mail address and I want to send the mail to all of them.   Is there a way for me to do that? Prove $\chi(G)\chi(\bar{G}) \geq n$ for chromatic number of graph and its complement I want to copy/modify/delete a Minecraft world. Where can I find my saves folder? I have a song that Windows can't play because there is a question mark in the name of the file.  "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?.ogg" // as an example   So I try to rename it and Windows complains whether I try it in Explorer or from command prompt.  Error I get when trying to copy, rename, or move is:     The Filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect   Is there a Windows way to force a rename in this case?   Update  I'll keep an eye on this question, but after 13 answers and many attempts (aside form 3rd party solutions) it seems that Windows can't do this (or at least my windows can't, no short names). So I'm accepting the answer which was my original solution anyway of using Linux. 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After reinstalling the wireless driver associated with the memory leak. I have a new screenshot and would like to confirm that it was indeed a memory leak. How can I find my hardware details? Is there any built-in software or terminal method allowing me to view the hardware profiles on my system? Windows equivalent of such a feature would be Device Manager. Trailing characters stripped from titles bypass length minimum I want to run a command when there are only 10 entities left. I know you can use /execute unless entity to detect when all matching mobs have died, but it doesn't work if you want to run a command when there are for example 10 entities left.  A command like /execute if entity @e[limit=10] does not work, it also triggers if there is only one entity.  Such a counting system could also be used to determine once there is only one player left in an arena, meaning they have won a battle or similar. I have seen many softwares such as Update Manager and Synaptic Package Manager, they wait if some other program is using the /var/lib/dpkg/lock and is locked. How can we do this through the Terminal? I saw apt-get's manual but didn't find anything useful. Quote unquote (or end-quote), unseparated by the actual quotation Declaring Text Decorations such as Underline, Strikethrough in a Style How do I include text decorations such as Underline, Strikethrough etc in a Style definition:  &lt;Style x:Key="UnderlinedLabel"&gt;      &lt;Setter Property="Control.FontFamily" Value="Trebuchet MS" /&gt;      &lt;Setter Property="Control.FontSize" Value="14" /&gt;      &lt;!-- Next line fails --&gt;      &lt;Setter Property="Control.TextDecorations" Value="Underline" /&gt; &lt;/Style&gt;   I'm familiar with using the following XAML to underline text:  &lt;TextBlock&gt;    &lt;Underline&gt;        Underlined text    &lt;/Underline&gt; &lt;/TextBlock&gt;   However text decoration is just another style, I want to be able to define it declaritively like FontWeight, FontSize etc.  [Update]  I was applying this style to a Label control.  This was my main problem.  It appears you can't underline text in a Label.  Change to a TextBlock (thanks gix) and all is well.