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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Delete only two files Post 302984666 by Don Cragun on Saturday 29th of October 2016 03:13:09 AM
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There is no recycle bin on a shell level. A recycle bin (sometimes call a trash bin or something else, depending on what window manager you use), is a window manager concept that can be used to dispose of things attached to icons on your desktop.

The rm utility physically removes files; it does not move them to a recycle bin.

/dev/null on UNIX systems is a special file that you can write data to that can never be retrieved, and, if you read from it, you will all get back an End-Of-File condition.
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

firefox

FIREFOX(1)							Linux User's Manual							FIREFOX(1)

NAME

       firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

USAGE

       firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.

OPTIONS

       A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.

   GTK options
       --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set

       --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gdk debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to set

       --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-module=MODULE
	      Load an additional Gtk module

   X11 options
       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

       --sync Make X calls synchronous

       --no-xshm
	      Don't use X shared memory extension

       --xim-preedit=STYLE

       --xim-status=STYLE

       --g-fatal-warnings
	      Make all warnings fatal

   Firefox options
       -h, -help
	      Show summary of options.

       -height value
	      Set height of startup window to value.

       -width value
	      Set width of startup window to value.

       -v, -version
	      Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.

       -CreateProfile profile
	      Create profile.

       -P profile
	      Start with profile.

       -ProfileManager
	      Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -contentLocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -remote command
	      Execute command in an already running Firefox process.  For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

       -no-remote
	      Don't try to control an already running instance.

       -jsconsole
	      Start with Javascript Console

       -chrome url
	      Load the specified chrome.

       -new-window url
	      Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.

       -new-tab url
	      Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.

       -preferences
	      Open Firefox preferences menu.

       -safe-mode
	      Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       FILES  /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
	      /usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable

VERSION

       3.0

BUGS

       To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

SEE ALSO

       mozilla(1)

AUTHORS

       The Mozilla Organization
	      http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

firefox 							 January 04, 2006							FIREFOX(1)
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