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What is the file dead.letter in my home folder?

Answer:

The file dead.letter is usually created by mail client such as /usr/bin/mail, when you abort the message being sent, a copy of the message will be saved in your home folder: dead.letter.

  1. Copy file to remote server using scp
  2. Kill all processes accessing the a particular file/folder
  3. Change to the home directory in Linux
  4. Print the last executed command begin with a specific letter
  5. Run the last executed command begin with a specific letter

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