Tip for Desktop Memory management, new vm tuning option

[Bret Busby]

On 30/07/2019, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 30.07.2019, 10:34 -0400 schrieb Rashkae:
>
>> sudo echo "vm.watermark_scale_factor=500" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
>
> nope, that wont work ... you are only sudoing the "echo" not the actual
> writing (">>") to the file ...
>
> it should be more like:
>
> echo "vm.watermark_scale_factor=500" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
>
> ciao
> 	oli
>

It seems simpler to use vi (sudo vi), and i to insert the text (or a
to append it),
then paste the copied text from the clipboard,
then <ESC>
then <SHIFT><Z><Z>

:)

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Bret Busby
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West Australia
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