User AlexD - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?

nov 3 at 10:28 Tshepang 8,043

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What are your favorite command line features or tricks?

shell command-line

oct 7 '11 at 12:21 Stéphane Gimenez 8,052

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Bash: What does “>|” do?

bash io-redirection pipe

sep 24 at 14:34 l0b0 5,623

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How to do integer & float calculations, in bash or other languages?

bash shell command-line interactive calculator

may 13 at 21:57 Stephane Chazelas 28.9k

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Quick directory navigation in the terminal

shell command-line alias cd

feb 28 at 18:50 David R. McWilliams 41

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Preserve bash history in multiple terminal windows

bash command-history

jul 17 at 23:11 bahamat 9,675

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Tmux - move window to pane

screen tmux

aug 26 at 9:53 Bernhard T 31

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Tips for putting ~ under source control

settings git version-control

mar 13 at 14:59 Marc Kirkwood 11

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Where should I put software I compile myself?

package-management compiling software-installation directory-structure fhs

mar 15 at 15:12 vonbrand 5,374

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What exactly is POSIX?

posix standard

apr 26 '11 at 4:36 penguin359 4,059

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Allow setuid on shell scripts

shell scripting setuid security

jan 17 at 1:00 Thanatos 142

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What features are in zsh and missing from bash, or vice versa?

bash zsh

jul 31 at 9:21 Kevdog777 527

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Software developer switching from Linux to OS X, what are the gotchas?

linux osx

jan 31 '12 at 6:25 Kyle Jones 4,804

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How to quickly store and access often used commands?

shell command-history

feb 6 '12 at 21:03 Kevin 10.6k

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Output “Hollywood-hacker-scene” from a shell

shell

apr 21 at 11:48 Chris Down 19.8k

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How can I get my external IP address in bash?

bash arch-linux

may 15 at 1:32 Garrett Fogerlie 131

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Convince grep to output all lines, not just those with matches

grep

may 4 at 20:30 Anthon 3,015

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Unix & Linux pranks

humor

jan 20 '12 at 14:09 Nikhil Mulley 3,611

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Is there any way to exit “less” without clearing the screen?

less termcap

may 22 '12 at 2:14 Steve Bennett 223

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List of useful `less` functions

command-line less

jul 23 at 1:55 Thor 4,721

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Avoiding “BASH-isms” in shell scripts

bash shell zsh ash

nov 8 '11 at 0:53 Gilles 139k

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A shell tool to “tablify” input data

shell

jul 30 '11 at 13:22 Steven Pritchard 1,415

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What do the flags in /proc/cpuinfo mean?

linux cpu arm x86

jul 20 at 7:51 Simon Richter 725

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How can I limit the output speed of stdout?

hard-disk io stdout

mar 14 '12 at 19:10 maxschlepzig 9,485

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Awesome symbols and characters in a bash prompt

bash prompt unicode

mar 20 at 11:39 Gilles 139k

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Light, easy-to-use presentation software

software-rec documents

jan 31 at 1:06 Angry College Student 1

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When would you use an additional file descriptor?

bash file-descriptors

jul 10 at 22:53 Gilles 139k

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File system for an SSD drive

filesystems ssd

may 17 '11 at 16:50 Tok 1,474

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Where does Mac OS X come from?

osx freebsd bsd

may 5 at 12:04 Anthon 3,015

AlexD

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What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?

What are your favorite command line features or tricks?

Bash: What does “>|” do?

How to do integer & float calculations, in bash or other languages?

Quick directory navigation in the terminal

Preserve bash history in multiple terminal windows

Tmux - move window to pane

Tips for putting ~ under source control

Where should I put software I compile myself?

Recommended reading to better understand Unix/Linux internals

What exactly is POSIX?

Allow setuid on shell scripts

What features are in zsh and missing from bash, or vice versa?

Software developer switching from Linux to OS X, what are the gotchas?

How to quickly store and access often used commands?

Output “Hollywood-hacker-scene” from a shell

How can I get my external IP address in bash?

Convince grep to output all lines, not just those with matches

Unix & Linux pranks

Is there any way to exit “less” without clearing the screen?

List of useful `less` functions

Avoiding “BASH-isms” in shell scripts

A shell tool to “tablify” input data

What do the flags in /proc/cpuinfo mean?

How can I limit the output speed of stdout?

Awesome symbols and characters in a bash prompt

Light, easy-to-use presentation software

When would you use an additional file descriptor?

File system for an SSD drive

Where does Mac OS X come from?