Chris Down

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Python programmer, Unix sysadmin, minimalist.


399 Answers

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Why do directories need the executable (X) permission to be opened?
31
How can I resolve a hostname to an IP address in a Bash script?
27
Output “Hollywood-hacker-scene” from a shell
24
How does systemd survive a kill -9?
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Howto find duplicate files on disk
22
Command line utility to retrieve password, that has no echo back
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SSH ignores characters after correct password string?
20
How to generate a lot of (blank) images files?
19
How to move a directory, file by file? (instead of “copy then remove”)
19
When we do rm -rf * why we do not delete . and ..?
19
How do I list all installed programs?
18
What is the difference between “sort -u” and “sort | uniq”?
18
Why does a software package run just fine even when it is being upgraded?
17
How much does the Linux kernel change in one year?
16
How to display numbers in reverse order using seq(1)?
16
A unix command to truncate each line of a file
15
What's the most appropriate directory where to place files shared between users?
15
Why can't I have a folder and a file with the same name?
15
Why doesn't “rm *” work when there are files that begin with a hyphen?
14
How can you trim files using the command line?
14
What determines the path where the system searches for a file?
14
How to Determine the Amount of RAM Slots In Use?
13
What is wrong with this shell script?
13
How can I redirect matching lines to a file, and non-matching lines to a different file?
12
How do I stop the root user from deleting a file?
12
Physically break into box? (Memory & disk)
12
What does it mean that a distro is “based on” another distro?
11
How to make `cd dir/filename` take me to dir/?
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Is there such thing as a “free” equivalent to Microsoft Virtual Server?
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Can't use exclamation mark (!) in bash?
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