Stephane Chazelas

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127
Why is printf better than echo?
71
The result of ls * , ls ** and ls ***
52
Can a command line program prevent its output being redirected?
23
Why is sort changing the order of lines with identical sort keys?
20
determine shell in script during runtime
19
ssh-add complains: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent
16
Slick one-liner to convert a list like “1: 2, 3, 4, 5” to “1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5”
16
Why do I need to quote variable for if, but not for echo?
16
What is the difference between [[ $a == z* ]] and [ $a == z* ]?
16
When is it useful to use “grep — SOMEPATTERN”?
15
What does ${1+“$@”} mean in a shell script, and how does it differ from “$@”?
15
What is the point of the `cd` external command?
14
How to stop the find command after first match?
14
What's the difference between running a program as a daemon and forking it into background with '&'?
13
Command to display first few and last few lines of a file
13
How to do a continous 'wc -l' with gnu texttools?
12
Can a Linux command have capital letter(s)?
12
How do I write a sed one-liner to add a character after every third character?
11
List the files containing a particular word in their text
11
How to determine which sd* is usb?
11
Awk - how to compare two numbers?
11
Why doesn't ln -s tell that it fails when creating a symlink to an existing symlinked directory?
10
How can one run multiple programs in the background with single command?
10
Is there a way to add a directory to my PATH in zsh only if it's not already present?
10
When was a process started
10
Executing a shell script from remote server on local machine
10
Why is it that these two 'cat' commands result differently?
10
How can I find which process sends data to a specific port?
10
How can I have cd show the directory it switches into?
10
How can I create an alias for a command that includes a space?
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