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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?

may 18 at 10:43 firo 31

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Understanding the Linux kernel source

linux kernel linux-kernel source

oct 5 at 6:34 ire_and_curses 3,892

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What are your favorite command line features or tricks?

shell command-line

oct 7 '11 at 12:21 Stéphane Gimenez 8,062

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Repeat a Unix command every x seconds forever

command-line scripting utilities

apr 26 at 10:55 Thor 4,721

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tmux vs. GNU Screen

screen terminal-multiplexer tmux

apr 30 at 15:04 dpb 105

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What if 'kill -9' does not work?

process kill

mar 28 at 14:16 user36035 1

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Which is the safest way to get root privileges: sudo, su or login?

jul 20 at 19:51 Tshepang 7,868

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Difference between nohup, disown and &

bash zsh job-control nohup ksh

mar 21 '11 at 0:10 Gilles 139k

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Why use swap when there is more than enough RAM

performance swap

7h ago txwikinger 1,176

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Why do we use su - and not just su?

linux permissions su conventions

feb 28 '12 at 8:08 Coren 2,131

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Is Linux a Unix?

linux unix history

feb 15 at 7:23 manatwork 9,643

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Preserve bash history in multiple terminal windows

bash command-history

jul 17 at 23:11 bahamat 9,685

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Why do directories need the executable (X) permission to be opened?

linux permissions directory

feb 28 at 11:01 Chris Down 19.9k

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Keep SSH Sessions running after disconnection

command-line ssh process screen

jun 26 at 16:01 rahmu 4,565

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Resources for portable shell programming

shell standard reference portability

nov 17 '11 at 23:47 Gilles 139k

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dd vs cat — is dd still relevant these days?

dd cloning cat

jul 22 '11 at 8:38 Caleb 23.2k

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SSH easily copy file to local system

linux ssh

jan 31 at 20:25 Martín Canaval 805

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How can I disown a running process and associate it to a new screen shell?

ssh process screen job-control

sep 26 at 0:42 warl0ck 10.8k

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Why is it better to use “#!/usr/bin/env NAME” instead of “#!/path/to/NAME” as my shebang?

shell-script env

may 2 at 15:38 Anthon 3,180

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What exactly is POSIX?

posix standard

apr 26 '11 at 4:36 penguin359 4,069

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Allow setuid on shell scripts

shell scripting setuid security

jan 17 at 1:00 Thanatos 142

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Is there an easy way to replace duplicate files with hardlinks?

files duplicate deduplication

nov 4 at 0:57 islam 21

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best way to search my shell's history

shell command-history

apr 1 '12 at 7:53 bignose 142

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How can I close a terminal without killing the command running in it?

command-line terminal process background

dec 5 at 11:31 gertvdijk 2,790

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How to correctly add a path to PATH?

bash environment-variables path bashrc

dec 5 '11 at 0:31 Steve Brown 253

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How can I get distribution name and version number in a simple shell script?

shell ubuntu distros centos

apr 8 at 10:49 slist 3

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What is the difference between a builtin command and one that is not?

bash shell utilities shell-builtin

aug 1 '11 at 0:35 Stéphane Gimenez 8,062

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Timing out in a shell script

shell signals timeout

aug 16 '11 at 22:10 Soren 303

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How do I run a command as the system administrator (root)

sudo root administration

jan 1 at 0:07 jofel 4,333

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How can I detect when a monitor is plugged in or unplugged?

monitors dual-monitor udev acpi

jan 7 at 0:23 F. Hauri 760

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