User Tim - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

nov 15 at 14:12 Bram 692

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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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/usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin on Linux

filesystems binary

mar 5 '11 at 21:03 Humphrey Bogart 201

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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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How do you choose a distribution?

linux distros bsd distribution-choice

nov 14 at 18:39 Jahaic Rigeck 13

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Remember a half-typed command while I check something

bash command-line

aug 7 at 8:23 altern 197

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Why would someone choose FreeBSD over Linux?

linux freebsd distribution-choice

jan 2 at 11:34 NlightNFotis 844

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dd vs cat — is dd still relevant these days?

dd cloning cat

jul 22 '11 at 8:38 Caleb 23.1k

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What are your favorite painful Unix moments

humor

jan 27 '12 at 21:09 Kevin 10.6k

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Why is Linux commonly used as operating system for supercomputers?

linux high-performance

jun 5 '11 at 20:44 Jim Dennis 361

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What is the difference between /opt and /usr/local?

directory-structure fhs

feb 1 '12 at 23:55 jlliagre 7,580

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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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Why is 'umount' not spelled 'unmount'?

history unmounting

apr 30 at 5:44 lesmana 3,217

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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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A shell tool to “tablify” input data

shell

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

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Why isn't there a truly unified package manager for Linux?

linux package-management

nov 1 '11 at 9:53 sr_ 8,731

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Differences between Debian and Ubuntu

ubuntu debian

oct 14 '11 at 8:59 Tshepang 8,048

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Is there a way to determine the optimal value for the bs parameter to dd?

performance dd file-copy

dec 23 '11 at 3:10 sampablokuper 140

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Split pages in pdf

command-line shell-script pdf conversion

apr 1 at 12:20 moraes 111

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How can I close a terminal without killing its children (without running `screen` first)?

bash terminal process kill job-control

aug 1 '11 at 20:44 mattdm♦ 7,469

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When is dd suitable for copying data? (or, when are read() and write() partial)

io dd

jul 25 '11 at 14:29 psusi 4,617

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What are the best general purpose programming tools to complement Vim?

utilities programming vim

apr 3 '11 at 0:10 intuited 1,133

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Can I limit a process to a certain amount of time / CPU cycles?

process limit

may 6 at 11:51 slm 6,118

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What languages are used to build Unix commands?

command-line source coreutils

oct 14 at 14:08 Mat 16k

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Rosetta Stone for Linux Distributions?

linux distros

mar 23 '11 at 4:46 msw 2,262

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How to make a process invisible to other users?

linux top process-management

sep 9 at 22:36 jofel 4,293

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How do I log into my Linux laptop if I have forgotten both the login and password?

aug 13 '11 at 11:00 rozcietrzewiacz 13.4k

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Modifying PDF files

command-line software-rec editors gui pdf

sep 20 '11 at 11:12 captaincomic 184

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How do I find the overlap of two strings in bash?

bash text-processing string

mar 7 at 10:42 Stephane Chazelas 28.9k

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Which shell should I use - tcsh vs bash?

linux shell bash fedora tcsh

dec 27 '10 at 17:44 Peter.O 8,015

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