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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 41

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

filesystems binary

jun 8 at 12:59 Anthon 4,426

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What does “rc” in .bashrc stand for?

bash configuration history

dec 21 at 14:23 Michael Mrozek♦ 24.1k

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Does grep use a cache to speed up the searches?

linux grep cache

mar 9 '11 at 15:35 JRW 197

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Why do /usr and /tmp directories for Linux miss vowels in their spellings?

history terminology directory-structure

jan 11 '12 at 23:31 Keith Thompson 3,371

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Why is echo a shell built in command?

shell command-line shell-builtin

feb 5 at 10:29 Warren Young 18.3k

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Do we have an undo in Linux?

command-line

aug 18 '11 at 16:15 xenoterracide♦ 10.1k

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aliasing cd to pushd - is it a good idea?

bash shell shell-script alias

nov 26 '10 at 6:14 Jonathan M Davis 475

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Is there a way to limit the amount of memory a particular process can use in Unix?

process memory limit

nov 23 '10 at 21:24 Gilles 144k

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Is there a way to intercept interprocess communication in Unix/Linux?

command-line shell process ipc

may 5 at 19:39 naugtur 178

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Is '-9' a flag to kill command?

utilities kill command-switch

dec 6 at 21:35 jasonwryan 13.3k

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What does the name of the unix command apropos mean?

man terminology

mar 21 '11 at 23:52 Gilles 144k

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How to yank a particular line without moving the cursor in vim?

vim

oct 5 '10 at 14:43 hop 918

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How to access the history on the fly in unix?

shell command-history

jun 24 '12 at 10:40 rahmu 4,605

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How to get only the unique results without having to sort data?

text-processing uniq

apr 25 '11 at 21:15 Gilles 144k

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What are stripped and not-stripped executables in Unix?

executable strip linker

nov 7 '10 at 21:20 Gilles 144k

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Is there a way to see details of all the threads that a process has in Linux?

command-line shell process

oct 5 '10 at 15:04 hop 918

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Is is possible to use KDE as well as Gnome on a machine?

gnome kde

oct 5 '10 at 15:03 hop 918

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How to find information about the system/machine in Unix?

kernel desktop-environment system-information

jan 28 '12 at 5:06 Kevin 11k

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When do su and sudo use different passwords?

command-line sudo su

aug 15 '11 at 5:56 Stéphane Gimenez 8,136

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How can I kill a particular thread of a process?

command-line shell process

may 3 '12 at 5:46 rahmu 4,605

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What is a good way of saying “run this after 15 minutes” on a shell?

linux bash command-line sleep

apr 28 '11 at 22:58 Dalker 375

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Why does my sudo ask for password only once but evaluate thrice?

linux sudo password authentication

mar 21 '11 at 0:14 Gilles 144k

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How does “top” command show live results?

terminal programming

jun 23 '12 at 23:27 rahmu 4,605

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How to refresh all bash shells using a command/script?

bash configuration

jun 18 '11 at 14:27 Gilles 144k

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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 8,150

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How to set up local mail retrieval and delivery?

email

oct 5 '10 at 14:36 hop 918

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How can I share a shell with my colleague w/o using VNC?

shell

mar 6 '11 at 0:28 Mark 121

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What is the Linux equivalent of bootinfo command?

linux aix

nov 7 '10 at 21:18 Gilles 144k

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How to make sure that I use the latest version of bash?

shell bash

oct 27 '10 at 23:17 Gilles 144k

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