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

answered Oct 18, 2011 at 4:24

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Is it a good idea to replace files in etc with symlinks?

answered May 4 at 0:15

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Moving millions of files to a different directory with specfic name patterns

answered Jul 6, 2019 at 13:49

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How to find out who/what caused a reboot/shutdown?

answered Dec 18, 2019 at 17:28

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Is there any benefit to grouping similar programs into a single path directory?

answered Jun 14, 2021 at 19:33

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Grep pattern that has double quotes and variable substitution surrounded by single quotes

answered May 31, 2021 at 18:07

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extract string between second and third occurrence of a slash

answered Aug 10, 2021 at 20:11

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Why do certain programs not play well when piped into `more`

answered Oct 29, 2016 at 13:03

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Warning "not on PATH" when I tried to install python extensions. I'm new to Linux -- what does this mean?

answered Oct 4, 2020 at 13:15

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How do I find the location of the source of a man page?

answered Mar 29, 2022 at 15:23

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"*" becomes "Desktop" but not when stored in a variable

answered Jun 18 at 20:03

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Magic Mouse 2 on Ubuntu 20.04

answered Sep 23, 2020 at 2:13

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Mount a device "invisibly" in Linux

answered Oct 23, 2020 at 12:32

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Bash - How to reorganize files based on the dates in their names?

answered Jan 19, 2021 at 0:44

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Splitting file based on last digit of first column in UNIX

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 15:47

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how to keep only lines with specific word

answered Jul 6, 2019 at 0:18

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ping: ./ipsweep.sh.105: Name or service not known

answered Aug 24, 2021 at 19:59

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How to create a file with a name that starts with the symbol '-'

answered Oct 22, 2021 at 17:12

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Remove regex from filenames, while piping them

answered Jan 3, 2022 at 19:38

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Automatically source a file when `cd` into a specific directory

answered Dec 23, 2021 at 7:16

3 votes

wc command with no FILE argument (reading from standard input)

answered Nov 14, 2021 at 5:28

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What is the right format of PATH variable

answered Oct 23, 2021 at 17:05

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Why crontab doesn't execute a scheduled bash script?

answered Oct 19, 2021 at 21:53

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What is the best way to handle folders with millions of files in RHEL-7?

answered Jan 24, 2021 at 0:16

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Piping multiple commands together

answered Dec 15, 2020 at 4:32

3 votes

Why not parse `ls` (and what to do instead)?

answered Dec 29, 2020 at 20:09

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How to show a real-time count of the number of lines added per second to files?

answered Sep 25, 2020 at 20:18

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Why is the time to complete cmp command varying so wildly?

answered Jun 7 at 0:17

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Why the "Other" permission is excluding the owner and the group?

answered Apr 12, 2022 at 20:32

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List of all file command outputs?

answered Feb 16, 2022 at 21:24

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370 Answers

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

Is it a good idea to replace files in etc with symlinks?

Moving millions of files to a different directory with specfic name patterns

How to find out who/what caused a reboot/shutdown?

Is there any benefit to grouping similar programs into a single path directory?

Grep pattern that has double quotes and variable substitution surrounded by single quotes

extract string between second and third occurrence of a slash

Why do certain programs not play well when piped into `more`

Warning "not on PATH" when I tried to install python extensions. I'm new to Linux -- what does this mean?

How do I find the location of the source of a man page?

"*" becomes "Desktop" but not when stored in a variable

Magic Mouse 2 on Ubuntu 20.04

Mount a device "invisibly" in Linux

Bash - How to reorganize files based on the dates in their names?

Splitting file based on last digit of first column in UNIX

how to keep only lines with specific word

ping: ./ipsweep.sh.105: Name or service not known

How to create a file with a name that starts with the symbol '-'

Remove regex from filenames, while piping them

Automatically source a file when `cd` into a specific directory

wc command with no FILE argument (reading from standard input)

What is the right format of PATH variable

Why crontab doesn't execute a scheduled bash script?

What is the best way to handle folders with millions of files in RHEL-7?

Piping multiple commands together

Why not parse `ls` (and what to do instead)?

How to show a real-time count of the number of lines added per second to files?

Why is the time to complete cmp command varying so wildly?

Why the "Other" permission is excluding the owner and the group?

List of all file command outputs?