User Alexander Mills

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Collect exit codes of parallel background processes (sub shells)

asked Feb 12, 2017 at 8:31

31 votes

2 answers

3k views

Is there any sh code that is not syntactically valid bash code?

asked May 11, 2018 at 3:33

26 votes

3 answers

3k views

Any command in my terminal that exits with non-zero code closes my terminal window

asked Nov 27, 2017 at 23:13

26 votes

4 answers

26k views

Listen for exit of process given pid $$

asked Feb 28, 2018 at 7:38

25 votes

1 answer

18k views

tar --list only top level files and folders

asked Dec 22, 2018 at 3:16

24 votes

3 answers

18k views

Implicit return in bash functions?

asked May 28, 2018 at 7:14

22 votes

2 answers

5k views

What prevents stdout/stderr from interleaving?

asked Oct 17, 2018 at 17:36

20 votes

6 answers

40k views

Compare two file modification dates

asked Jun 23, 2017 at 0:45

15 votes

2 answers

21k views

One line env variable set behavior [duplicate]

asked Dec 11, 2016 at 0:58

14 votes

2 answers

7k views

`set -e` inside a bash function

asked Nov 18, 2017 at 1:32

12 votes

7 answers

6k views

Log exit code of command, similar to time command

asked Sep 7, 2017 at 19:46

12 votes

2 answers

17k views

Change buffer size of named pipe

asked Apr 21, 2018 at 23:08

11 votes

4 answers

9k views

grep - exit with 1 - if match

asked Mar 26, 2018 at 23:31

11 votes

3 answers

14k views

Append argument to arguments list

asked Nov 5, 2017 at 18:43

11 votes

3 answers

9k views

unshift args after calling shift 1

asked Jul 13, 2018 at 18:00

10 votes

3 answers

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Why is sh (not bash) complaining about functions defined in my .bashrc?

asked Aug 26, 2019 at 18:03

10 votes

1 answer

6k views

Difference between `kill -9 <pid>` and `kill -INT <pid>`?

asked Oct 20, 2017 at 21:09

10 votes

1 answer

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Warning find: warning: you have specified the -maxdepth option after a non-option argument

asked Dec 8, 2016 at 3:54

9 votes

2 answers

13k views

Send EOF to named pipe - cleaning up / drying up fifo

asked Jul 7, 2017 at 18:38

9 votes

4 answers

4k views

back ticks vs double quotes

asked May 28, 2018 at 3:54

9 votes

1 answer

3k views

Display webpage with unix domain socket

asked Mar 30, 2020 at 6:43

9 votes

4 answers

9k views

echo names and values of all env variables that start with "nlu_setting"

asked Aug 4, 2018 at 5:17

9 votes

1 answer

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If no input is given to xargs, don't let xargs run the utility [duplicate]

asked May 28, 2019 at 19:33

8 votes

2 answers

4k views

How to cat named pipe without waiting

asked Jun 4, 2019 at 17:25

8 votes

1 answer

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How to redirect to a file from a heredoc

asked Oct 21, 2019 at 21:12

8 votes

1 answer

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what is the difference between >&2 and &>2 [duplicate]

asked May 15, 2018 at 0:54

8 votes

1 answer

7k views

Bash script is not inheriting its parent's env

asked Mar 3, 2018 at 21:40

7 votes

3 answers

6k views

Communicate backwards in a pipe

asked Nov 13, 2017 at 17:14

7 votes

1 answer

11k views

Will a systemd service automatically manage it's logs (do log rotation etc)

asked Mar 30, 2020 at 21:58

6 votes

2 answers

9k views

echo list / array to xargs

asked Sep 26, 2018 at 2:19

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311 Questions

Collect exit codes of parallel background processes (sub shells)

Is there any sh code that is not syntactically valid bash code?

Any command in my terminal that exits with non-zero code closes my terminal window

Listen for exit of process given pid $$

tar --list only top level files and folders

Implicit return in bash functions?

What prevents stdout/stderr from interleaving?

Compare two file modification dates

One line env variable set behavior [duplicate]

`set -e` inside a bash function

Log exit code of command, similar to time command

Change buffer size of named pipe

grep - exit with 1 - if match

Append argument to arguments list

unshift args after calling shift 1

Why is sh (not bash) complaining about functions defined in my .bashrc?

Difference between `kill -9 <pid>` and `kill -INT <pid>`?

Warning find: warning: you have specified the -maxdepth option after a non-option argument

Send EOF to named pipe - cleaning up / drying up fifo

back ticks vs double quotes

Display webpage with unix domain socket

echo names and values of all env variables that start with "nlu_setting"

If no input is given to xargs, don't let xargs run the utility [duplicate]

How to cat named pipe without waiting

How to redirect to a file from a heredoc

what is the difference between >&2 and &>2 [duplicate]

Bash script is not inheriting its parent's env

Communicate backwards in a pipe

Will a systemd service automatically manage it's logs (do log rotation etc)

echo list / array to xargs