User Greg Hewgill

175 votes

Run a command without making me wait

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 21:28

71 votes

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Why can't Vim open a 100 MB text file when I have 16 GB RAM?

answered Jun 26, 2014 at 2:13

45 votes

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Why are TCP/IP sockets considered "open files"?

answered Sep 24, 2014 at 22:24

28 votes

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Caret square bracket square bracket A ^[[A - What does it mean?

answered Aug 13, 2015 at 1:22

27 votes

How to list files starting with "a" or "c" from /etc.

answered May 22, 2014 at 2:58

26 votes

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How pipes work in Linux

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 23:35

25 votes

How does the OS know that a command needs sudo?

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 20:28

19 votes

What does the -e do in a bash shebang?

answered Jun 30, 2011 at 19:45

13 votes

Why won't Linux let me play with /dev/dsp?

answered Dec 4, 2013 at 22:55

12 votes

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How does make continue compilation?

answered Jun 18, 2014 at 21:19

11 votes

Weird SSH/SCP progress meter behavior

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 1:15

11 votes

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Is the Unix Programmers Manual relevant for Linux?

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 20:36

11 votes

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Can a domain be configured to only have secondary DNS nameserver records?

answered Jun 26, 2014 at 21:06

9 votes

why 'echo --help' doesn't give me help page of echo?

answered Sep 4, 2014 at 3:30

8 votes

How to tell sudo to repeat lecture once?

answered Sep 29, 2013 at 22:54

8 votes

Basic commands not working i.e: -bash: ls: No such file or directory

answered Nov 12, 2014 at 2:07

7 votes

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Pipe output from one command to another command's non standard input

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 23:20

6 votes

Is setting a higher nice level for a process an effective way to reduce its impact on system load/CPU time?

answered Dec 17, 2013 at 21:10

6 votes

what is "play" command/package available by default in Linux Mint and how to remove it

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 3:30

6 votes

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How can i colorize cat output including unknown filetypes in b&w?

answered Nov 12, 2013 at 2:16

5 votes

Running assembly program as ring 0

answered Jul 2, 2014 at 22:00

5 votes

why strace ignores my alias for rm?

answered Sep 17, 2014 at 20:18

4 votes

Disallow Changing of Passwords

answered Jun 16, 2014 at 22:47

4 votes

List only file size and name and symlinks

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 0:41

4 votes

NTP with networks isolated

answered May 27, 2014 at 2:29

4 votes

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Change login user account when accessing server through Putty

answered Oct 7, 2014 at 19:46

4 votes

Why does ls .* show different files than ls ./.*?

answered Apr 19, 2016 at 23:44

3 votes

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Leaving VIFM in such a way that the terminal directory is the same as the last visited VIFM directory

answered Oct 5, 2014 at 20:47

3 votes

Sending a string to strace for "printf debugging"

answered Dec 4, 2014 at 20:32

3 votes

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visual mode in vi to remove char at the end of multiple lines

answered Dec 4, 2014 at 20:41

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49 Answers

Run a command without making me wait

Why can't Vim open a 100 MB text file when I have 16 GB RAM?

Why are TCP/IP sockets considered "open files"?

Caret square bracket square bracket A ^[[A - What does it mean?

How to list files starting with "a" or "c" from /etc.

How pipes work in Linux

How does the OS know that a command needs sudo?

What does the -e do in a bash shebang?

Why won't Linux let me play with /dev/dsp?

How does make continue compilation?

Weird SSH/SCP progress meter behavior

Is the Unix Programmers Manual relevant for Linux?

Can a domain be configured to only have secondary DNS nameserver records?

why 'echo --help' doesn't give me help page of echo?

How to tell sudo to repeat lecture once?

Basic commands not working i.e: -bash: ls: No such file or directory

Pipe output from one command to another command's non standard input

Is setting a higher nice level for a process an effective way to reduce its impact on system load/CPU time?

what is "play" command/package available by default in Linux Mint and how to remove it

How can i colorize cat output including unknown filetypes in b&w?

Running assembly program as ring 0

why strace ignores my alias for rm?

Disallow Changing of Passwords

List only file size and name and symlinks

NTP with networks isolated

Change login user account when accessing server through Putty

Why does ls .* show different files than ls ./.*?

Leaving VIFM in such a way that the terminal directory is the same as the last visited VIFM directory

Sending a string to strace for "printf debugging"

visual mode in vi to remove char at the end of multiple lines