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Run commands in parallel and wait for one group of commands to finish before starting the next

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Rebinding/disabling CTRL+ALT+F# Virtual Terminal/Console Switching

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

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How does 'find -exec' pass file names with spaces?

answered Nov 15, 2015 at 4:02

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Opening current directory from a terminal onto a file browser?

answered Nov 23, 2015 at 18:29

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How to preserve the newline character (\n) when capture output of a command in a variable

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 2:12

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Rename files based on their parent directory using find/xargs command?

answered Dec 31, 2015 at 0:26

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How can I kill a program started from rc.local when Ctrl-C doesn't work?

answered Oct 29, 2015 at 15:55

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What are the keyboard shortcuts for the command-line?

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What is Debian's equivalent of do-release-upgrade to upgrade the operating system? (for example, from stretch to buster)

answered Jan 16, 2016 at 18:40

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Mac OS X: Terminal Prompt Username

answered Oct 26, 2015 at 23:22

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Can I use the find command to pass arguments to perl?

answered Dec 3, 2015 at 6:42

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Can users in a group access a file that is in another user's home directory?

answered Nov 20, 2015 at 8:03

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How to add subject line when sending email output of find using ssmtp

answered Nov 20, 2015 at 7:18

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Package firefox is not available

answered Oct 30, 2015 at 13:05

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How to merge multiple files based on a timestamp

answered Oct 27, 2015 at 19:44

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Looping through a shell array given as parameter

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 21:02

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Unable to store command output in variable

answered Dec 25, 2015 at 17:33

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Do programs invoked by shell inherit shell variables?

answered Dec 5, 2015 at 20:38

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Extracting IP address from a text and store it in a variable

answered Nov 15, 2015 at 1:17

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How to round or convert a float value to int with bc? getting: "(standard_in) 1: syntax error"

answered Nov 1, 2015 at 20:32

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How can I handle SIGINT trap with a user prompt in shell script?

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 1:15

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Issues with regex match using the =~ operator of the bash [[ command

answered Oct 14, 2017 at 21:34

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how to execute a shell script from any directory

answered Oct 31, 2015 at 17:52

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How to stop the loop bash script in terminal?

answered Oct 27, 2015 at 6:37

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sed and sudo with string replace

answered Nov 14, 2015 at 5:38

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How do I read the version of a deb package without Debian tools?

answered Dec 1, 2015 at 23:59

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Script that Outputs the Average of Multiple Group lines, from a File

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 6:40

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Using awk to sum the values of a column, based on the values of another column

answered Nov 14, 2015 at 5:02

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import: unable to open X server `' @ error/import.c/ImportImageCommand/361

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Run commands in parallel and wait for one group of commands to finish before starting the next

Rebinding/disabling CTRL+ALT+F# Virtual Terminal/Console Switching

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

How does 'find -exec' pass file names with spaces?

Opening current directory from a terminal onto a file browser?

How to preserve the newline character (\n) when capture output of a command in a variable

Rename files based on their parent directory using find/xargs command?

How can I kill a program started from rc.local when Ctrl-C doesn't work?

What are the keyboard shortcuts for the command-line?

What is Debian's equivalent of do-release-upgrade to upgrade the operating system? (for example, from stretch to buster)

Mac OS X: Terminal Prompt Username

Can I use the find command to pass arguments to perl?

Can users in a group access a file that is in another user's home directory?

How to add subject line when sending email output of find using ssmtp

Package firefox is not available

How to merge multiple files based on a timestamp

Looping through a shell array given as parameter

Unable to store command output in variable

Do programs invoked by shell inherit shell variables?

Extracting IP address from a text and store it in a variable

How to round or convert a float value to int with bc? getting: "(standard_in) 1: syntax error"

How can I handle SIGINT trap with a user prompt in shell script?

Issues with regex match using the =~ operator of the bash [[ command

how to execute a shell script from any directory

How to stop the loop bash script in terminal?

sed and sudo with string replace

How do I read the version of a deb package without Debian tools?

Script that Outputs the Average of Multiple Group lines, from a File

Using awk to sum the values of a column, based on the values of another column

import: unable to open X server `' @ error/import.c/ImportImageCommand/361