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What is the point of Ctrl-S?

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Add arguments to 'bash -c'

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Tilde (~) inside working unix directory

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What is the number prefix in config files from .d directory

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How to tell if output of a command or shell script is stdout or stderr

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Is it possible to create and use menus in (terminal-based) vim?

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Is there any major difference when comparing a variable as a string or as an int

answered Jul 10, 2014 at 14:48

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

answered May 16, 2014 at 15:50

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Strip color on OS X with BSD sed (or any other tool)

answered Jul 1, 2014 at 21:36

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How to append multiple lines to a file with bash, with "--" in front of string

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Symlink aliasing files in subdirectories without changing current directory

answered Dec 29, 2014 at 21:49

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Why can the waitpid system call only be used with child processes?

answered Jul 9, 2015 at 17:10

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Sort comma-separated fields on each line by numeric value

answered Jul 2, 2014 at 14:46

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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 1:50

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How to test for number smaller than other number

answered Jun 23, 2014 at 19:19

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Run two commands on one argument (without scripting)

answered Jun 12, 2014 at 15:47

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Is it possible to make zcat output text even if it's uncompressed?

answered May 25, 2014 at 17:07

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Should I care about unnecessary cats?

answered Jun 30, 2014 at 16:24

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Why can't a constant regular expression be put on the left side of an ~ operator in gawk?

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 22:16

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Need to move the last line of the file to second line of the same file

answered Dec 12, 2014 at 19:02

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sed to search for multiple words and remove those lines

answered Jul 24, 2014 at 14:06

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What is so special about Linux permission 004?

answered Jul 6, 2015 at 17:55

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Surprising result using awk floating point arithmetic

answered Apr 6, 2015 at 17:31

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Is there any harm in using variables that aren't set?

answered Jun 23, 2014 at 14:56

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KSH - if/then/else vs. double amps (&&) and double pipes (||)

answered Apr 7, 2015 at 16:28

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`find` multiple -o -name condition AND ! -name

answered Apr 16, 2015 at 20:07

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Checking if line in file exists

answered Jun 20, 2014 at 12:21

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What does "spanning files" mean in the help of Manpage?

answered Jul 8, 2014 at 20:58

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Hiding Script Command Output

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Recursively iterate through files in a directory

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73 Answers

What is the point of Ctrl-S?

Add arguments to 'bash -c'

Tilde (~) inside working unix directory

What is the number prefix in config files from .d directory

How to tell if output of a command or shell script is stdout or stderr

Is it possible to create and use menus in (terminal-based) vim?

Is there any major difference when comparing a variable as a string or as an int

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

Strip color on OS X with BSD sed (or any other tool)

How to append multiple lines to a file with bash, with "--" in front of string

Symlink aliasing files in subdirectories without changing current directory

Why can the waitpid system call only be used with child processes?

Sort comma-separated fields on each line by numeric value

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

How to test for number smaller than other number

Run two commands on one argument (without scripting)

Is it possible to make zcat output text even if it's uncompressed?

Should I care about unnecessary cats?

Why can't a constant regular expression be put on the left side of an ~ operator in gawk?

Need to move the last line of the file to second line of the same file

sed to search for multiple words and remove those lines

What is so special about Linux permission 004?

Surprising result using awk floating point arithmetic

Is there any harm in using variables that aren't set?

KSH - if/then/else vs. double amps (&&) and double pipes (||)

`find` multiple -o -name condition AND ! -name

Checking if line in file exists

What does "spanning files" mean in the help of Manpage?

Hiding Script Command Output

Recursively iterate through files in a directory