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Download using wget to a different directory than current directory

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What does etc stand for?

answered Jan 11, 2011 at 5:46

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Access to original contents of mount point

answered Nov 30, 2010 at 3:56

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Determine the size of a block device

answered Jun 22, 2009 at 17:50

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How can I write to dmesg from command line?

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 21:42

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How to edit command line in full screen editor in ZSH?

answered Jan 29, 2011 at 1:03

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What charset encoding is used for filenames and paths on Linux?

answered Sep 15, 2010 at 21:30

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What makes OSX programs not runnable on Linux?

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 5:44

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find searching in parent directories instead of subdirectories

answered Jan 26, 2011 at 4:54

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What is a "loop device" when mounting?

answered Dec 4, 2010 at 21:30

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What is the difference between a job and a process?

answered Nov 20, 2010 at 21:02

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Can less invoke vim instead of the default vi when I hit the 'v' key?

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 5:20

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Non-Root Package Managers

answered Jan 8, 2011 at 4:41

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Is there parallel wget? Something like fping but only for downloading?

answered Apr 7, 2012 at 17:11

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How do I count the number of occurrences of a word in a text file with the command line?

answered Sep 19, 2010 at 21:06

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Where did /usr/lib64 go and what is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu?

answered Jul 16, 2012 at 20:29

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How to tell what type of filesystem you're on?

answered Mar 21, 2012 at 0:59

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What is [jbd2/dm-3-8] and [kdmflush]? And why are they constantly on iotop?

answered Dec 6, 2010 at 21:30

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'sort' produces output in a weird order

answered Nov 30, 2010 at 0:39

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Best way to search through shell's history

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 2:01

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Using xargs with input from a file

answered Oct 30, 2010 at 5:07

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Copy a file back to local system with ssh

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 23:09

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How can I create a file with multiple lines from the command-line?

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 17:53

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Why does xargs cause apt-get to abort?

answered Nov 15, 2010 at 17:34

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Is Ramdisk and initrd the same?

answered Dec 8, 2010 at 6:26

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What process created this X11 window?

answered Jan 8, 2011 at 4:18

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Has the GNU coreutils stat tool changed?

answered Oct 21, 2010 at 6:04

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How to create .ko files in Linux

answered Dec 8, 2010 at 6:29

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Recursively search folder but exclude svn subfolder

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 17:47

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Set the language for a single program execution

answered Jun 23, 2009 at 16:02

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74 Answers

Download using wget to a different directory than current directory

What does etc stand for?

Access to original contents of mount point

Determine the size of a block device

How can I write to dmesg from command line?

How to edit command line in full screen editor in ZSH?

What charset encoding is used for filenames and paths on Linux?

What makes OSX programs not runnable on Linux?

find searching in parent directories instead of subdirectories

What is a "loop device" when mounting?

What is the difference between a job and a process?

Can less invoke vim instead of the default vi when I hit the 'v' key?

Non-Root Package Managers

Is there parallel wget? Something like fping but only for downloading?

How do I count the number of occurrences of a word in a text file with the command line?

Where did /usr/lib64 go and what is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu?

How to tell what type of filesystem you're on?

What is [jbd2/dm-3-8] and [kdmflush]? And why are they constantly on iotop?

'sort' produces output in a weird order

Best way to search through shell's history

Using xargs with input from a file

Copy a file back to local system with ssh

How can I create a file with multiple lines from the command-line?

Why does xargs cause apt-get to abort?

Is Ramdisk and initrd the same?

What process created this X11 window?

Has the GNU coreutils stat tool changed?

How to create .ko files in Linux

Recursively search folder but exclude svn subfolder

Set the language for a single program execution