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Find out what scripts are being run by bash at login

answered Jan 2, 2017 at 21:06

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Explain find's -path and -prune options

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SSH Tunnel in background

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 23:35

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Is there a "reverse sudo"?

answered Mar 22, 2017 at 23:13

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Variable randomly chosen among three numbers (10, 100, and 1000)

answered Dec 15, 2016 at 18:46

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How do I find out if my sudoer privilege timed out?

answered Dec 15, 2016 at 18:57

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Is there a way to find out SSD page size on Linux/Unix? What is "physical block" in fdisk output?

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 13:50

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In the code "{ exec >/dev/null; } >/dev/null" what is happening under the hood?

answered Dec 20, 2016 at 22:00

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Why do these two command variants, which are similar, give different outputs?

answered Nov 26, 2016 at 7:42

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Vim doesn't delete underlying lines in Visual Block Mode

answered Nov 25, 2016 at 9:44

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BIOS / GPT: do we need a 'boot' flag?

answered Nov 25, 2016 at 0:22

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Sed Explanation: sed '/./,$!d' file

answered Nov 17, 2016 at 9:50

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assign and inspect bash function metadata

answered Dec 9, 2016 at 15:10

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sed delete the line start with # but not with #! (shell scripts)

answered Jun 29, 2017 at 9:31

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Raise 128KiB limit on environment variables in Linux

answered May 27, 2019 at 18:06

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What are the use cases for a hard disk's WWN?

answered Nov 27, 2018 at 19:57

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How does the kernel scheduler know how to pre-empt a process?

answered Jul 21, 2018 at 2:48

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Determine which group(s) a running process is in?

answered May 17, 2018 at 12:13

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How to handle accents with enscript?

answered Dec 12, 2016 at 19:48

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Error in shell bracket test when string is a left-parenthesis

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 10:26

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What happens to a unix session when the session leader exits?

answered Nov 28, 2017 at 11:28

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How does every subdomain of localhost point to localhost on Fedora?

answered Nov 2, 2017 at 1:58

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BSD-style pseudoterminals vs. UNIX 98 pseudoterminals

answered Nov 21, 2017 at 11:23

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Why do I get different exit status for ps | grep in a script?

answered Jan 14, 2017 at 13:16

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Random colors and jokes in the shell/terminal

answered Dec 2, 2016 at 10:11

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bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device

answered Nov 21, 2016 at 20:40

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How to use Locale-Specific Translation in Bash?

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 11:27

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How to cause "Argument list too long" error?

answered Jun 23, 2018 at 18:03

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Why do I need to type exit twice in my terminal?

answered Dec 14, 2016 at 15:40

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Linux Mint 18 installer claims insufficient disk space

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 16:41

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Find out what scripts are being run by bash at login

Explain find's -path and -prune options

SSH Tunnel in background

Is there a "reverse sudo"?

Variable randomly chosen among three numbers (10, 100, and 1000)

How do I find out if my sudoer privilege timed out?

Is there a way to find out SSD page size on Linux/Unix? What is "physical block" in fdisk output?

In the code "{ exec >/dev/null; } >/dev/null" what is happening under the hood?

Why do these two command variants, which are similar, give different outputs?

Vim doesn't delete underlying lines in Visual Block Mode

BIOS / GPT: do we need a 'boot' flag?

Sed Explanation: sed '/./,$!d' file

assign and inspect bash function metadata

sed delete the line start with # but not with #! (shell scripts)

Raise 128KiB limit on environment variables in Linux

What are the use cases for a hard disk's WWN?

How does the kernel scheduler know how to pre-empt a process?

Determine which group(s) a running process is in?

How to handle accents with enscript?

Error in shell bracket test when string is a left-parenthesis

What happens to a unix session when the session leader exits?

How does every subdomain of localhost point to localhost on Fedora?

BSD-style pseudoterminals vs. UNIX 98 pseudoterminals

Why do I get different exit status for ps | grep in a script?

Random colors and jokes in the shell/terminal

bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device

How to use Locale-Specific Translation in Bash?

How to cause "Argument list too long" error?

Why do I need to type exit twice in my terminal?

Linux Mint 18 installer claims insufficient disk space