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How to add repository from shell in Debian?

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 15:13

118 votes

Clear / erase a mistyped invisible password on a shell / terminal in Linux

terminal input

answered Oct 10, 2012 at 19:46

108 votes

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How to run time on multiple commands AND write the time output to file?

shell command time-utility

answered Aug 22, 2012 at 19:36

82 votes

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How to stop the loop bash script in terminal?

bash signals trap

answered Sep 17, 2012 at 16:54

68 votes

How can swapoff be that slow?

swap

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 3:34

51 votes

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Bash autocomplete: first list files then cycle through them

bash autocomplete

answered Nov 13, 2012 at 17:27

47 votes

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Linux, disable /dev/fd0 (floppy)

linux ubuntu thunar xubuntu

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 17:30

47 votes

For filenames, are underscores or dashes more common in Unix file names?

files filenames

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 17:14

32 votes

Where to download Linux Kernel source code of a specific version?

linux-kernel source version

answered Aug 22, 2012 at 16:14

32 votes

Can a file that was originally sparse and then expanded be made sparse again?

files utilities sparse-files

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 21:10

26 votes

What is the difference between kernel drivers and kernel modules?

linux kernel kernel-modules drivers

answered Sep 5, 2012 at 14:33

25 votes

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How do I achieve higher resolution than physical resolution of an LCD?

xorg compiz resolution

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 4:33

21 votes

Given a git commit hash, how to find out which kernel release contains it?

linux linux-kernel git source

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 16:34

18 votes

What is ".xsession" for?

answered Sep 6, 2012 at 20:36

17 votes

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In a Bash Script how does the continue command work with embedded loops?

bash shell control-flow

answered Aug 14, 2012 at 21:04

16 votes

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What happens when I do "cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX"?

linux devices live-usb

answered Sep 15, 2012 at 13:25

13 votes

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Mounting and modifying a loopback file without sudo/root, is it possible?

linux mount qt raspberry-pi

answered Aug 27, 2012 at 16:47

13 votes

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Creating a bootable Linux installation USB without unetbootin

boot usb system-installation scientific-linux pv

answered Aug 14, 2012 at 5:35

12 votes

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disable apt-listchanges (and other interactive stuff) during upgrades (reliably)

apt upgrade

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 5:26

10 votes

How to attach to remote machine's local display session over ssh?

ssh x11 x-server remote-desktop

answered Nov 9, 2012 at 18:37

9 votes

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kill -9 hangs, unable to kill process (murder proof process)

kill process-management

answered Nov 8, 2012 at 17:57

9 votes

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executing binary file: file not found

ubuntu files compiling binary patchelf

answered Aug 11, 2012 at 20:44

9 votes

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Identifying the system package manager

shell package-management distros

answered Aug 22, 2012 at 16:07

9 votes

Defragmentation of LVM2 logical volumes

partition performance storage lvm

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 17:06

9 votes

How to umount a USB drive?

mount usb-drive

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 17:22

8 votes

Possible to configure Login TTY over Audio device (Morse code or similar)?

audio prompt tty

answered Aug 10, 2012 at 18:00

8 votes

Copying a single file to multiple directories using cp

bash shell cp

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 17:04

8 votes

Console Text Editor with Windows-like keyboard shortcuts (ctrl-z, x, c, v)

command-line software-rec editors

answered Oct 3, 2012 at 20:53

7 votes

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Sed processed file displays differently in vi vs cat

sed vi xterm

answered Oct 9, 2012 at 17:56

7 votes

How to make and apply (patch) one side diff?

text-processing scripting configuration diff patch

answered Aug 23, 2012 at 21:26

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How to add repository from shell in Debian?

Clear / erase a mistyped invisible password on a shell / terminal in Linux

How to run time on multiple commands AND write the time output to file?

How to stop the loop bash script in terminal?

How can swapoff be that slow?

Bash autocomplete: first list files then cycle through them

Linux, disable /dev/fd0 (floppy)

For filenames, are underscores or dashes more common in Unix file names?

Where to download Linux Kernel source code of a specific version?

Can a file that was originally sparse and then expanded be made sparse again?

What is the difference between kernel drivers and kernel modules?

How do I achieve higher resolution than physical resolution of an LCD?

Given a git commit hash, how to find out which kernel release contains it?

What is ".xsession" for?

In a Bash Script how does the continue command work with embedded loops?

What happens when I do "cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX"?

Mounting and modifying a loopback file without sudo/root, is it possible?

Creating a bootable Linux installation USB without unetbootin

disable apt-listchanges (and other interactive stuff) during upgrades (reliably)

How to attach to remote machine's local display session over ssh?

kill -9 hangs, unable to kill process (murder proof process)

executing binary file: file not found

Identifying the system package manager

Defragmentation of LVM2 logical volumes

How to umount a USB drive?

Possible to configure Login TTY over Audio device (Morse code or similar)?

Copying a single file to multiple directories using cp

Console Text Editor with Windows-like keyboard shortcuts (ctrl-z, x, c, v)

Sed processed file displays differently in vi vs cat

How to make and apply (patch) one side diff?