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What is the difference between /opt and /usr/local?

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 11:35

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Why does Linux use LF as the newline character?

answered Dec 19, 2017 at 15:11

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What does the .d stand for in directory names?

answered Nov 14, 2010 at 11:16

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#!/bin/bash - no such file or directory

answered Dec 17, 2011 at 17:09

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Does tail read the whole file?

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 9:52

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Why is cd not a program?

answered May 16, 2012 at 20:44

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How to delete directories based on `find` output?

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 11:04

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Why can't I remove the '.' directory?

answered Jun 13, 2016 at 7:32

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Vi vs vim, or, is there any reason why I would ever want to use vi?

answered Jan 19, 2013 at 2:48

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What does "esac" mean at the end of a bash case statement? Is it required?

answered Jan 18, 2016 at 22:38

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How do I run the same linux command in more than one tab/shell simultaneously?

answered Sep 4, 2013 at 23:32

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Linux: Difference between /dev/console , /dev/tty and /dev/tty0

answered Jan 8, 2013 at 16:18

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How does /usr/bin/env know which program to use?

answered May 6, 2011 at 15:26

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Why are POSIX mandatory utilities not built into the shell?

answered Feb 23, 2017 at 22:48

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find's "-exec rm {} \;" vs "-delete"

answered Apr 4, 2015 at 9:24

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How do I replace AND (&&) in a for loop?

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 8:01

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Which version of Ubuntu is my Linux Mint installation based on?

answered Mar 16, 2016 at 14:14

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What's the philosophy behind delaying writing data to disk?

answered Aug 20, 2015 at 13:36

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What file systems on Linux store the creation time?

answered Jun 5, 2012 at 19:32

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How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

answered Jan 11, 2017 at 8:17

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find: missing argument to -exec

answered May 7, 2014 at 21:18

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Is it safe to add . to my PATH? How come?

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 6:18

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Why does a software package run just fine even when it is being upgraded?

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 5:22

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Recursive search doesn't work for grep on solaris

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 20:26

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What scopes can shell variables have?

answered Jan 5, 2012 at 6:03

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Delete the first n bytes of files

answered May 27, 2011 at 15:20

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Difference between /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin

answered Feb 2, 2016 at 5:42

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Does vi silently add a newline (LF) at the end of file?

answered Feb 17, 2016 at 19:37

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Where is "export var=value" not available?

answered Mar 28, 2015 at 16:24

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Is swap an anachronism?

answered Feb 27, 2012 at 21:45

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What is the difference between /opt and /usr/local?

Why does Linux use LF as the newline character?

What does the .d stand for in directory names?

#!/bin/bash - no such file or directory

Does tail read the whole file?

Why is cd not a program?

How to delete directories based on `find` output?

Why can't I remove the '.' directory?

Vi vs vim, or, is there any reason why I would ever want to use vi?

What does "esac" mean at the end of a bash case statement? Is it required?

How do I run the same linux command in more than one tab/shell simultaneously?

Linux: Difference between /dev/console , /dev/tty and /dev/tty0

How does /usr/bin/env know which program to use?

Why are POSIX mandatory utilities not built into the shell?

find's "-exec rm {} \;" vs "-delete"

How do I replace AND (&&) in a for loop?

Which version of Ubuntu is my Linux Mint installation based on?

What's the philosophy behind delaying writing data to disk?

What file systems on Linux store the creation time?

How exactly does "/bin/[" work?

find: missing argument to -exec

Is it safe to add . to my PATH? How come?

Why does a software package run just fine even when it is being upgraded?

Recursive search doesn't work for grep on solaris

What scopes can shell variables have?

Delete the first n bytes of files

Difference between /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin

Does vi silently add a newline (LF) at the end of file?

Where is "export var=value" not available?

Is swap an anachronism?