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Looping through files with spaces in the names?

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How to define 'tab' delimiter with 'cut' in Bash?

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How can I get distribution name and version number in a simple shell script?

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How do you do a dry run of rm to see what files will be deleted?

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What is the difference between $* and $@?

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Show all the file up to the match

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Any reason NOT to run Linux in a VM all the time?

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Order of redirections

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Run a command that is shadowed by an alias

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How to move and overwrite subdirectories (and files) to parent directory?

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Output from ls has newlines but displays on a single line. Why?

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What's the difference between various $TERM variables?

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sort but keep header line at the top

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List packages on an apt based system by installation date

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How to check if Bash can print colors

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cp -L vs. cp -H

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Why do Unix-heads say "minus"?

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How to echo `single quote` when using single quote to wrap special characters in shell?

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Unix file naming convention

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Add thousands separator in a number

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^x^y unix trick for all instances in last command?

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What is the difference between ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile?

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What's a UTS namespace?

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Which are the standard commands available in every Linux based distribution?

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 15:18

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Why do we use su - and not just su?

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 11:18

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What's the difference between /sbin/nologin and /bin/false

answered Apr 7, 2011 at 21:27

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Is there a ".bashrc" equivalent file read by all shells?

answered Aug 2, 2012 at 23:54

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What does "3>&1 1>&2 2>&3" do in a script?

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Does parameter order matter with tar?

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make a log file

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Looping through files with spaces in the names?

How to define 'tab' delimiter with 'cut' in Bash?

How can I get distribution name and version number in a simple shell script?

How do you do a dry run of rm to see what files will be deleted?

What is the difference between $* and $@?

Show all the file up to the match

Any reason NOT to run Linux in a VM all the time?

Order of redirections

Run a command that is shadowed by an alias

How to move and overwrite subdirectories (and files) to parent directory?

Output from ls has newlines but displays on a single line. Why?

What's the difference between various $TERM variables?

sort but keep header line at the top

List packages on an apt based system by installation date

How to check if Bash can print colors

cp -L vs. cp -H

Why do Unix-heads say "minus"?

How to echo `single quote` when using single quote to wrap special characters in shell?

Unix file naming convention

Add thousands separator in a number

^x^y unix trick for all instances in last command?

What is the difference between ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile?

What's a UTS namespace?

Which are the standard commands available in every Linux based distribution?

Why do we use su - and not just su?

What's the difference between /sbin/nologin and /bin/false

Is there a ".bashrc" equivalent file read by all shells?

What does "3>&1 1>&2 2>&3" do in a script?

Does parameter order matter with tar?

make a log file