User Matt Alexander

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When I run `./command.sh &`, the background task is suspended. How can I keep it running?

asked Nov 6, 2014 at 21:05

11 votes

2 answers

4k views

Tar up all PDFs in a directory, retaining directory structure

asked Jan 10, 2011 at 19:45

6 votes

1 answer

418 views

How can I output "temporarily" to the shell, like zsh tab completion does?

asked Aug 7, 2011 at 8:02

5 votes

3 answers

3k views

Permanently switching to zsh in a script, without being root and without being asked for the password

asked Aug 4, 2011 at 18:02

5 votes

0 answers

2k views

Automounting not working correctly for CIFS shares; weird results [closed]

asked Aug 5, 2011 at 4:30

4 votes

3 answers

4k views

Trying to record a screencast using ffmpeg but my mouse pointer is invisible

asked Nov 22, 2013 at 18:49

3 votes

1 answer

191 views

How can I find the git commit in a repo that is more similar to a specified branch?

asked May 1, 2014 at 15:22

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

Storing `find` parameters in a variable

asked Jan 27, 2011 at 19:55

2 votes

2 answers

284 views

Perl find and replace is writing every file

asked Jan 29, 2011 at 20:58

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

A local, centralized, secure way to store FTP login data, including passwords

asked May 14, 2011 at 18:18

2 votes

3 answers

3k views

NFS server dropped connection momentarily, now df, ls, and umount all hang

asked May 31, 2013 at 14:56

1 vote

0 answers

2k views

Blank screen after logging out of XFCE

asked Oct 31, 2013 at 18:37

1 vote

1 answer

714 views

Comprehensive /etc/auto.disks script for autofs that takes into consideration all mounted disks, including NTFS and FAT32?

asked Aug 5, 2011 at 8:48

1 vote

1 answer

206 views

Not allowed to read a file for some reason

asked Mar 19, 2014 at 2:30

1 vote

2 answers

180 views

A combination of uniq and agrep?

asked Apr 29, 2014 at 11:52

0 votes

0 answers

544 views

Piping the output of an interactive shell script

asked Oct 29, 2021 at 19:16

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When I run `./command.sh &`, the background task is suspended. How can I keep it running?

Tar up all PDFs in a directory, retaining directory structure

How can I output "temporarily" to the shell, like zsh tab completion does?

Permanently switching to zsh in a script, without being root and without being asked for the password

Automounting not working correctly for CIFS shares; weird results [closed]

Trying to record a screencast using ffmpeg but my mouse pointer is invisible

How can I find the git commit in a repo that is more similar to a specified branch?

Storing `find` parameters in a variable

Perl find and replace is writing every file

A local, centralized, secure way to store FTP login data, including passwords

NFS server dropped connection momentarily, now df, ls, and umount all hang

Blank screen after logging out of XFCE

Comprehensive /etc/auto.disks script for autofs that takes into consideration all mounted disks, including NTFS and FAT32?

Not allowed to read a file for some reason

A combination of uniq and agrep?

Piping the output of an interactive shell script