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Using sed to find and replace complex string (preferrably with regex)

answered Jun 7, 2013 at 21:52

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How to get IP Address using shell script?

bash shell ubuntu shell-script bash-script

answered Mar 12, 2014 at 7:53

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Iterating over multiple-line string stored in variable

bash read

answered Apr 11, 2016 at 19:15

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Are FIFO, pipe & Unix domain socket the same thing in Linux kernel?

pipe linux-kernel socket ipc fifo

answered May 15, 2013 at 12:35

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In Vim , how can I copy from several lines? (not a range);

vim

answered Apr 28, 2016 at 11:05

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What is meant by "a system call" if not the implementation in the programing language?

kernel c posix system-calls

answered Apr 18, 2014 at 9:21

24 votes

Find a file which is 30 minutes old

find

answered Jul 18, 2014 at 15:34

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Give default write permission to group to any newly created files and folders

permissions group

answered May 15, 2013 at 18:40

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How do you remember the syntax for 2>&1 redirection

io-redirection

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 14:04

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Find out if library is in path

linux dynamic-linking ld

answered May 10, 2016 at 9:46

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Call a Linux syscall from a scripting language

linux scripting syscalls

answered Mar 24, 2017 at 21:28

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initiate ssh connection from server to client

ssh ssh-tunneling

answered May 28, 2014 at 8:51

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Group memberships and setuid/setgid processes

permissions group setuid setgid

answered Mar 8, 2014 at 22:52

14 votes

How to tell if a file is memory mapped?

files memory

answered Sep 13, 2016 at 8:50

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How to remove any string from a file via shell scripts?

linux shell-script bash-script

answered May 29, 2013 at 15:07

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How to tell Firefox to use another ALSA device?

audio firefox alsa browser

answered Sep 15, 2016 at 6:55

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find length of longest line in all text files in a directory

awk

answered Aug 18, 2014 at 14:58

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"The entry is a door" in Solaris "ls" man page

solaris ls man door

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 11:31

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use `/run/shm` (formerly `/dev/shm`) as a temp directory

directory-structure tmpfs shared-memory

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 12:42

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How can a version of a package conflict with itself?

package-management software-installation rpm

answered May 13, 2013 at 13:31

10 votes

What is the '+' in find command for?

find

answered Jun 7, 2013 at 13:24

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File permission with setuid and octal 4000

chmod setuid

answered Jul 17, 2014 at 14:51

10 votes

What happends when sending SIGKILL to a Zombie Process in Linux?

linux process signals zombie-process

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 8:23

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Combined Word Count for Files in Directories

wc

answered Mar 25, 2017 at 22:19

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What exactly did mv /tmp/folder/* /* do to my filesystem?

wildcards

answered Jun 18, 2013 at 19:01

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How to compile the C compiler from scratch, then compile Unix/Linux from scratch

linux kernel compiling gcc compiler

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 8:00

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Function symbol gets '.part' suffix after compilation

compiling gcc symbol-table

answered Dec 4, 2015 at 13:31

8 votes

How can a log program continue to log to a deleted file?

files logs open-files file-descriptors

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 8:03

7 votes

How to save a single desktop snapshot in jpg with ffmpeg?

ffmpeg

answered Feb 10, 2017 at 15:02

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Sort a text file according to a character within a field

text-processing sort

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 7:48

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Using sed to find and replace complex string (preferrably with regex)

How to get IP Address using shell script?

Iterating over multiple-line string stored in variable

Are FIFO, pipe & Unix domain socket the same thing in Linux kernel?

In Vim , how can I copy from several lines? (not a range);

What is meant by "a system call" if not the implementation in the programing language?

Find a file which is 30 minutes old

Give default write permission to group to any newly created files and folders

How do you remember the syntax for 2>&1 redirection

Find out if library is in path

Call a Linux syscall from a scripting language

initiate ssh connection from server to client

Group memberships and setuid/setgid processes

How to tell if a file is memory mapped?

How to remove any string from a file via shell scripts?

How to tell Firefox to use another ALSA device?

find length of longest line in all text files in a directory

"The entry is a door" in Solaris "ls" man page

use `/run/shm` (formerly `/dev/shm`) as a temp directory

How can a version of a package conflict with itself?

What is the '+' in find command for?

File permission with setuid and octal 4000

What happends when sending SIGKILL to a Zombie Process in Linux?

Combined Word Count for Files in Directories

What exactly did mv /tmp/folder/* /* do to my filesystem?

How to compile the C compiler from scratch, then compile Unix/Linux from scratch

Function symbol gets '.part' suffix after compilation

How can a log program continue to log to a deleted file?

How to save a single desktop snapshot in jpg with ffmpeg?

Sort a text file according to a character within a field