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Where do executables look for shared objects at runtime?

asked Oct 19, 2011 at 12:07

144 votes

11 answers

54k views

What is the difference between $* and $@?

asked Jun 25, 2012 at 9:51

111 votes

4 answers

47k views

How can I test for POSIX compliance of shell scripts?

asked Sep 21, 2012 at 12:35

63 votes

2 answers

9k views

What do different BSDs have in common?

asked Feb 3, 2012 at 12:25

55 votes

5 answers

279k views

How to run grep on a single column?

asked Feb 15, 2012 at 14:41

50 votes

2 answers

12k views

Are quotes needed for local variable assignment?

asked Oct 25, 2013 at 13:17

44 votes

4 answers

39k views

Executing user defined function in a find -exec call

asked Oct 12, 2012 at 13:30

40 votes

4 answers

18k views

find -exec + vs find | xargs: which one to choose?

asked Jun 27, 2012 at 10:45

32 votes

4 answers

102k views

Testing if a variable is empty in a shell script

asked Feb 20, 2012 at 10:28

30 votes

4 answers

30k views

Using grep -v on multiple arguments

asked Aug 26, 2011 at 10:02

28 votes

3 answers

31k views

How to modify write permission on current buffer in emacs?

asked Sep 10, 2012 at 16:04

24 votes

3 answers

14k views

How to get current buffer's filename in emacs?

asked Aug 9, 2012 at 9:30

24 votes

6 answers

15k views

Is there a way to limit overall CPU consumption?

asked Aug 22, 2011 at 22:25

24 votes

2 answers

5k views

GNU emacs vs. XEmacs

asked Jan 11, 2012 at 12:07

22 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why escape trivial characters in shell script?

asked Apr 5, 2012 at 9:47

18 votes

3 answers

4k views

"which" equivalent for shared libraries

asked Oct 6, 2011 at 17:08

14 votes

10 answers

27k views

What's the best way to count the number of files in a directory?

asked Dec 23, 2011 at 10:39

13 votes

2 answers

11k views

Do sleeping processes get the same CPU time?

asked Oct 19, 2011 at 0:43

12 votes

7 answers

8k views

How to avoid a useless use of cat when parsing a file?

asked Dec 19, 2011 at 16:00

11 votes

7 answers

14k views

How to get all lines between first and last occurrences of patterns?

asked Sep 12, 2012 at 14:03

10 votes

2 answers

730 views

Why do `cp` and `rm` treat directories separately?

asked Mar 1, 2013 at 20:01

10 votes

4 answers

4k views

Shell programming, avoiding tempfiles

asked Sep 28, 2011 at 12:10

10 votes

1 answer

3k views

Emacs: How to insert 'λ' instead of 'lambda' in Scheme mode?

asked Jan 26, 2012 at 8:38

9 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why is there no WORD_BIT in limits.h on Linux?

asked Sep 1, 2022 at 11:17

8 votes

1 answer

4k views

Can I launch a process as root without launching root's login shell?

asked May 12, 2013 at 14:59

8 votes

3 answers

18k views

What is the most correct way to pass an array to a function?

asked Jun 22, 2012 at 9:38

8 votes

2 answers

17k views

Sed: Replace N first occurrences of a character

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 12:26

8 votes

5 answers

42k views

Match regex in ksh

asked Oct 19, 2011 at 12:51

7 votes

2 answers

13k views

How to get a clean environment in a ksh shell?

asked Nov 2, 2011 at 14:45

7 votes

2 answers

491 views

System programming: How to gather info?

asked Oct 1, 2011 at 22:29

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63 Questions

Where do executables look for shared objects at runtime?

What is the difference between $* and $@?

How can I test for POSIX compliance of shell scripts?

What do different BSDs have in common?

How to run grep on a single column?

Are quotes needed for local variable assignment?

Executing user defined function in a find -exec call

find -exec + vs find | xargs: which one to choose?

Testing if a variable is empty in a shell script

Using grep -v on multiple arguments

How to modify write permission on current buffer in emacs?

How to get current buffer's filename in emacs?

Is there a way to limit overall CPU consumption?

GNU emacs vs. XEmacs

Why escape trivial characters in shell script?

"which" equivalent for shared libraries

What's the best way to count the number of files in a directory?

Do sleeping processes get the same CPU time?

How to avoid a useless use of cat when parsing a file?

How to get all lines between first and last occurrences of patterns?

Why do `cp` and `rm` treat directories separately?

Shell programming, avoiding tempfiles

Emacs: How to insert 'λ' instead of 'lambda' in Scheme mode?

Why is there no WORD_BIT in limits.h on Linux?

Can I launch a process as root without launching root's login shell?

What is the most correct way to pass an array to a function?

Sed: Replace N first occurrences of a character

Match regex in ksh

How to get a clean environment in a ksh shell?

System programming: How to gather info?