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How can I run ssh-add automatically, without a password prompt?

answered Sep 16, 2013 at 12:21

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Determine if Git working directory is clean from a script

answered Sep 11, 2014 at 15:48

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What causes this green background in ls output?

answered Oct 10, 2013 at 19:34

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How can I add an application to the GNOME application menu?

answered Nov 30, 2013 at 20:27

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Why is swappiness set to 60 by default?

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 7:06

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Does the shebang determine the shell which runs the script?

answered Aug 21, 2013 at 10:10

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How can get the creation date of a file?

answered Sep 18, 2013 at 5:00

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Why is the root directory denoted by a / sign?

answered Dec 3, 2013 at 9:50

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Does the kernel have a main() function?

answered Aug 16, 2013 at 6:15

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How to recover files I deleted now by running rm *?

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 10:07

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What's the difference between pkill and killall?

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 6:29

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Differences between volume, partition and drive

answered Aug 19, 2013 at 6:08

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Pronunciation for /usr directory

answered Dec 2, 2013 at 10:46

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When is a reboot required?

answered Apr 4, 2014 at 9:40

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Is there way to replace value of symbolic link?

answered Sep 27, 2013 at 13:01

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Search for a previous command with the same prefix when I press Up at a shell prompt

answered Oct 17, 2013 at 17:16

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What does the vm.swappiness parameter really control?

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 6:07

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Write output of wget or curl to a custom filename based on the url

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 10:14

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What are the different ways to set file permissions, etc., on GNU/Linux?

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 12:50

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How is nice working?

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 7:40

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Which file in kernel specifies fork(), vfork()... to use sys_clone() system call

answered Aug 21, 2013 at 20:14

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What is the difference between these commands for bringing down a Linux server?

answered Apr 13, 2015 at 8:55

23 votes

How to disable USB autosuspend on kernel 3.7.10 or above?

answered Oct 8, 2013 at 5:17

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Run a binary owned by root without sudo

answered Sep 28, 2014 at 7:06

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Can anyone explain the output of mount?

answered Sep 23, 2013 at 5:23

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Linux reboot out of memory

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 11:08

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Difference between a.out and ./a.out

answered Aug 4, 2013 at 16:52

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Chmod by Letters Vs Numbers

answered Oct 9, 2013 at 5:14

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What does the error "X is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported." philosophically/logically mean?

answered Jun 21, 2018 at 13:36

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Difference between Device file and device drivers

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 13:06

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How can I run ssh-add automatically, without a password prompt?

Determine if Git working directory is clean from a script

What causes this green background in ls output?

How can I add an application to the GNOME application menu?

Why is swappiness set to 60 by default?

Does the shebang determine the shell which runs the script?

How can get the creation date of a file?

Why is the root directory denoted by a / sign?

Does the kernel have a main() function?

How to recover files I deleted now by running rm *?

What's the difference between pkill and killall?

Differences between volume, partition and drive

Pronunciation for /usr directory

When is a reboot required?

Is there way to replace value of symbolic link?

Search for a previous command with the same prefix when I press Up at a shell prompt

What does the vm.swappiness parameter really control?

Write output of wget or curl to a custom filename based on the url

What are the different ways to set file permissions, etc., on GNU/Linux?

How is nice working?

Which file in kernel specifies fork(), vfork()... to use sys_clone() system call

What is the difference between these commands for bringing down a Linux server?

How to disable USB autosuspend on kernel 3.7.10 or above?

Run a binary owned by root without sudo

Can anyone explain the output of mount?

Linux reboot out of memory

Difference between a.out and ./a.out

Chmod by Letters Vs Numbers

What does the error "X is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported." philosophically/logically mean?

Difference between Device file and device drivers