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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

261 votes

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What causes this green background in ls output?

answered Oct 10, 2013 at 19:34

156 votes

Why is swappiness set to 60 by default?

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 7:06

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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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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

27 votes

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

answered Apr 13, 2015 at 8:55

22 votes

How to disable USB autosuspend on kernel 3.7.10 or above?

answered Oct 8, 2013 at 5:17

20 votes

Run a binary owned by root without sudo

answered Sep 28, 2014 at 7:06

18 votes

Can anyone explain the output of mount?

answered Sep 23, 2013 at 5:23

18 votes

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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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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Chmod by Letters Vs Numbers

answered Oct 9, 2013 at 5:14

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Can a file be retrieved by its inode?

answered Sep 29, 2013 at 7:59

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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?

Why is swappiness set to 60 by default?

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

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

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

Chmod by Letters Vs Numbers

Can a file be retrieved by its inode?