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Does “less” have a feature like “tail --follow=name” (“-F”)

tail less pager
Mar 5 '20 at 11:20 Volker Siegel 14.6k
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Can not use `cut -c` (`--characters`) with UTF-8?

text-processing character-encoding unicode cut
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Exclude directories in locate search

files find directory locate
Feb 13 at 1:56 sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio 1,309
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How to round floating point numbers in shell?

bash command-line arithmetic floating-point
Oct 14 '19 at 17:29 Isaac 33.5k
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How to kill - softly? [duplicate]

process kill zombie-process
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No password to run command as root for fixed command? [duplicate]

sudo root password not-root-user
Jul 12 '14 at 0:55 Michael Homer 64.8k
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Concatenate files that overlap, avoiding repetition

text-processing
Mar 16 at 19:33 lesmana 23.4k
 
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Many transient files on journaled filesystem?

filesystems performance ext4 ext3 journaling
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How can I get an audio notification when multiple long running command have finished?

shell command-line audio
Jun 2 '18 at 11:54 Volker Siegel 14.6k
 
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How can I get an audio notification when a shell command have finished?

shell command-line audio
Jun 2 '18 at 11:42 Volker Siegel 14.6k
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How to repeat a word or line

text-processing
Jan 8 '20 at 7:34 Stéphane Chazelas 416k
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