Michael Homer

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How to change where a symlink points

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How can I test if a variable is empty or contains only spaces?

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Where is bash's history stored?

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Is there a way of reading the last element of an array with bash?

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Linux: set date through command line

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What is the difference between the "...", '...', $'...', and $"..." quotes in the shell?

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What does POSIX require for quoted here documents inside command substitution?

Jan 29, 2017

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What does POSIX sed require for `1d;1,2d` where an address range starts from an already-deleted line?

Aug 9, 2019

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I edited a Linux file with a Windows program while using the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and now I can't access it any more

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Is it a good practice to delete all variables at the end of a script?

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How do I bring HEREDOC text into a shell script variable?

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How to change where a symlink points

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Using /dev/stdin and a heredoc to pass a file from the command line

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