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62 votes

What is a convenient way to run long list of commands, and show a message if something goes wrong?

bash shell

answered Dec 29, 2019 at 17:27

48 votes

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Ctrl-Alt-Del equivalent on Linux?

centos kill

answered Feb 15 at 19:53

28 votes

How can I remove a directory with the name of '--' (single-quotes are part of the name)

linux command-line

answered Dec 15, 2021 at 7:41

10 votes

Grep Match and extract

awk grep

answered Jun 8, 2019 at 6:58

10 votes

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How do I delete a line only if it is at the specified line number and it matches the pattern?

bash sed

answered Oct 2, 2016 at 15:47

8 votes

Loop over everything in a directory?

shell-script scripting terminal osx

answered Sep 6, 2016 at 21:30

7 votes

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bash crashed with for loop

bash shell shell-script crash

answered Sep 5, 2014 at 11:47

7 votes

How do I allow a script access to a file?

permissions raspbian

answered Jul 24, 2018 at 18:11

7 votes

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Print Arrays Without Duplicates in AWK

text-processing awk join

answered Nov 17, 2020 at 6:36

7 votes

How to disable fingerprint authentication when laptop lid is closed?

ubuntu systemd pam acpi fingerprint

answered Nov 22, 2021 at 12:52

6 votes

Accepted

Why does echo "a" | wc -m return 2?

pipe echo wc

answered Mar 21, 2019 at 16:53

6 votes

Subtract time using bash?

bash date variable arithmetic

answered Dec 24, 2018 at 12:50

6 votes

Collate tab-delimited files

text-processing join

answered Aug 9, 2014 at 14:26

5 votes

How to split a large folder into smaller folders of equal size

files directory split size

answered Dec 20, 2018 at 14:23

4 votes

make: *** [all] Error 2

terminal macintosh

answered Sep 10, 2014 at 18:09

4 votes

How to split multiple column into two columns based on the first column

linux text-processing

answered May 10, 2017 at 11:03

4 votes

How to replace `\t` with a TAB character in a string, in a way that is independent of the shell?

bash shell

answered Jul 18, 2021 at 16:54

3 votes

Replacing // with /* */ using sed command

sed regular-expression

answered Mar 9 at 5:23

3 votes

Accepted

awk no print if value from file1 not match value in file2

awk search pattern-matching

answered May 22 at 7:48

3 votes

Accepted

Bash (sed) script works directly from command line but not through watch

bash command-line sed watch

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 15:10

3 votes

Accepted

Choices for dealing with a signal?

signals trap

answered May 31, 2018 at 4:08

3 votes

Extract A record and query time from dig output

text-processing ip-address dig

answered Sep 11, 2019 at 13:22

3 votes

How to execute multiple .sh files in different directories using *.sh

linux bash shell-script

answered Apr 26, 2020 at 6:59

3 votes

Run script with arguments as user

sudo users su

answered Jun 10, 2019 at 8:37

2 votes

awk: print last N columns but with a different field separator

text-processing awk

answered Apr 10, 2020 at 14:28

2 votes

If Extra delimiter delete last delimiter

text-processing sed

answered Dec 20, 2017 at 18:28

2 votes

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How do I kill a process created with disown?

disown

answered Mar 10, 2018 at 18:55

2 votes

How do I count the total number of unique strings from a file using linux

linux

answered Aug 21, 2014 at 10:11

2 votes

How does one execute a script that has been piped in?

bash pipe chmod

answered Mar 4, 2021 at 17:24

1 vote

Run program with environment set to variables in a file

bash environment-variables

answered Jul 23, 2014 at 17:51

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46 Answers

What is a convenient way to run long list of commands, and show a message if something goes wrong?

Ctrl-Alt-Del equivalent on Linux?

How can I remove a directory with the name of '--' (single-quotes are part of the name)

Grep Match and extract

How do I delete a line only if it is at the specified line number and it matches the pattern?

Loop over everything in a directory?

bash crashed with for loop

How do I allow a script access to a file?

Print Arrays Without Duplicates in AWK

How to disable fingerprint authentication when laptop lid is closed?

Why does echo "a" | wc -m return 2?

Subtract time using bash?

Collate tab-delimited files

How to split a large folder into smaller folders of equal size

make: *** [all] Error 2

How to split multiple column into two columns based on the first column

How to replace `\t` with a TAB character in a string, in a way that is independent of the shell?

Replacing // with /* */ using sed command

awk no print if value from file1 not match value in file2

Bash (sed) script works directly from command line but not through watch

Choices for dealing with a signal?

Extract A record and query time from dig output

How to execute multiple .sh files in different directories using *.sh

Run script with arguments as user

awk: print last N columns but with a different field separator

If Extra delimiter delete last delimiter

How do I kill a process created with disown?

How do I count the total number of unique strings from a file using linux

How does one execute a script that has been piped in?

Run program with environment set to variables in a file