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Zip all files in directory?

answered Nov 28, 2012 at 16:49

326 votes

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Can grep return true/false or are there alternative methods

grep

answered Sep 18, 2012 at 17:36

227 votes

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Why are tar archive formats switching to xz compression to replace bzip2 and what about gzip?

history gzip bzip2 xz

answered Jan 6, 2014 at 18:57

126 votes

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Using while loop to ssh to multiple servers

ssh scripting io-redirection

answered Jan 4, 2014 at 7:52

121 votes

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Why is setting a variable before a command legal in bash?

bash shell environment-variables

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 16:04

115 votes

Flattening a nested directory

files directory rename recursive

answered Oct 24, 2012 at 19:30

113 votes

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How to randomly sample a subset of a file

command-line files command

answered Jan 9, 2014 at 18:57

107 votes

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How to disable X server autostart in Debian Jessie?

debian systemd init x-server lightdm

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 18:14

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How can I communicate with a Unix domain socket via the shell on Debian Squeeze?

shell debian socket telnet

answered Dec 13, 2011 at 23:11

104 votes

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Why does find -mtime +1 only return files older than 2 days?

find timestamps

answered Sep 25, 2013 at 16:08

92 votes

Busy Device on Umount

linux unmounting

answered Jan 4, 2014 at 21:36

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Copy image from clipboard to file

scripting x11 images clipboard

answered Jul 17, 2014 at 16:11

79 votes

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Find out which modules are associated with a usb device?

drivers kernel-modules

answered Jan 2, 2013 at 13:20

77 votes

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How to create SHA512 password hashes on command line

security password encryption hashsum

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 18:47

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RAIDing with LVM vs MDRAID - pros and cons?

lvm raid software-raid md

answered Feb 2, 2015 at 17:32

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How to extract the Root CA and Subordinate CA from a certificate chain in Linux?

openssl ssl certificates

answered May 30, 2017 at 17:02

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How does `man git init` get the right man page?

man

answered Feb 23, 2016 at 17:15

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Loading of shared libraries and RAM usage

memory executable libraries ram

answered Feb 21, 2014 at 20:01

65 votes

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Terminal autocomplete: cycle through suggestions

bash autocomplete

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 21:19

64 votes

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Bypass GPG signature checks only for a single repository

apt repository

answered Apr 24, 2015 at 19:30

61 votes

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How to allow non-superusers to mount any filesystem?

linux mount not-root-user

answered Oct 18, 2013 at 16:01

60 votes

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How to make user passwords shown as a clear text in Linux?

password

answered Jul 19, 2014 at 20:16

58 votes

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How does apt-get really work?

debian apt package-management repository aptitude

answered Jul 11, 2017 at 15:35

56 votes

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Booting a raw disk image in QEMU

virtual-machine qemu disk-image

answered Apr 14, 2016 at 15:10

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How to make a btrfs snapshot writable?

linux btrfs

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 18:12

55 votes

Verifying a SSL certificate's fingerprint?

openssl certificates puppet

answered Jul 3, 2014 at 17:55

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Determining if a file is a hard link or symbolic link?

shell-script files symlink hard-link

answered Nov 12, 2014 at 17:59

54 votes

Fast way to copy a large file on a LAN

networking nfs tcp file-copy

answered Sep 17, 2012 at 18:14

54 votes

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/etc/hosts file refer to another configuration file

hosts etc reference

answered Jan 7, 2013 at 16:30

53 votes

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Is there a faster alternative to cp for copying large files (~20 GB)?

cp file-copy

answered Jun 17, 2013 at 20:34

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Zip all files in directory?

Can grep return true/false or are there alternative methods

Why are tar archive formats switching to xz compression to replace bzip2 and what about gzip?

Using while loop to ssh to multiple servers

Why is setting a variable before a command legal in bash?

Flattening a nested directory

How to randomly sample a subset of a file

How to disable X server autostart in Debian Jessie?

How can I communicate with a Unix domain socket via the shell on Debian Squeeze?

Why does find -mtime +1 only return files older than 2 days?

Busy Device on Umount

Copy image from clipboard to file

Find out which modules are associated with a usb device?

How to create SHA512 password hashes on command line

RAIDing with LVM vs MDRAID - pros and cons?

How to extract the Root CA and Subordinate CA from a certificate chain in Linux?

How does `man git init` get the right man page?

Loading of shared libraries and RAM usage

Terminal autocomplete: cycle through suggestions

Bypass GPG signature checks only for a single repository

How to allow non-superusers to mount any filesystem?

How to make user passwords shown as a clear text in Linux?

How does apt-get really work?

Booting a raw disk image in QEMU

How to make a btrfs snapshot writable?

Verifying a SSL certificate's fingerprint?

Determining if a file is a hard link or symbolic link?

Fast way to copy a large file on a LAN

/etc/hosts file refer to another configuration file

Is there a faster alternative to cp for copying large files (~20 GB)?