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dd vs. cat – is dd still relevant these days? (2011)
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susam
on Nov 3, 2022
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Can I exec a new process without an executable file? (2015)
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118 points
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notamy
on Nov 3, 2022
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How does `ssh -X' work?
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metadat
on Aug 19, 2022
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Debian Ash with Tabcomplete
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on Aug 3, 2022
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How complex can a program be written in pure Bash?
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ilyash
on May 22, 2022
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What does ESRCH mean (2016)
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limoce
on April 22, 2022
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Is there a practical use for the GNU factor command?
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2 points
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asplake
on April 4, 2022
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Is there a basic tutorial for grep, Awk and sed?
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3 points
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modinfo
on April 3, 2022
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SSH port forwarding explained with sketches (2019)
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6 points
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gslin
on March 25, 2022
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Why is video tearing such a problem in Linux?
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2 points
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tosh
on March 9, 2022
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What's the effect of `escape-time` in Tmux?
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1 point
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notpachet
on Feb 12, 2022
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What Shells Use Readline?
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2 points
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chrisaycock
on Feb 6, 2022
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Why is there a big delay after entering a wrong password?
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2 points
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kretaceous
on Dec 25, 2021
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Efficiently delete large directory containing thousands of files
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3 points
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kamaraju
on Sept 30, 2021
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Is `yes | rm -r` safer than `rm -rf`?
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1 point
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personjerry
on Sept 1, 2021
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Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017)
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yankcrime
on July 29, 2021
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How does a Segmentation Fault work under-the-hood?
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2 points
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hasheddan
on July 7, 2021
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What do the numbers in a man page mean?
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2 points
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CrystalCuckoo
on May 30, 2021
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Bluetooth Pairing on Dual Boot of Windows and Linux
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1 point
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dsego
on May 24, 2021
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What is the use of “magic arguments” in Linux reboot system call?
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2 points
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smitop
on May 22, 2021
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Why does “ls” take extremely long in a small directory that used to be big?
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personjerry
on April 28, 2021
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Is there truth to the philosophy that you should sync;sync;sync;sync?
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4 points
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dcminter
on April 16, 2021
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How does Awk ' a[$0]++' work?
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24 points
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EccentricBunny
on March 25, 2021
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Is Vim immune to copy-paste attack?
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1 point
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segfaultbuserr
on Feb 17, 2021
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Getting Function Keys and Fn to Work “Properly” on Linux
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1 point
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wilsonfiifi
on Feb 13, 2021
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Is it better to use cat, dd, pv or another procedure to copy a CD/DVD? (2015)
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134 points
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polm23
on Jan 23, 2021
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154 comments
What are pid and lock files for?
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1 point
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colinprince
on Nov 30, 2020
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Remove first 300M lines from 700 GB file on 1TB disk
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213 points
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asicsp
on Sept 22, 2020
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92 comments
How to render ANSI artwork on Linux Terminal
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2 points
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jcubic
on Sept 10, 2020
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Why is /bin/true so large?
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2 points
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goranmoomin
on Aug 27, 2020
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