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find's "-exec rm {} \;" vs "-delete"

answered Nov 13, 2014 at 18:55

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How to import secret gpg key (copied from one machine to another)?

answered Feb 15, 2015 at 13:28

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How to apt-delete-repository?

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 20:01

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Why is rm allowed to delete a file under ownership of a different user?

answered Aug 31, 2015 at 10:23

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What are the concepts of "kernel ring buffer", "user level", "log level"?

answered Apr 23, 2015 at 15:42

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Fork vs Clone on 2.6 Kernel Linux

answered Apr 30, 2015 at 18:44

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Is space not allowed in a filename?

answered Aug 2, 2014 at 14:50

55 votes

Location of the crontab file

answered Apr 13, 2015 at 18:28

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Why does BASH process substitution not work with some commands?

answered Oct 25, 2014 at 0:17

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Why does ln -s accept a single argument

answered Jul 29, 2015 at 13:11

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What system call is used to load libraries in Linux?

answered Aug 31, 2015 at 7:42

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Is there another simple way to append line to end of file other than `>>`?

answered Jan 12, 2015 at 9:12

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How does a transparent SOCKS proxy know which destination IP to use?

answered Nov 7, 2014 at 19:20

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where is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? how do I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable?

answered Nov 17, 2014 at 0:58

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Is it always safe to use `eval echo`?

answered Dec 24, 2016 at 19:35

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What does the `-C` flag exactly do in `scp`?

answered Jul 27, 2015 at 17:40

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proper syntax to delete default route for a particular interface?

answered Jan 23, 2015 at 2:08

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Ternary operator and print

answered Apr 9, 2016 at 12:38

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Why does bash parameter expansion not work inside systemd service files?

answered Jul 17, 2015 at 16:17

31 votes

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How to resolve 'No protocol specified' for su user

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 9:32

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Why does "cp -R --reflink=always" perform a standard copy on a Btrfs filesystem?

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 19:55

30 votes

How does the /proc/<pid>/exe symlink differ from ordinary symlinks?

answered Apr 22, 2015 at 14:46

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How does Linux determine what facilities to use to run a (non-text) binary?

answered Apr 26, 2015 at 17:55

29 votes

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Debian - how to run a script on startup as soon as there is an internet connection ready for use?

answered Nov 6, 2014 at 21:07

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How to capture all incoming packets to NIC even those packets are not belonging to me

answered Apr 9, 2017 at 11:35

29 votes

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Why flock doesn't clean the lock file?

answered May 30, 2017 at 18:35

28 votes

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Memory problems when compressing and transferring a large number of small files (1TB in total)

answered Jun 12, 2015 at 8:10

25 votes

Where does LVM store its configuration?

answered Feb 16, 2015 at 3:34

23 votes

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How can I start a cronjob 1 hour later each day?

answered Aug 10, 2014 at 3:42

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Search and replace control characters (^@, ^M, ^I....) in vi

answered Jul 19, 2015 at 14:16

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484 Answers

find's "-exec rm {} \;" vs "-delete"

How to import secret gpg key (copied from one machine to another)?

How to apt-delete-repository?

Why is rm allowed to delete a file under ownership of a different user?

What are the concepts of "kernel ring buffer", "user level", "log level"?

Fork vs Clone on 2.6 Kernel Linux

Is space not allowed in a filename?

Location of the crontab file

Why does BASH process substitution not work with some commands?

Why does ln -s accept a single argument

What system call is used to load libraries in Linux?

Is there another simple way to append line to end of file other than `>>`?

How does a transparent SOCKS proxy know which destination IP to use?

where is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? how do I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable?

Is it always safe to use `eval echo`?

What does the `-C` flag exactly do in `scp`?

proper syntax to delete default route for a particular interface?

Ternary operator and print

Why does bash parameter expansion not work inside systemd service files?

How to resolve 'No protocol specified' for su user

Why does "cp -R --reflink=always" perform a standard copy on a Btrfs filesystem?

How does the /proc/<pid>/exe symlink differ from ordinary symlinks?

How does Linux determine what facilities to use to run a (non-text) binary?

Debian - how to run a script on startup as soon as there is an internet connection ready for use?

How to capture all incoming packets to NIC even those packets are not belonging to me

Why flock doesn't clean the lock file?

Memory problems when compressing and transferring a large number of small files (1TB in total)

Where does LVM store its configuration?

How can I start a cronjob 1 hour later each day?

Search and replace control characters (^@, ^M, ^I....) in vi