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Is the "page-to-disk" feature Linus talks about in his autobiography essentially the concept of swapping we use today?

asked Aug 12, 2020 at 10:54

11 votes

2 answers

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bash: How to use multiple string manipulations (parameter expansion) in one step?

asked Aug 15, 2020 at 13:25

8 votes

2 answers

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changing IFS temporarily before a for loop [duplicate]

asked Aug 16, 2020 at 13:32

8 votes

3 answers

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Difference between 'sed -e' and delimiting multiple commands with semicolon

asked Feb 19, 2021 at 10:50

6 votes

1 answer

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In what ways is the COW filesystem an improvement over the Journaling Filesystem?

asked Feb 12, 2021 at 7:36

2 votes

1 answer

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How to make vim recognize the script type and turn on autoindent and syntax highlighting, without needing to save and reopen file?

asked Aug 16, 2020 at 14:47

2 votes

0 answers

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What other ways are there to access the shell on Linux other than the plaintext-login shell prompt, teminal emulators on GUI and virtual consoles?

asked Jul 28, 2020 at 13:04

2 votes

0 answers

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Please explain in simple terms what the bitwise negation (~) operator does in bash [duplicate]

asked Jul 29, 2020 at 17:21

1 vote

5 answers

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How to extract only the screen resolution information from xrandr output?

asked Mar 8, 2020 at 21:17

1 vote

1 answer

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xev doesn't identify some keys, and some have incorrect mappings?

asked Sep 12, 2020 at 6:31

1 vote

0 answers

32 views

Redirection: what does this redirection chain do--logic and purpose? [duplicate]

asked Sep 8, 2020 at 14:14

0 votes

1 answer

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git: should I initialize a git repository on the root of a project or one in each important section of the project?

asked Sep 9, 2020 at 14:51

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2 answers

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Is the sigspec for 0 EXIT or SIGEXIT or exit?

asked Sep 11, 2020 at 11:03

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2 answers

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Where can I find info about specific file(s) on the system?

asked Sep 2, 2020 at 7:51

0 votes

1 answer

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journalctl: what does "New USB device found" mean?

asked Aug 17, 2020 at 15:36

-1 votes

1 answer

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GNU grep & find -regex: Why is . needed in the regex and why can't i use POSIX character classes?

asked Aug 8, 2020 at 9:28

-2 votes

1 answer

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Timezone: Why would someone want to set their system timezone as different from the real one?

asked Aug 29, 2020 at 8:10

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Is the "page-to-disk" feature Linus talks about in his autobiography essentially the concept of swapping we use today?

bash: How to use multiple string manipulations (parameter expansion) in one step?

changing IFS temporarily before a for loop [duplicate]

Difference between 'sed -e' and delimiting multiple commands with semicolon

In what ways is the COW filesystem an improvement over the Journaling Filesystem?

How to make vim recognize the script type and turn on autoindent and syntax highlighting, without needing to save and reopen file?

What other ways are there to access the shell on Linux other than the plaintext-login shell prompt, teminal emulators on GUI and virtual consoles?

Please explain in simple terms what the bitwise negation (~) operator does in bash [duplicate]

How to extract only the screen resolution information from xrandr output?

xev doesn't identify some keys, and some have incorrect mappings?

Redirection: what does this redirection chain do--logic and purpose? [duplicate]

git: should I initialize a git repository on the root of a project or one in each important section of the project?

Is the sigspec for 0 EXIT or SIGEXIT or exit?

Where can I find info about specific file(s) on the system?

journalctl: what does "New USB device found" mean?

GNU grep & find -regex: Why is . needed in the regex and why can't i use POSIX character classes?

Timezone: Why would someone want to set their system timezone as different from the real one?