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Understanding of diff output

asked Jul 6, 2013 at 15:47

95 votes

9 answers

304k views

Can sed replace new line characters?

asked Feb 12, 2014 at 20:08

91 votes

7 answers

188k views

How can I page up or down in tmux with Terminal.app?

asked Jul 2, 2013 at 21:21

82 votes

5 answers

190k views

So what are logical cpu cores (as opposed to physical cpu cores)?

asked Aug 26, 2013 at 22:03

59 votes

5 answers

45k views

How can I constantly see the current filename in vim?

asked Jan 29, 2014 at 22:42

58 votes

11 answers

162k views

How can I "grep" patterns across multiple lines?

asked Feb 2, 2014 at 10:43

43 votes

4 answers

111k views

Pass contents of file as argument to bash script

asked Sep 20, 2017 at 8:16

24 votes

2 answers

91k views

What are the runtime permissions of a cron job?

asked Jul 4, 2013 at 21:41

19 votes

4 answers

4k views

Why not always use rsync?

asked Sep 15, 2013 at 16:12

18 votes

2 answers

5k views

Is there a command reverse search in vim?

asked Feb 8, 2014 at 22:25

16 votes

4 answers

82k views

How can we trace problems of crashing programs in Linux?

asked Jan 22, 2014 at 21:22

14 votes

1 answer

5k views

How can I go forward in a file? What is the oposite of ctrl+O

asked Nov 28, 2013 at 9:18

13 votes

2 answers

5k views

Why do I need to escape regex characters in sed to be interpreted as regex characters?

asked Sep 14, 2013 at 18:28

13 votes

2 answers

7k views

Why can't I do ls *.txt in a subshell?

asked Feb 9, 2014 at 22:12

12 votes

4 answers

42k views

Can tr work with regex?

asked Aug 15, 2013 at 20:56

12 votes

2 answers

10k views

How is cron scheduling actually implemented and makes sure scripts run on time?

asked Jul 10, 2013 at 21:25

11 votes

2 answers

1k views

How is the inplace modification of a file being done?

asked Jul 23, 2014 at 7:48

11 votes

7 answers

9k views

How can I "merge" patterns in a single line?

asked Aug 22, 2014 at 14:23

11 votes

1 answer

3k views

grep inverted match on the file and not on a line by line match [duplicate]

asked Apr 14, 2017 at 12:17

10 votes

2 answers

5k views

Why isn't sed using the extended regex mode by default?

asked Feb 11, 2014 at 21:29

10 votes

3 answers

6k views

Does cron know that the instance to be scheduled is already running?

asked Apr 7, 2014 at 21:25

10 votes

2 answers

1k views

What is the difference between ".pl" and .pl in grep? Why does quoting change the result?

asked Jul 7, 2013 at 21:24

10 votes

3 answers

19k views

How can I create a shortcut to resize panes in a tmux window?

asked Jul 4, 2013 at 18:07

9 votes

3 answers

4k views

Does linux kill heavy and long running background processes after they reach some threshold?

asked Aug 9, 2013 at 19:33

9 votes

1 answer

3k views

Why do we need so many terminal emulator packages and what is their use?

asked Jan 30, 2014 at 21:14

9 votes

1 answer

3k views

Finding which cron jobs are scheduled to run at some future date/time X

asked Jun 26, 2014 at 19:47

9 votes

1 answer

1k views

Why doesn't find command find the directory when run from ~?

asked Jan 4, 2017 at 22:21

7 votes

7 answers

10k views

Sum total bytes of files

asked Sep 29, 2017 at 13:29

5 votes

3 answers

22k views

How can I extract the numbers in the file using sed or any other tool?

asked May 2, 2014 at 12:28

5 votes

1 answer

2k views

How can I jump to files from vim opening them in a separate tab?

asked Aug 13, 2013 at 20:11

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101 Questions

Understanding of diff output

Can sed replace new line characters?

How can I page up or down in tmux with Terminal.app?

So what are logical cpu cores (as opposed to physical cpu cores)?

How can I constantly see the current filename in vim?

How can I "grep" patterns across multiple lines?

Pass contents of file as argument to bash script

What are the runtime permissions of a cron job?

Why not always use rsync?

Is there a command reverse search in vim?

How can we trace problems of crashing programs in Linux?

How can I go forward in a file? What is the oposite of ctrl+O

Why do I need to escape regex characters in sed to be interpreted as regex characters?

Why can't I do ls *.txt in a subshell?

Can tr work with regex?

How is cron scheduling actually implemented and makes sure scripts run on time?

How is the inplace modification of a file being done?

How can I "merge" patterns in a single line?

grep inverted match on the file and not on a line by line match [duplicate]

Why isn't sed using the extended regex mode by default?

Does cron know that the instance to be scheduled is already running?

What is the difference between ".pl" and .pl in grep? Why does quoting change the result?

How can I create a shortcut to resize panes in a tmux window?

Does linux kill heavy and long running background processes after they reach some threshold?

Why do we need so many terminal emulator packages and what is their use?

Finding which cron jobs are scheduled to run at some future date/time X

Why doesn't find command find the directory when run from ~?

Sum total bytes of files

How can I extract the numbers in the file using sed or any other tool?

How can I jump to files from vim opening them in a separate tab?