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Chris Down
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Hi there! I work on Linux kernel memory management and also help maintain systemd. You can find me at:

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Finding the PID of the process using a specific port?
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How can I resolve a hostname to an IP address in a Bash script?
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Execute vs Read bit. How do directory permissions in Linux work?
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How to rsync only new files
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How do I determine the number of RAM slots in use?
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How to check if a shell is login/interactive/batch
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How to use wildcards (*) when copying with scp?
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In CentOS, what is the difference between yum update and yum upgrade?
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What does env x='() { :;}; command' bash do and why is it insecure?
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watch command alias expansion
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