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How do I set an environment variable on the command line and have it appear in commands?

answered Nov 23, 2012 at 10:37

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How to clean log file?

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How do I remove all sub-directories from within a directory?

answered Mar 22, 2013 at 21:23

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How to kill a runaway cat?

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Sed --- replace a character in a matched line in place?

answered Sep 12, 2014 at 21:02

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How can I see dmesg output as it changes?

answered Oct 13, 2013 at 8:47

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Output of 'watch' command as a list

answered Nov 19, 2012 at 11:20

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tail -f, but with line numbers

answered Jan 17, 2014 at 23:39

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Tail log file on multiple machines over ssh

answered Oct 3, 2014 at 10:43

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How to burn iso image to DVD using dd command

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 9:35

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Kill a process that keeps restarting

answered Sep 29, 2014 at 13:02

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Reload of tmux config not unbinding keys (bind-key is cumulative)

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 14:00

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Understanding linux desktop

answered Nov 17, 2012 at 17:35

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How to upgrade shared library without crash?

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 10:57

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Append to PATH-like variable without creating leading colon if unset

answered Oct 18, 2014 at 19:48

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Grep command to find files containing text string and move them

answered Nov 27, 2012 at 17:25

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Can another program on X capture my root password while I type it in a virtual terminal?

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 16:54

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Run Linux process at very very low priority?

answered Sep 22, 2014 at 19:33

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Difference between Cross GCC and Linux GCC toolchain

answered May 21, 2013 at 20:39

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How to terminate tmux session and processes it spawned

answered Aug 29, 2013 at 17:22

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How is it possible to sort ps command's CPU field?

answered Aug 28, 2013 at 22:46

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tmux: Remapping keys to pane on the left/right/top/down

answered Mar 3, 2013 at 21:18

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sed: match two lines

answered Oct 7, 2013 at 11:20

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How to capture ordered STDOUT/STDERR and add timestamp/prefixes?

answered Sep 26, 2014 at 10:56

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Do all linux distros have same boot files and all the main files?

answered Dec 25, 2020 at 13:40

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What's the difference between Ctrl-Z and kill -STOP?

answered Mar 20, 2013 at 22:13

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Jack vs Pulseaudio -- how is it faster?

answered Mar 22, 2013 at 11:00

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How to escape a single quote?

answered May 15, 2013 at 21:55

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Create a bootable image from the contents of a .tar file

answered Oct 8, 2014 at 15:42

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mirroring a pane between two windows

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How do I set an environment variable on the command line and have it appear in commands?

How to clean log file?

How do I remove all sub-directories from within a directory?

How to kill a runaway cat?

Sed --- replace a character in a matched line in place?

How can I see dmesg output as it changes?

Output of 'watch' command as a list

tail -f, but with line numbers

Tail log file on multiple machines over ssh

How to burn iso image to DVD using dd command

Kill a process that keeps restarting

Reload of tmux config not unbinding keys (bind-key is cumulative)

Understanding linux desktop

How to upgrade shared library without crash?

Append to PATH-like variable without creating leading colon if unset

Grep command to find files containing text string and move them

Can another program on X capture my root password while I type it in a virtual terminal?

Run Linux process at very very low priority?

Difference between Cross GCC and Linux GCC toolchain

How to terminate tmux session and processes it spawned

How is it possible to sort ps command's CPU field?

tmux: Remapping keys to pane on the left/right/top/down

sed: match two lines

How to capture ordered STDOUT/STDERR and add timestamp/prefixes?

Do all linux distros have same boot files and all the main files?

What's the difference between Ctrl-Z and kill -STOP?

Jack vs Pulseaudio -- how is it faster?

How to escape a single quote?

Create a bootable image from the contents of a .tar file

mirroring a pane between two windows