Peter.O

Australia

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Why is a virtual terminal “virtual”, and what/why/where is the “real” terminal?

command-line virtual-console asked Nov 21 '10 at 11:34

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What exactly is POSIX?

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How to clean launch a GUI app via the Terminal (so it doesn't wait for termination)?

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What is the difference between a builtin command and one that is not?

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What causes Nautilus to restart whenever I kill it?

command-line nautilus process session asked Dec 11 '10 at 16:35

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Many directories have a “.d” suffix/extension. What does it mean?

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What is the difference between “man” and “info” documentation?

documentation info manpage asked Oct 25 '10 at 8:56

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Why does echo >file use more real time than echo | sed >file?

bash shell pipe time echo asked Aug 20 '12 at 22:34

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A command-line clipboard copy and paste utility?

command-line clipboard asked Nov 7 '10 at 13:47

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Why is `while IFS= read` used so often, instead of `IFS=; while read..`?

shell text-processing environment-variables asked Aug 17 '11 at 5:25

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