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Prepending a timestamp to each line of output from a command
shell
timestamps
asked Dec 13 '11 at 11:49
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Does a turret going to “hostile” state, but not opening fire, disqualify the user from Foxiest of the Hounds?
achievements
deus-ex-human-revolution
asked Sep 22 '11 at 0:46
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How can I create a clean shell environment for temporary use?
bash
environment-variables
profile
asked Nov 9 '12 at 13:34
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6
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How can I convert my encypted PGP secret key for use performing SSH authentication?
key-management
ssh
pgp
asked Dec 10 '11 at 0:16
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Launch a program when any wireless connection comes up using netcfg
netcfg
asked Jan 17 at 7:22
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Top Answers
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Why do directories need the executable (X) permission to be opened?
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How can I resolve a hostname to an IP address in a Bash script?
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27
Output “Hollywood-hacker-scene” from a shell
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24
How does systemd survive a kill -9?
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23
Howto find duplicate files on disk
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22
Command line utility to retrieve password, that has no echo back
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21
SSH ignores characters after correct password string?
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20
How to generate a lot of (blank) images files?
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19
How do I list all installed programs?
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19
When we do rm -rf * why we do not delete . and ..?
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18
Why does a software package run just fine even when it is being upgraded?
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17
How much does the Linux kernel change in one year?
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17
What is the difference between “sort -u” and “sort | uniq”?
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16
A unix command to truncate each line of a file
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16
How to display numbers in reverse order using seq(1)?
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15
Why doesn't “rm *” work when there are files that begin with a hyphen?
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15
Why can't I have a folder and a file with the same name?
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15
What's the most appropriate directory where to place files shared between users?
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14
How to Determine the Amount of RAM Slots In Use?
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14
What determines the path where the system searches for a file?
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14
How can you trim files using the command line?
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13
How can I redirect matching lines to a file, and non-matching lines to a different file?
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13
What is wrong with this shell script?
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12
What does it mean that a distro is “based on” another distro?
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12
Physically break into box? (Memory & disk)
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12
How do I stop the root user from deleting a file?
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12
How to move a directory, file by file? (instead of “copy then remove”)
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11
How can I pipe output to another process, but retain the error state of the first process?
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11
In zsh how can I list all the environment variables?
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11
Monitor what is being sent to /dev/null?
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