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jw013

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Debian user, GNU/Linux enthusiast, FLOSS supporter, hobby developer.

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How to remove a single line from history?
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In Bash, when to alias, when to script and when to write a function?
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Kill all background jobs
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What does it mean to have a $"dollarsign-prefixed string" in a script?
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Multiline shell script comments - how does this work?
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How can I look up a username by id in linux?
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How to Execute multiple command using nohup
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cd by just typing the directory's name?
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How to rename a gnu screen session
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Strange errors when using ffmpeg in a loop
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I would like to grep all files except some file types?
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How are parentheses interpreted at the command line?
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rsync exclude directory not working
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Is there a way to place a comment in a file which vim will process in order to set filetype?
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removing or clearing stack of popd/pushd paths
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Quick way to include a directory path when calling mv?
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Prevent GNU screen from terminating session once executed script ends
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What is the difference between ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.gnomerc, /etc/bash_bashrc, /etc/screenrc ...?
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grep and escaping a dollar sign
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How to make the terminal display user@machine in bold letters?
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How can same fd in different processes point to the same file?
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Bulk rename, change prefix
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adding text to filename before extension
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How do I remove multiple files with a common prefix and suffix?
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Restore /etc/ configuration files from the default
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Difference between ctime 1 and ctime +1 in find command
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Re-run multiple history commands
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How can I check if swap is active from the command line?
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Four tasks in parallel... how do I do that?
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sed on OSX insert at a certain line
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