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Can we use non-gravatar avatars?

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where, oh where, has xml2 gone?

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Generate markdown docs with rustdoc?

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What's changed with USB drivers in 4.0 and later Linux kernels?

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6 votes

Why does xargs -I imply -L 1

xargs history gnu asked Oct 3, 2015 at 0:13

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Can sed `y` commands be applied only to matching text (instead of to the entire line)

text-processing sed asked Dec 2, 2015 at 0:34

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