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1683 Why does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30? 2017-11-20T14:19:31.447

1385 What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'? 2010-11-16T20:06:02.873

1251 How do I get the size of a directory on the command line? 2015-02-19T17:21:19.370

1112 How to correctly add a path to PATH? 2011-12-04T20:57:14.453

916 How to copy files from one machine to another using ssh 2013-12-24T09:43:21.737

916 How to install a deb file, by dpkg -i or by apt? 2014-10-03T15:52:46.227

847 How can I replace a string in a file(s)? 2014-02-01T17:05:58.360

838 How to unfreeze after accidentally pressing Ctrl-S in a terminal? 2011-04-27T12:19:28.247

830 Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? 2012-03-15T00:03:42.613

747 How do I grep for multiple patterns with pattern having a pipe character? 2012-04-26T01:03:14.610

706 What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix? 2011-08-05T20:49:11.193

658 Difference between nohup, disown and & 2010-11-09T16:16:04.690

637 How do I make `ls` show file sizes in megabytes? 2013-02-08T08:31:58.320

630 Tracking down where disk space has gone on Linux? 2008-08-28T13:17:42.367

629 How to run find -exec? 2011-05-09T17:35:13.947

620 What does "--" (double-dash) mean? 2011-04-15T12:39:08.233

612 How do I zip/unzip on the unix command line? 2011-01-28T15:52:56.213

612 Why is printf better than echo? 2013-02-22T19:49:06.010

609 Preserve bash history in multiple terminal windows 2010-08-26T13:04:56.453

603 How to switch between users on one terminal? 2010-10-27T19:38:50.367

595 How to cycle through reverse-i-search in BASH? 2013-04-24T02:07:35.657

595 How to see full log from systemctl status service? 2015-08-25T15:30:03.920

589 What do the numbers in a man page mean? 2010-10-28T21:25:15.820

584 Zip all files in directory? 2012-11-28T16:43:54.177

573 Using "${a:-b}" for variable assignment in scripts 2014-04-03T00:13:32.667

560 Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication? 2012-04-16T14:38:49.137

559 Why is it better to use "#!/usr/bin/env NAME" instead of "#!/path/to/NAME" as my shebang? 2012-01-21T01:06:33.863

557 /usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin on Linux 2011-03-05T17:57:48.897

547 Does curl have a --no-check-certificate option like wget? 2013-01-09T14:12:44.983

543 Repeat a Unix command every x seconds forever 2009-02-17T00:11:13.157

535 What if 'kill -9' does not work? 2011-01-10T19:51:43.213

505 Scroll inside Screen, or Pause Output 2012-06-07T17:32:07.770

499 What is the difference between /opt and /usr/local? 2011-04-18T08:08:26.970

495 How to force ssh client to use only password auth? 2011-06-17T06:26:26.440

494 Finding the PID of the process using a specific port? 2013-12-25T05:24:08.473

489 How can I resolve a hostname to an IP address in a Bash script? 2011-09-15T14:43:48.027

486 How to get execution time of a script effectively? 2012-10-19T13:26:12.630

475 How to display `top` results sorted by memory usage in real time? 2014-05-11T20:27:35.787

472 Can I zip an entire folder using gzip? 2013-10-01T08:22:45.997

471 Check package version using apt-get/aptitude? 2011-01-22T11:40:00.143

468 How can I reduce a video's size with ffmpeg? 2012-01-10T21:45:56.623

457 How do I copy a folder keeping owners and permissions intact? 2012-07-20T15:27:33.707

452 Turn off buffering in pipe 2009-06-16T10:27:38.240

440 Can less retain colored output? 2011-08-24T12:13:17.107

437 Execute vs Read bit. How do directory permissions in Linux work? 2011-09-22T12:13:16.413

436 How to forward X over SSH to run graphics applications remotely? 2011-05-06T17:40:31.403

428 What is a bind mount? 2015-04-25T17:28:58.663

415 When should I not kill -9 a process? 2011-03-09T10:13:04.150

414 How do I delete a file whose name begins with "-" (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)? 2010-09-02T19:30:42.500

414 How do I remove a user from a group? 2012-01-20T16:29:49.840