User Rich Homolka - Super User

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How can I make chown work recursively?

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 16:47

207 votes

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Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1?

answered May 10, 2012 at 22:26

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How to pipe command output to other commands?

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 14:16

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What is the "wheel" user in macOS/OS X?

answered Sep 23, 2010 at 15:34

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How to use Terminal to delete all .svn folders recursively?

answered Feb 9, 2012 at 16:53

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What is the "Search Domains" field for in the tcp/ip DNS settings control panel/preference pane for?

answered Sep 3, 2010 at 17:28

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Check if any of the parameters to a bash script match a string

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 21:03

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Has CPU speed already broken Moore's law?

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 19:16

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Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile

answered Sep 2, 2010 at 18:10

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How can I wipe a broken hard disk drive before sending it back to the manufacturer for maintenance?

answered Feb 1, 2012 at 22:03

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Multiple standard input? How?

answered Oct 20, 2010 at 23:08

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Is there a hard limit of 65536 open TCP connections per IP address on linux?

answered Mar 1, 2011 at 0:09

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Where are Intel Itanium chips used?

answered Feb 24, 2011 at 22:46

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How to see the currently loaded shared objects in Linux?

answered Jul 13, 2011 at 23:07

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.profile not running when I start a bash terminal

answered Feb 3, 2012 at 22:48

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What is the difference between Pentium(number) and just Pentium?

answered Jun 27, 2014 at 21:38

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cron: run a process but only if it isnt running?

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 18:00

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Redirect strace to file

answered Mar 6, 2013 at 16:24

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Passing two arguments to a command using pipes

answered Aug 1, 2011 at 22:37

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Is there any way to answer a phone call using a dial-up modem?

answered Apr 24, 2013 at 1:45

21 votes

Find libraries a binary was linked against

answered Jan 30, 2011 at 20:24

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Is kernel a process?

answered Oct 7, 2010 at 21:13

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Output from rpm -qa, how to extract only the name of the package?

answered Dec 17, 2010 at 23:41

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What is the difference between the shutdown, halt and reboot commands?

answered Jan 23, 2011 at 23:03

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Does the root account always have UID/GID 0?

answered Aug 1, 2013 at 19:32

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Are .docx or .pdf files potentially dangerous?

answered Nov 22, 2010 at 20:14

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Bash not loading '.profile' in new session on Linux

answered Aug 16, 2010 at 17:28

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How do I find a file by filename in Mac OSX terminal?

answered Dec 28, 2010 at 19:21

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Why can't I delete a file where I have group write permissions on?

answered Dec 30, 2011 at 19:55

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How does Mac's command line compare to Linux?

answered Aug 23, 2010 at 18:30

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531 Answers

How can I make chown work recursively?

Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1?

How to pipe command output to other commands?

What is the "wheel" user in macOS/OS X?

How to use Terminal to delete all .svn folders recursively?

What is the "Search Domains" field for in the tcp/ip DNS settings control panel/preference pane for?

Check if any of the parameters to a bash script match a string

Has CPU speed already broken Moore's law?

Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile

How can I wipe a broken hard disk drive before sending it back to the manufacturer for maintenance?

Multiple standard input? How?

Is there a hard limit of 65536 open TCP connections per IP address on linux?

Where are Intel Itanium chips used?

How to see the currently loaded shared objects in Linux?

.profile not running when I start a bash terminal

What is the difference between Pentium(number) and just Pentium?

cron: run a process but only if it isnt running?

Redirect strace to file

Passing two arguments to a command using pipes

Is there any way to answer a phone call using a dial-up modem?

Find libraries a binary was linked against

Is kernel a process?

Output from rpm -qa, how to extract only the name of the package?

What is the difference between the shutdown, halt and reboot commands?

Does the root account always have UID/GID 0?

Are .docx or .pdf files potentially dangerous?

Bash not loading '.profile' in new session on Linux

How do I find a file by filename in Mac OSX terminal?

Why can't I delete a file where I have group write permissions on?

How does Mac's command line compare to Linux?