User Keith Thompson - Super User

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Why is my /dev/random so slow when using dd?

answered Nov 21, 2011 at 0:04

39 votes

How do I remove a file in Linux whose name looks like it's ONLY a hyphen, as in "-"

answered Oct 17, 2011 at 18:44

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How did I wipe out all my cron jobs?

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 6:59

30 votes

How can I run a shell script in Windows?

answered Jan 2, 2012 at 5:18

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How can I run a command after boot?

answered Sep 10, 2012 at 22:29

19 votes

How do I password protect a .tgz file with tar in Unix?

answered Dec 21, 2011 at 21:44

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Multiple crontabs for one user

answered Feb 18, 2012 at 0:15

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Timezone issue with cron

answered Jan 5, 2012 at 20:52

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Crontab deleted?

answered Jan 30, 2012 at 21:25

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sudo with password in one command line?

answered Aug 8, 2012 at 6:52

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man page command: man 3 vs. man

answered Apr 11, 2013 at 17:33

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Is there any functional-like unix shell?

answered Apr 18, 2012 at 18:59

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sudo -k vs. sudo -K

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 17:57

10 votes

How to install Perl on Ubuntu Server?

answered Nov 30, 2011 at 17:47

9 votes

How can I verify that a 1TB file transferred correctly?

answered Jan 9, 2014 at 0:45

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Cygwin .bashrc not being source because cygwin starting in Windows home

answered Mar 1, 2012 at 1:05

8 votes

rsync complaining about `missing trailing-"` in a Bash script

answered Nov 6, 2011 at 2:11

6 votes

Going to directory using bash variables doesn't work when directory names have spaces

answered Nov 19, 2011 at 21:38

6 votes

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Is there a "gentle" visual bell in PuTTY?

answered Oct 18, 2011 at 0:38

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Is there an application like screen but for GUI applications?

answered Oct 29, 2011 at 18:50

6 votes

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Bash file redirection works differently from script

answered Oct 14, 2011 at 1:11

6 votes

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Use of screen on terminal is blocked by length of user name

answered Mar 15, 2013 at 15:41

4 votes

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tar error message: "stdin: not in gzip format"

answered May 21, 2012 at 2:58

4 votes

How to make text editors respect read-only file permissions as root?

answered Mar 26, 2012 at 21:01

4 votes

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Compressing a file in place - does "gzip -c file | dd of=file" really work?

answered Jan 18, 2012 at 11:51

4 votes

gzip change file ownership

answered Jan 7, 2012 at 2:25

4 votes

How switch between screen inside screen?

answered Aug 25, 2011 at 16:43

4 votes

Determine Linux distribution

answered Oct 7, 2011 at 21:21

4 votes

Where are my private/public SSH keys on UNIX?

answered Dec 20, 2011 at 23:20

4 votes

How can I place the bookmarks toolbar above the tabs bar on recent versions of Firefox?

answered Dec 24, 2011 at 23:56

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71 Answers

Why is my /dev/random so slow when using dd?

How do I remove a file in Linux whose name looks like it's ONLY a hyphen, as in "-"

How did I wipe out all my cron jobs?

How can I run a shell script in Windows?

How can I run a command after boot?

How do I password protect a .tgz file with tar in Unix?

Multiple crontabs for one user

Timezone issue with cron

Crontab deleted?

sudo with password in one command line?

man page command: man 3 vs. man

Is there any functional-like unix shell?

sudo -k vs. sudo -K

How to install Perl on Ubuntu Server?

How can I verify that a 1TB file transferred correctly?

Cygwin .bashrc not being source because cygwin starting in Windows home

rsync complaining about `missing trailing-"` in a Bash script

Going to directory using bash variables doesn't work when directory names have spaces

Is there a "gentle" visual bell in PuTTY?

Is there an application like screen but for GUI applications?

Bash file redirection works differently from script

Use of screen on terminal is blocked by length of user name

tar error message: "stdin: not in gzip format"

How to make text editors respect read-only file permissions as root?

Compressing a file in place - does "gzip -c file | dd of=file" really work?

gzip change file ownership

How switch between screen inside screen?

Determine Linux distribution

Where are my private/public SSH keys on UNIX?

How can I place the bookmarks toolbar above the tabs bar on recent versions of Firefox?