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How to concatenate string variables in Bash

answered Aug 4, 2013 at 10:04

708 votes

How do I prompt for Yes/No/Cancel input in a Linux shell script?

answered Jan 10, 2015 at 10:53

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What does " 2>&1 " mean?

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 16:33

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Length of string in bash

answered Jun 23, 2015 at 17:50

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How do I split a string on a delimiter in Bash?

answered Apr 13, 2013 at 14:20

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How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash

answered Dec 8, 2013 at 23:06

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How do you run a command eg chmod, for each line of a file?

answered Dec 18, 2012 at 20:46

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How do I set a variable to the output of a command in Bash?

answered Dec 20, 2016 at 7:06

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How to remove a newline from a string in Bash

answered Oct 13, 2013 at 16:18

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How can I profile a Bash shell script slow startup?

answered Dec 31, 2013 at 9:53

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What is the difference between using `sh` and `source`?

answered Dec 9, 2012 at 10:13

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Which characters need to be escaped when using Bash?

answered Jan 7, 2015 at 10:38

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How to detect if a script is being sourced

answered Apr 11, 2014 at 9:44

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How do I test if a variable is a number in Bash?

answered May 16, 2020 at 11:03

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Why piping input to "read" only works when fed into "while read ..." construct?

answered Dec 7, 2012 at 13:25

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Converting a Bash array into a delimited string

answered Nov 20, 2012 at 10:24

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Sleep until a specific time/date

answered Sep 28, 2013 at 13:46

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How to get the primary IP address of the local machine on Linux and OS X?

answered Nov 10, 2012 at 13:57

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Read a file by bytes in BASH

answered Dec 15, 2012 at 7:30

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How to add a progress bar to a shell script?

answered Jul 8, 2021 at 8:30

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bash background process modify global variable

answered Nov 3, 2012 at 13:08

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Pipe output to two different commands

answered Oct 28, 2012 at 10:48

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Easiest way to check for an index or a key in an array?

answered Nov 4, 2012 at 15:15

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Replace Strings Using Sed And Regex

answered Dec 28, 2012 at 19:44

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How to copy files found with grep

answered May 23, 2016 at 16:57

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OS X / Linux: pipe into two processes?

answered Oct 1, 2013 at 20:43

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What is the most efficient way to parse a CSS color in JavaScript?

answered Feb 23, 2014 at 8:48

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rsync : Recursively sync all files while ignoring the directory structure

answered Feb 2, 2013 at 14:47

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Bash loop until a certain command stops failing

answered Feb 15, 2016 at 14:51

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What is indirect expansion? What does ${!var*} mean?

answered Nov 11, 2021 at 7:01

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How to concatenate string variables in Bash

How do I prompt for Yes/No/Cancel input in a Linux shell script?

What does " 2>&1 " mean?

Length of string in bash

How do I split a string on a delimiter in Bash?

How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash

How do you run a command eg chmod, for each line of a file?

How do I set a variable to the output of a command in Bash?

How to remove a newline from a string in Bash

How can I profile a Bash shell script slow startup?

What is the difference between using `sh` and `source`?

Which characters need to be escaped when using Bash?

How to detect if a script is being sourced

How do I test if a variable is a number in Bash?

Why piping input to "read" only works when fed into "while read ..." construct?

Converting a Bash array into a delimited string

Sleep until a specific time/date

How to get the primary IP address of the local machine on Linux and OS X?

Read a file by bytes in BASH

How to add a progress bar to a shell script?

bash background process modify global variable

Pipe output to two different commands

Easiest way to check for an index or a key in an array?

Replace Strings Using Sed And Regex

How to copy files found with grep

OS X / Linux: pipe into two processes?

What is the most efficient way to parse a CSS color in JavaScript?

rsync : Recursively sync all files while ignoring the directory structure

Bash loop until a certain command stops failing

What is indirect expansion? What does ${!var*} mean?