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How to split a string into an array in Bash?

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How do I prompt a user for confirmation in bash script?

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How to iterate over associative arrays in Bash

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How to assign a heredoc value to a variable in Bash?

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How to use double or single brackets, parentheses, curly braces

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Capturing Groups From a Grep RegEx

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What is the difference between sed and awk?

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How to find out line-endings in a text file?

answered Aug 25, 2010 at 22:00

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How to convert a string to lower case in Bash

answered Feb 15, 2010 at 10:31

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Test for non-zero length string in Bash: [ -n "$var" ] or [ "$var" ]

answered Oct 6, 2010 at 6:46

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How to output a multiline string in Bash?

answered Jun 10, 2012 at 17:11

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Setting an environment variable before a command in Bash is not working for the second command in a pipe

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How can I output only captured groups with sed?

answered May 6, 2010 at 2:39

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How to slice an array in Bash

answered Aug 26, 2009 at 17:10

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In Bash, how to add "Are you sure [Y/n]" to any command or alias?

answered Jul 12, 2010 at 20:36

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How can I remove all text after a character in bash?

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How to make a program continue to run after log out from ssh?

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How to evaluate http response codes from bash/shell script?

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How to replace spaces in file names using a bash script

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How to obtain the absolute path of a file via Shell (BASH/ZSH/SH)?

answered Oct 12, 2010 at 14:34

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Getting the last argument passed to a shell script

answered Dec 6, 2009 at 0:26

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How to split one string into multiple variables in bash shell?

answered May 10, 2012 at 3:14

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How to use arguments from previous command?

answered Oct 24, 2010 at 20:04

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How to compare two strings in dot separated version format in Bash?

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 15:10

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How to find directory of some command?

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How to parse a CSV file in Bash?

answered Nov 26, 2010 at 16:09

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Calling shell functions with xargs

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Passing argument to alias in bash

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How to handle more than 10 parameters in shell

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Colors with unix command "watch"?

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How to split a string into an array in Bash?

How do I prompt a user for confirmation in bash script?

How to iterate over associative arrays in Bash

How to assign a heredoc value to a variable in Bash?

How to use double or single brackets, parentheses, curly braces

Capturing Groups From a Grep RegEx

What is the difference between sed and awk?

How to find out line-endings in a text file?

How to convert a string to lower case in Bash

Test for non-zero length string in Bash: [ -n "$var" ] or [ "$var" ]

How to output a multiline string in Bash?

Setting an environment variable before a command in Bash is not working for the second command in a pipe

How can I output only captured groups with sed?

How to slice an array in Bash

In Bash, how to add "Are you sure [Y/n]" to any command or alias?

How can I remove all text after a character in bash?

How to make a program continue to run after log out from ssh?

How to evaluate http response codes from bash/shell script?

How to replace spaces in file names using a bash script

How to obtain the absolute path of a file via Shell (BASH/ZSH/SH)?

Getting the last argument passed to a shell script

How to split one string into multiple variables in bash shell?

How to use arguments from previous command?

How to compare two strings in dot separated version format in Bash?

How to find directory of some command?

How to parse a CSV file in Bash?

Calling shell functions with xargs

Passing argument to alias in bash

How to handle more than 10 parameters in shell

Colors with unix command "watch"?