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Why does "sudo -u root echo `whoami`" not return root?

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 22:25

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Pipe output of awk to kill -9

answered Mar 15, 2012 at 17:23

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in Linux, how to go to the folder above the symbolic link folder of the actual path?

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 15:33

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Why use parens instead of backticks for executing a command 'in situ'?

answered Feb 21, 2012 at 18:43

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Linux: Specifying top level-directory when creating zip archive

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 0:46

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gnu screen: find which screen window has a given running process or variable?

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 14:41

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sudo make install: permission denied

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 12:42

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Grep fail to ouptut to a pipe?

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 6:57

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Exclude long lines from grep results

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 7:25

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Bash Script for loop that is breaking lines up instead of using the whole line

answered May 11, 2012 at 21:22

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Is it possible to add an exception with a "ls -l *"

answered Feb 6, 2012 at 16:54

4 votes

`alias rm="rm -i"` considered harmful?

answered Feb 1, 2012 at 15:16

3 votes

How can I determine if Apache is installed on a system?

answered Feb 9, 2012 at 14:09

3 votes

How to make tail to convert ^M into CR?

answered Feb 10, 2012 at 14:24

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cd Command Linux and Mystery Flags

answered Apr 25, 2012 at 20:08

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How to find all files recursively except those in a certain directory

answered Feb 27, 2012 at 18:38

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find command giving different outputs with/without -print

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 20:23

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Restrict folder access in Ubuntu

answered Sep 2, 2013 at 23:12

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Alias for recursive case insensitive search in current directory

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 17:43

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Bash Script: Invalid argument

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 6:42

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SSHFS files from one server to another

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 20:43

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Many duplicate binaries created in /usr/bin and /bin

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 17:08

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traceroute going through 10.x.x.x ... Why?

answered Feb 7, 2012 at 20:08

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23 Answers

Why does "sudo -u root echo `whoami`" not return root?

Pipe output of awk to kill -9

in Linux, how to go to the folder above the symbolic link folder of the actual path?

Why use parens instead of backticks for executing a command 'in situ'?

Linux: Specifying top level-directory when creating zip archive

gnu screen: find which screen window has a given running process or variable?

sudo make install: permission denied

Grep fail to ouptut to a pipe?

Exclude long lines from grep results

Bash Script for loop that is breaking lines up instead of using the whole line

Is it possible to add an exception with a "ls -l *"

`alias rm="rm -i"` considered harmful?

How can I determine if Apache is installed on a system?

How to make tail to convert ^M into CR?

cd Command Linux and Mystery Flags

How to find all files recursively except those in a certain directory

find command giving different outputs with/without -print

Restrict folder access in Ubuntu

Alias for recursive case insensitive search in current directory

Bash Script: Invalid argument

SSHFS files from one server to another

Many duplicate binaries created in /usr/bin and /bin

traceroute going through 10.x.x.x ... Why?