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How to signal the end of stdin input
In Bash, I learned that the ending signal can be changed by here document. But by default how can I signal the end of stdin input?
I happened to find that with cat and chardet, their stdin inputs can ...
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What protocol/standard is used by terminals?
I was wondering how the "GUI" of a command line application is communicated over a network. Most of the time, it's quite simple (plain text / input) but sometimes it's more complex (aptitude).
Is it ...
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Copy text from one terminal into another
I am logged into ssh to a university account from my home computer. Then I find a file that I want to copy onto my local system. So I open a new shell terminal and am about to use scp to copy that ...
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How can I run a command which will survive terminal close?
Sometimes I want to start a process and forget about it. If I start it from the command line, like this:
redshift
I can't close the terminal, or it will kill the process. Can I run a command in such ...
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How to use the ul command line utility
I wanted to answer Use _roff to underline words with "just use ul, this command is meant specifically for underlining text", however I just can't grasp how to use it. I thought
$ echo "hello _kitty_ ...
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Clearing GNU Screen after full-screen application
When working at a normal xterm (not sure about a "real" terminal), when a full-screen program such as man or vim is closed, it disappears, leaving your screen so you can see your prompt, and previous ...
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