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Keith Thompson
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I'm a programmer and all-around nerd living in San Diego, California.
My most recent job was at Medtronic. I'm looking for my next job.

E-mail: [email protected]

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How to conditionally do something if a command succeeded or failed
Oct 16, 2011
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Why is it better to use "#!/usr/bin/env NAME" instead of "#!/path/to/NAME" as my shebang?
Jan 21, 2012
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why does ls -d also list files, and where is it documented?
May 7, 2013
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curl --resolve appears to do nothing
Mar 1, 2012
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When should I use a trailing slash on a directory?
Oct 11, 2012
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bash: /dev/stderr: Permission denied
May 13, 2012
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Why does Unix store timestamps in a signed integer?
Nov 25, 2011
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Repeat a Unix command every x seconds forever
Jan 12, 2012
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Will tar -cvzf packed.tar.gz mydir take hidden files into account?
Feb 17, 2012
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What is the difference between : and true?
Mar 21, 2012
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Is there a foreach loop in Go?
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Why does the C preprocessor interpret the word "linux" as the constant "1"?
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"echo -n" prints "-n"
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Running multiple commands with xargs
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Can I export a variable to the environment from a Bash script without sourcing it?