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47 votes

9 answers

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mkdir -p for files

asked Jan 30, 2013 at 9:09

8 votes

3 answers

3k views

Force POSIX mode

asked Jan 30, 2016 at 21:29

8 votes

2 answers

884 views

Detect optional function argument (scalar)

asked Apr 15, 2017 at 18:39

8 votes

2 answers

10k views

Size of symlink

asked Mar 9, 2017 at 0:21

7 votes

1 answer

220 views

Regression with unary plus

asked Feb 4, 2018 at 23:06

7 votes

4 answers

4k views

dd remove range of bytes

asked May 11, 2014 at 2:44

7 votes

3 answers

18k views

Determining if the first string starts with second string

asked Aug 31, 2018 at 2:36

6 votes

3 answers

1k views

Small Linux distro with Ruby

asked Jan 10, 2013 at 0:51

6 votes

2 answers

2k views

Portable check for array

asked Apr 18, 2017 at 3:36

5 votes

2 answers

1k views

Color failed reverse-i-search

asked Mar 14, 2017 at 22:54

5 votes

1 answer

10k views

Escape double quotes in variable

asked Feb 6, 2018 at 1:36

5 votes

1 answer

5k views

Really exit Awk script

asked Mar 30, 2018 at 23:10

5 votes

1 answer

2k views

Dangers of shopt

asked Dec 3, 2012 at 0:03

5 votes

2 answers

2k views

POSIX print function definition

asked Mar 8, 2016 at 2:43

4 votes

1 answer

2k views

POSIX Awk sort array

asked Apr 10, 2016 at 0:32

3 votes

2 answers

2k views

Why I should avoid loops in shells? [duplicate]

asked Apr 25, 2015 at 22:10

3 votes

2 answers

26k views

Slacko vs Precise vs Lucid Puppy Linux

asked Jan 5, 2013 at 2:30

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

Pipe hex characters to awk

asked May 1, 2014 at 11:39

3 votes

1 answer

383 views

Where is "gcc_tooldir"

asked May 3, 2018 at 1:08

3 votes

1 answer

1k views

terminfo disable XON/XOFF

asked Apr 4, 2017 at 4:08

3 votes

1 answer

1k views

Split out individual characters using the null string

asked Jan 14, 2018 at 20:05

3 votes

3 answers

556 views

Remove symlinks originating from specific directory

asked Oct 28, 2017 at 16:42

3 votes

0 answers

951 views

Detect terminal font [duplicate]

asked Dec 13, 2018 at 8:31

2 votes

2 answers

8k views

standard input: not a tty

asked Apr 1, 2018 at 20:59

2 votes

1 answer

122 views

Custom terminal with less

asked Jan 20, 2018 at 13:46

2 votes

1 answer

2k views

Dash "-nt" behavior

asked May 12, 2018 at 17:47

2 votes

1 answer

250 views

Detect optional function argument (array)

asked Jun 26, 2018 at 2:38

2 votes

2 answers

4k views

cURL url_effective with Hash

asked Jul 5, 2018 at 23:52

2 votes

3 answers

474 views

Read ~/.bash_profile but not /etc/profile

asked Feb 18, 2013 at 2:51

2 votes

1 answer

1k views

Zsh style arrays with Bash

asked Dec 3, 2012 at 23:33

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41 Questions

mkdir -p for files

Force POSIX mode

Detect optional function argument (scalar)

Size of symlink

Regression with unary plus

dd remove range of bytes

Determining if the first string starts with second string

Small Linux distro with Ruby

Portable check for array

Color failed reverse-i-search

Escape double quotes in variable

Really exit Awk script

Dangers of shopt

POSIX print function definition

POSIX Awk sort array

Why I should avoid loops in shells? [duplicate]

Slacko vs Precise vs Lucid Puppy Linux

Pipe hex characters to awk

Where is "gcc_tooldir"

terminfo disable XON/XOFF

Split out individual characters using the null string

Remove symlinks originating from specific directory

Detect terminal font [duplicate]

standard input: not a tty

Custom terminal with less

Dash "-nt" behavior

Detect optional function argument (array)

cURL url_effective with Hash

Read ~/.bash_profile but not /etc/profile

Zsh style arrays with Bash