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Why does setting a variable readonly in the outer scope prevent defining a local variable with the same name?

asked Jun 14 at 7:46

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What's using all the space on a seemingly empty partition?

asked Jan 7 at 13:12

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What are bash packages?

asked Nov 12, 2017 at 17:04

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inotifywait not alterting when device created

asked Oct 15, 2017 at 6:18

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Running a command after my OpenVPN client connects

asked Oct 13, 2017 at 23:54

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Tell gzip/bzip2/7z/etc not to compress already-compressed files?

asked Jan 23, 2015 at 7:37

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1 answer

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Why does df shows same as "du --apparent-size"?

asked Jun 20 at 13:57

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set -o xtrace for just one line? [duplicate]

asked Jun 12 at 14:58

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4 answers

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How to select first occurrence between two patterns including just the first?

asked Jan 4, 2020 at 18:31

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1 answer

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Better way to only include real filesystems in find?

asked Dec 9, 2020 at 5:47

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7 answers

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Find all lines between two patterns, EXCLUSIVE of the second pattern?

asked Nov 21, 2023 at 22:39

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bash script with rwx bits set, but still permission denied [duplicate]

asked May 11 at 19:42

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bash variable expansion not working as expected

asked Jul 21, 2021 at 18:17

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1 answer

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Ncat very slow over UDP. Possible causes?

asked Mar 13, 2023 at 16:42

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1 answer

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"mailx -a x.txt ..." hangs, while "cat x.txt | mailx..." works

asked May 31, 2023 at 11:21

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What is "mtr --report --tcp --port=22" telling me?

asked Aug 10, 2023 at 2:03

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ssh, heredoc and environment variables [duplicate]

asked Dec 5, 2021 at 16:45

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Why does setting a variable readonly in the outer scope prevent defining a local variable with the same name?

What's using all the space on a seemingly empty partition?

What are bash packages?

inotifywait not alterting when device created

Running a command after my OpenVPN client connects

Tell gzip/bzip2/7z/etc not to compress already-compressed files?

Why does df shows same as "du --apparent-size"?

set -o xtrace for just one line? [duplicate]

How to select first occurrence between two patterns including just the first?

Better way to only include real filesystems in find?

Find all lines between two patterns, EXCLUSIVE of the second pattern?

bash script with rwx bits set, but still permission denied [duplicate]

bash variable expansion not working as expected

Ncat very slow over UDP. Possible causes?

"mailx -a x.txt ..." hangs, while "cat x.txt | mailx..." works

What is "mtr --report --tcp --port=22" telling me?

ssh, heredoc and environment variables [duplicate]