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150 votes

14 answers

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List partition labels from the command line

asked Mar 30, 2011 at 6:31

30 votes

5 answers

147k views

Single command to check if file exists, and print (custom) message to stdout?

asked Feb 1, 2013 at 18:00

29 votes

1 answer

15k views

Output visual (ASCII) Debian dependency tree to terminal?

asked Aug 12, 2013 at 6:18

28 votes

3 answers

42k views

Find where is a shared library symbol defined on a live system / list all symbols exported on a system

asked Dec 4, 2013 at 22:01

24 votes

3 answers

61k views

How to generate Module.symvers?

asked Nov 16, 2011 at 10:59

17 votes

5 answers

15k views

What is "Print to File" and can it be used from command line?

asked Jun 7, 2012 at 21:02

17 votes

4 answers

20k views

htop / top with specifying process name filter on the command line - at program startup?

asked Jan 26, 2019 at 12:04

15 votes

5 answers

10k views

Debian checkinstall ignores install=no; how to have it build, but NOT autoinstall a package?

asked Nov 5, 2012 at 9:18

13 votes

2 answers

4k views

Observing a hard-disk write in kernel space (with drivers/modules)

asked Jan 22, 2014 at 12:52

13 votes

2 answers

3k views

Why is df missing 500MB of available space? [duplicate]

asked Aug 8, 2015 at 13:37

11 votes

4 answers

3k views

Using process substitution to trick programs expecting files, with specific extensions as argument?

asked Jan 28, 2015 at 21:52

11 votes

2 answers

6k views

Piping into moreutils' ts with nanosecond precision?

asked Mar 27, 2016 at 11:44

11 votes

1 answer

17k views

Listing both ls information and mount points of a directory?

asked Apr 8, 2013 at 14:43

9 votes

5 answers

22k views

Handling Bash script with CRLF (carriage return) in Linux as in MSYS2?

asked Apr 3, 2020 at 9:01

8 votes

3 answers

11k views

Hexdump of a string starting at new lines?

asked Mar 14, 2015 at 17:22

7 votes

1 answer

52k views

Copy multiple files into one (append, merge) in single invocation without shell redirection?

asked Jun 4, 2013 at 20:04

7 votes

1 answer

6k views

Command line audio - piping for simultaneous playback and recording

asked Mar 28, 2012 at 17:31

7 votes

3 answers

5k views

Achieving hexdump-like format, that includes binary strings, on the command line?

asked Jun 12, 2014 at 18:32

6 votes

3 answers

7k views

Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?

asked May 11, 2013 at 10:11

6 votes

1 answer

3k views

Have tmux not ask for sudo password for a process in session (authenticate beforehand)?

asked Jan 26, 2019 at 12:22

5 votes

3 answers

3k views

Bash one-liner to temporarily append path for chained commands without additional bash invocation?

asked Mar 26, 2016 at 15:34

5 votes

2 answers

11k views

"Last resort" Linux terminal command to reboot (over ssh) in case of a kernel bug?

asked Feb 5, 2015 at 11:29

5 votes

2 answers

6k views

Calling bash from sh (dash) with commands read from args, and "Unterminated quoted string"/"unexpected EOF"

asked Apr 21, 2013 at 21:57

5 votes

2 answers

2k views

Search/grep ftp remote filenames

asked Mar 2, 2014 at 18:10

4 votes

1 answer

402 views

Automatically load a user function at startup with awk?

asked Nov 27, 2013 at 16:49

4 votes

1 answer

2k views

Getting globbing to work with `locate`?

asked Jan 24, 2015 at 5:37

4 votes

1 answer

1k views

Change /tmp (to increase available space) on live system?

asked Apr 8, 2023 at 11:00

3 votes

1 answer

416 views

grep two conditions, one negated, without a pipeline?

asked Dec 11, 2015 at 3:00

3 votes

3 answers

3k views

Packaging a directory and its contents as a diff patch?

asked Dec 16, 2015 at 9:59

3 votes

1 answer

3k views

Text editor that allows for coloring of arbitrary text (and exporting thereof)?

asked Dec 16, 2015 at 13:17

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74 Questions

List partition labels from the command line

Single command to check if file exists, and print (custom) message to stdout?

Output visual (ASCII) Debian dependency tree to terminal?

Find where is a shared library symbol defined on a live system / list all symbols exported on a system

How to generate Module.symvers?

What is "Print to File" and can it be used from command line?

htop / top with specifying process name filter on the command line - at program startup?

Debian checkinstall ignores install=no; how to have it build, but NOT autoinstall a package?

Observing a hard-disk write in kernel space (with drivers/modules)

Why is df missing 500MB of available space? [duplicate]

Using process substitution to trick programs expecting files, with specific extensions as argument?

Piping into moreutils' ts with nanosecond precision?

Listing both ls information and mount points of a directory?

Handling Bash script with CRLF (carriage return) in Linux as in MSYS2?

Hexdump of a string starting at new lines?

Copy multiple files into one (append, merge) in single invocation without shell redirection?

Command line audio - piping for simultaneous playback and recording

Achieving hexdump-like format, that includes binary strings, on the command line?

Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?

Have tmux not ask for sudo password for a process in session (authenticate beforehand)?

Bash one-liner to temporarily append path for chained commands without additional bash invocation?

"Last resort" Linux terminal command to reboot (over ssh) in case of a kernel bug?

Calling bash from sh (dash) with commands read from args, and "Unterminated quoted string"/"unexpected EOF"

Search/grep ftp remote filenames

Automatically load a user function at startup with awk?

Getting globbing to work with `locate`?

Change /tmp (to increase available space) on live system?

grep two conditions, one negated, without a pipeline?

Packaging a directory and its contents as a diff patch?

Text editor that allows for coloring of arbitrary text (and exporting thereof)?