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1 answer

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Makefile: Default Value of Variable that is set but has null value

asked Sep 21, 2018 at 9:38

17 votes

2 answers

18k views

Makefile and .ONESHELL

asked Oct 17, 2018 at 8:50

15 votes

1 answer

19k views

Systemd service does not start (WantedBy=multi-user.target)

asked Aug 27, 2021 at 11:32

11 votes

2 answers

2k views

Why does cron require MTA for logging?

asked Mar 10, 2019 at 11:31

9 votes

1 answer

2k views

printf - store formatted string output in a variable

asked May 9, 2024 at 15:38

7 votes

6 answers

2k views

Find only those folders that contain a File with the same name as the Folder

asked Aug 6, 2019 at 16:40

6 votes

5 answers

2k views

Read file and store as array without skipping empty strings

asked Jun 13, 2021 at 14:39

6 votes

1 answer

603 views

Unexpected behavior of Bash script: First executes function, afterwards executes alias

asked Mar 4, 2019 at 12:07

5 votes

3 answers

1k views

Find exec sh: Shell variable not getting passed to subshell

asked Jan 21, 2020 at 23:45

5 votes

1 answer

2k views

dconf editor value is different from gsettings get value

asked Feb 27, 2020 at 13:28

5 votes

3 answers

4k views

How do I find the files installed by a particular package? Where is the .deb file to look at?

asked Jan 27, 2019 at 16:13

4 votes

3 answers

10k views

Xargs to extract filename

asked Sep 3, 2018 at 11:14

4 votes

4 answers

2k views

Regex match shell variable as a pattern (case insensitively)

asked Jun 15, 2021 at 1:02

4 votes

1 answer

12k views

print specific column with specific output field separator

asked Jul 25, 2021 at 21:26

3 votes

3 answers

3k views

Mapfile not removing trailing newline

asked Jul 26, 2021 at 4:35

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

Render troff file on terminal like the man outputs on terminal

asked Jul 7, 2020 at 12:25

3 votes

4 answers

411 views

Delete all but the last comment line for each comment block

asked Nov 24, 2020 at 16:54

3 votes

2 answers

2k views

Sed replace word except when word is preceded by a specific string

asked Dec 13, 2018 at 9:55

3 votes

1 answer

4k views

Bash: Error in assigning default value to a variable

asked Jan 12, 2019 at 11:59

3 votes

1 answer

3k views

jq skip iteration over null

asked May 6, 2024 at 20:27

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

Linux Mint: Overwrite existing keyboard shortcut

asked Feb 6, 2022 at 13:22

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

USB C charging PDO or PPS

asked Jan 1, 2023 at 14:01

2 votes

1 answer

220 views

Locale: Unable to get correct date (for Sunday of this week)

asked Jan 13, 2025 at 6:29

2 votes

0 answers

270 views

gsetttings not working from inside bashrc

asked Mar 17, 2024 at 0:14

2 votes

3 answers

353 views

Find command that excludes paths listed in a file

asked Sep 13, 2018 at 7:45

2 votes

4 answers

2k views

Find exclude path containing specific files

asked Sep 13, 2018 at 8:01

2 votes

2 answers

840 views

Delete n lines after pattern and m lines before pattern

asked Oct 6, 2018 at 10:31

2 votes

2 answers

2k views

`column` from `util-linux` and not from `bsdmainutils`

asked Jan 5, 2022 at 16:51

1 vote

1 answer

252 views

Output of lsblk includes both pipes and back ticks

asked Jul 25, 2020 at 11:41

1 vote

1 answer

911 views

mktemp creates file in pwd rather than in /tmp

asked May 6, 2021 at 17:30

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105 Questions

Makefile: Default Value of Variable that is set but has null value

Makefile and .ONESHELL

Systemd service does not start (WantedBy=multi-user.target)

Why does cron require MTA for logging?

printf - store formatted string output in a variable

Find only those folders that contain a File with the same name as the Folder

Read file and store as array without skipping empty strings

Unexpected behavior of Bash script: First executes function, afterwards executes alias

Find exec sh: Shell variable not getting passed to subshell

dconf editor value is different from gsettings get value

How do I find the files installed by a particular package? Where is the .deb file to look at?

Xargs to extract filename

Regex match shell variable as a pattern (case insensitively)

print specific column with specific output field separator

Mapfile not removing trailing newline

Render troff file on terminal like the man outputs on terminal

Delete all but the last comment line for each comment block

Sed replace word except when word is preceded by a specific string

Bash: Error in assigning default value to a variable

jq skip iteration over null

Linux Mint: Overwrite existing keyboard shortcut

USB C charging PDO or PPS

Locale: Unable to get correct date (for Sunday of this week)

gsetttings not working from inside bashrc

Find command that excludes paths listed in a file

Find exclude path containing specific files

Delete n lines after pattern and m lines before pattern

`column` from `util-linux` and not from `bsdmainutils`

Output of lsblk includes both pipes and back ticks

mktemp creates file in pwd rather than in /tmp