Popular Unix Programming Tips
setgid bit on directories
Andy Walker
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linux, unix, setgid
List all distinct file extensions in a directory in Unix
Ayman
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unix, directory, files, extenions
See the average size of files in linux
Dan Jesus
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linux, unix, gawk, ubuntu
Syntax of crontab
Luis Milanese
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unix, cron, crontab, cronjob
Read-only VIM Trick
Taylor Leach
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vim, trick, unix, cat
list of listening ports
josh bowles
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linux, unix, ports
Find large files in a directory
adamstrawson
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code, unix
Sort a list of dates in U.S. expanded form (e.g., Tuesday, August 23, 2016)
bitfragment
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0 responses
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cli, shell, unix, sort
Change owner of a whole directory
Carlos Fernandez
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3 responses
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unix, apache, apache owner, change owner
Calculator in bash
Alexey Bobyrev
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0 responses
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bash, unix, calc
Transfer ownership
Jasson Cascante
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1 response
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command line, linux, unix
Total lines of code
Sergey Zabolotnov
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2 responses
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shell, unix, awk, git
The "other" file permissions on Mac OS X
Chris Wilson
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0 responses
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mac, permissions, unix, bsd
An easy way to backup databases
Alecs Galindo
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2 responses
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mysql, linux, mac, backup
Ludicrously Fast File Deletion
Michael Gile
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0 responses
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shell, unix, rsync, delete
Nautilus: The ubuntu guilty
Juan Jose Alonso
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0 responses
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linux, unix, jjosealonso, netbook
Viewing a file in a JAR
Jim Moore
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0 responses
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unix, java
check port usage on mac
daniel anggrianto
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0 responses
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shell, unix, commandline
best uses for 'cd'
Zhang Tai
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0 responses
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shell, linux, unix, bash
Duplicate (~ "copy") a symlink on Unix
Peter Vandenberk
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0 responses
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shell, zsh, unix, bash
Can't remember that handy bash command from earlier today?
Ryan Pfeffer
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1 response
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command line, linux, unix, bash
Installing Docker in 15 Seconds
Anthony Smith
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linux, unix, docker
Download Whole Site Using WGET
Azri Jamil
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0 responses
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linux, unix, download, site
These are the Rules
Ryan Montgomery
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unix, programming
Disk usage info unix command
Oswaldo Ferreira
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unix, command, disk, usage
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