How to change previous/next word shortcut in bash?
How do I configure Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right as previous/next word shortcuts for bash (currently alt-b and alt-f)?
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Usage of -n and -z in test built in – Bash
Consider the following in bash:
What characters need to be escaped in files without quotes?
I have browser-based shell/terminal that executes bash commands and I’m escaping spaces but it turns out that parenthesis also need to be escaped. What other characters need to be escaped for file names that are not in quotes?
How do I force a user to change a password at the first time login using ssh?
I’m trying to force a newly created user to change a password at the first time login using ssh. For security reasons I want to give him a secure password until he logs in for the first time. I did the following so far:
Using “reserved” codes for exit status of shell scripts
I recently came across this list of Exit Codes With Special Meanings from the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide. They refer to these codes as being reserved and recommend that:
How to define ‘tab’ delimiter with ‘cut’ in Bash?
Here is an example of using cut to break input into fields using a space delimiter, and obtaining the second field:
What return/exit values can I use in bash functions/scripts?
I want to know what return values we can use that will not be mistaken by for ex. SIGINT?
How do i make this script print out multiple boxes?
I have this script that prints out a box frame with Asterisk signs, and I need to make it so that the script prints out multiple boxes under each other. How can I do it?
Kill all background jobs
Is there a more compact form of killing background jobs than:
“Bookmarks” for bash
Navigating several layers of nested directories is often a pain. On Firefox, it is easy because they have bookmarks. So what I’d like to do to bookmarks a file is to type: