Advantages of using set -o vi
I have seen many developers using this command to set the option to vi. I never understood the real use of this?
bash
Best practice to use $? in bash?
When I read this answer about $? another question comes to mind.
Glob with Numerical Order
I have this list of pdf files in a directory:
Shell script throws a not found error when run from a sh file. But if entered manually the commands work
I’m trying to use the following script to generate a sitemap for my website. When I run it as sh thsitemap.sh I get an error like this and creates an empty sitemap.xml file:
How to measure time of program execution and store that inside a variable
In order to find out how long certain operations within a Bash (v4+) script take, I would like to parse the output from the time command “separately” and (ultimately) capture it within a Bash variable (let VARNAME=...).
How can I replace a string in a previous command on the command-line?
I need to run a command, and then run the same command again with just one string changed.
Calling multiple bash scripts and running them in parallel, not in sequence
Suppose that I have three (or more) bash scripts: script1.sh, script2.sh, and script3.sh. I would like to call all three of these scripts and run them in parallel. One way to do this is to just execute the following commands:
How do I switch to vi editing mode in readline?
I want to switch to vi editing mode in a readline environment. But I don’t want to use ‘set -o vi’. I want to temporarily switch using a keyboard shortcut. The man page says I can do this with M-C-j. But that doesn’t work for me.
How to use defined function with xargs
This is my code
How do I diff the outputs of two commands?
This question already has an answer here: Diff the output of two `awk` commands (1 answer) Closed 3 years ago. How can I use the diff command to compare 2 commands’ outputs? Does something like this exist? diff ($cat /etc/passwd) ($cut -f2/etc/passwd) Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that … Read more