How to display open file descriptors but not using lsof command
Hi I have read Here that lsof is not an accurate way of getting the number of File Descriptors that are currently open. He recommended to use this command instead
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How to gather byte occurrence statistics in binary file?
I’d like to know the equivalent of
Where has the trailing newline char gone from my command substitution?
The following code best describes the situation. Why is the last line not outputting the trailing newline char? Each line’s output is shown in the comment. I’m using GNU bash, version 4.1.5
What is meant by a shell is in “vi” mode or “emacs” mode?
This question follows directly from the answer. In this case I am specifically unable to understand the part which says:
How to check password with Linux?
I want to check, from the linux command line, if a given cleartext password is the same of a crypted password on a /etc/shadow
How do I make my pc speaker beep
Using bash, how can I make the pc speaker beep?
How do I count the number of occurrences of a word in a text file with the command line?
I have a large JSON file that is on one line, and I want to use the command line to be able to count the number of occurrences of a word in the file. How can I do that?
What does <<< mean?
What does <<< mean? Here is an example: $ sed 's/a/b/g' <<< "aaa" bbb Is it something general that works with more Linux commands? It looks like it’s feeding the sed program with the string aaa, but isn’t << or < usually used for that? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. … Read more
How to pass the output of one command as the command-line argument to another?
So I have a script that, when I give it two addresses, will search two HTML links:
How to move and overwrite subdirectories (and files) to parent directory?
I have a ton of files and dirs in a subdirectory I want to move to the parent directory. There are already some files and dirs in the target directory which need to be overwritten. Files that are only present in the target should be left untouched. Can I force mvto do that? It (mv * ..) complains