Sep 14, 2012 · In Bash, there appear to be several variables which hold special, consistently-meaning values. For instance, ./myprogram &; echo $! will return the PID of the process …

May 22, 2025 · Single UNIX Specification- “The Standard” The Single UNIX Specification is the standard in which the core interfaces of a UNIX OS are measured. The UNIX standard …

I know that using ls -l "directory/directory/filename" tells me the permissions of a file. How do I do the same on a directory? I could obviously use ls -l on the directory higher in the hierarchy...

Apr 10, 2010 · How can I programmatically (not using vi) convert DOS/Windows newlines to Unix newlines? The dos2unix and unix2dos commands are not available on certain systems. How …

Oct 20, 2014 · i need to find the host name of a UNIX host whose IP is known with out login to that UNIX host

Nov 23, 2009 · Since every Unix does things a little differently -- Solaris, Mac OS X, IRIX, BSD, and Linux all have their quirks -- POSIX is especially useful to those in the industry as it …

Jul 3, 2013 · a way to avoid the "grep -v grep" is to use "grep <process nam [e]>" so it interpolates the string and the process nam [e] isn't found when the first grep executes, if that makes sense.

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2 Take a look at Job Control on UNIX systems If you don't have control of your shell, simply hitting ctrl + C should stop the process. If that doesn't work, you can try ctrl + Z and using the jobs …

Apr 8, 2009 · I assume everyone here is familiar with the adage that all text files should end with a newline. I've known of this "rule" for years but I've always wondered — why?