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Single-line input to multiline output in Unix
How can I use a filter to display something like:
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How do I create a new file with text outputted from a command?
I just wanna create a file with the outputted text from a command, rather then copying and pasting & making a new file by hand.
I'm on a unix machine.
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How come the ls command prints in multiple columns on tty but only one column everywhere else?
Even after using Unix-like OSes for a couple years, this behaviour still baffles me.
When I use the ls command in a directory that has lots of files, the output is usually nicely formatted into ...
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Does running commands verbosely make them slower?
I've found myself using the -v flag for lots of applications less and less (especially for trivial stuff like tar and cp). However, when I did and I was, say, unzipping a large file, it would take ...
