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120 votes

10 answers

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How to get parent PID of a given process in GNU/Linux from command line?

asked Jun 8, 2010 at 9:42

90 votes

5 answers

177k views

How to get list of dependencies of non-installed RPM package?

asked Jun 8, 2011 at 18:29

78 votes

4 answers

52k views

How to make ssh-agent automatically add the key on demand?

asked Aug 20, 2011 at 17:27

64 votes

9 answers

13k views

How do I make Firefox spellcheck in multiple languages simultaneously?

asked Feb 12, 2010 at 20:48

44 votes

2 answers

21k views

Maximize window in tmux

asked Jun 21, 2011 at 18:03

39 votes

4 answers

70k views

How to output file from the specified offset, but not "dd bs=1 skip=N"?

asked Jan 20, 2012 at 21:20

35 votes

4 answers

43k views

How can I get the length of a video file from the console?

asked Nov 25, 2011 at 12:13

31 votes

5 answers

26k views

How to recover deleted file if it is still opened by some process?

asked May 13, 2011 at 17:43

29 votes

1 answer

20k views

Why "LANG=C"? (not D or E or F)

asked Dec 9, 2010 at 0:21

27 votes

3 answers

16k views

How do I dump information from a Windows *.lnk shortcut on Linux?

asked Jul 12, 2014 at 1:12

25 votes

7 answers

26k views

Running commands in parallel with a limit of simultaneous number of commands

asked Jun 17, 2010 at 11:47

23 votes

3 answers

64k views

How to move a partition in GNU/Linux?

asked Jan 24, 2013 at 12:35

22 votes

2 answers

24k views

How do I interactively type \r\n-terminated query in netcat?

asked Jul 18, 2015 at 10:38

21 votes

3 answers

9k views

How to force gpg2 to use expired key?

asked Jul 24, 2010 at 1:08

20 votes

3 answers

22k views

Are there programs to create and edit SVG animations?

asked Aug 4, 2010 at 1:49

17 votes

4 answers

36k views

How to really force unmount a filesystem (without manual investigation why is it busy)

asked Aug 12, 2010 at 10:15

15 votes

3 answers

9k views

How to copy a picture to clipboard from command line in linux?

asked Jun 24, 2011 at 21:50

13 votes

3 answers

13k views

Why my USB mouse gets suspended after 3 seconds of inactivity?

asked Apr 4, 2012 at 21:56

13 votes

3 answers

50k views

How to convert file data to plain hex?

asked May 5, 2011 at 12:48

12 votes

2 answers

19k views

How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?

asked Sep 9, 2010 at 20:59

12 votes

1 answer

3k views

Cursor movement history in Vim

asked May 21, 2010 at 16:21

12 votes

3 answers

8k views

How to move wireless connection to other network namespace?

asked Oct 3, 2013 at 17:26

11 votes

2 answers

19k views

What does mean sudden "Text file busy" when calling a script?

asked May 9, 2012 at 9:48

11 votes

1 answer

6k views

How to check multitouch in GNU/Linux

asked Feb 24, 2012 at 14:37

10 votes

3 answers

9k views

How to send Ctrl+Alt+F1 (and other special keystrokes) to X window?

asked Jan 11, 2011 at 14:31

10 votes

2 answers

6k views

How do I play audio though jackd from console?

asked Jul 1, 2016 at 17:43

8 votes

4 answers

5k views

How to save and restore file's created/modified dates?

asked Dec 2, 2012 at 19:39

8 votes

2 answers

3k views

What public IP should I use for long-term network test?

asked Sep 18, 2012 at 14:01

8 votes

1 answer

2k views

How to tell Linux to explicitly swap out main memory of a suspended process?

asked Apr 7, 2010 at 13:42

7 votes

3 answers

8k views

Stable reverse port forwarding in SSH and stale sessions

asked Feb 19, 2010 at 20:13

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217 Questions

How to get parent PID of a given process in GNU/Linux from command line?

How to get list of dependencies of non-installed RPM package?

How to make ssh-agent automatically add the key on demand?

How do I make Firefox spellcheck in multiple languages simultaneously?

Maximize window in tmux

How to output file from the specified offset, but not "dd bs=1 skip=N"?

How can I get the length of a video file from the console?

How to recover deleted file if it is still opened by some process?

Why "LANG=C"? (not D or E or F)

How do I dump information from a Windows *.lnk shortcut on Linux?

Running commands in parallel with a limit of simultaneous number of commands

How to move a partition in GNU/Linux?

How do I interactively type \r\n-terminated query in netcat?

How to force gpg2 to use expired key?

Are there programs to create and edit SVG animations?

How to really force unmount a filesystem (without manual investigation why is it busy)

How to copy a picture to clipboard from command line in linux?

Why my USB mouse gets suspended after 3 seconds of inactivity?

How to convert file data to plain hex?

How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?

Cursor movement history in Vim

How to move wireless connection to other network namespace?

What does mean sudden "Text file busy" when calling a script?

How to check multitouch in GNU/Linux

How to send Ctrl+Alt+F1 (and other special keystrokes) to X window?

How do I play audio though jackd from console?

How to save and restore file's created/modified dates?

What public IP should I use for long-term network test?

How to tell Linux to explicitly swap out main memory of a suspended process?

Stable reverse port forwarding in SSH and stale sessions