Top "Unix" questions

How do you tell if a string contains another string in POSIX sh?

I want to write a Unix shell script that will do various logic if there is a string inside of …

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How can I generate Unix timestamps?

Related question is "Datetime To Unix timestamp", but this question is more general. I need Unix timestamps to solve my …

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Write to file, but overwrite it if it exists

echo "text" >> 'Users/Name/Desktop/TheAccount.txt' How do I make it so it creates the file if …

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sed edit file in place

I am trying to find out if it is possible to edit a file in a single sed command without …

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Find all files with name containing string

I have been searching for a command that will return files from the current directory which contain a string in …

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How to send a simple string between two programs using pipes?

I tried searching on the net, but there are hardly any resources. A small example would suffice. EDIT I mean, …

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Is mongodb running?

I have installed mongodb and the php drivers on my unix server. My question is how can I tell if …

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Unix's 'ls' sort by name

Can you sort an ls listing by name?

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Shell script - remove first and last quote (") from a variable

Below is the snippet of a shell script from a larger script. It removes the quotes from the string that …

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What is a unix command for deleting the first N characters of a line?

For example, I might want to: tail -f logfile | grep org.springframework | <command to remove first N characters> …

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