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How to use 'find' to search for files created on a specific date?

How do I use the UNIX command find to search for files created on a specific date?

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Compare two files line by line and generate the difference in another file

I want to compare file1 with file2 and generate a file3 which contains the lines in file1 which are not …

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How to generate a core dump in Linux on a segmentation fault?

I have a process in Linux that's getting a segmentation fault. How can I tell it to generate a core …

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Which characters need to be escaped when using Bash?

Is there any comprehensive list of characters that need to be escaped in Bash? Can it be checked just with …

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How do I use the nohup command without getting nohup.out?

I have a problem with the nohup command. When I run my job, I have a lot of data. The …

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What is the difference between a symbolic link and a hard link?

Recently I was asked this during a job interview. I was honest and said I knew how a symbolic link …

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Quick unix command to display specific lines in the middle of a file?

Trying to debug an issue with a server and my only log file is a 20GB log file (with no …

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How to append contents of multiple files into one file

I want to copy the contents of five files to one file as is. I tried doing it using cp …

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How to list all users in a Linux group?

How do I list all members of a group in Linux (and possibly other unices)?

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How can I copy the output of a command directly into my clipboard?

How can I pipe the output of a command into my clipboard and paste it back when using a terminal? …

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