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Are there any Linux equivalent of the Mac OS X "open" command?
Answer:
The Mac OSX's open command is a very handy tool for opening file, without the need to sepcify the program name.
In Linux, you have two choices:
1. xdg-open
# xdg-open test.html
2. see
# see test.html
Both command will open the file by your default web browser.
How do you pronunce 'Linux'?
Answer:
Check out the pronunciation by Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux.
Shutdown Linux X minutes later
Answer:
To schedule Linux shutdown in X minutes later, use the following command
E.g. shutdown in 10 minutes
# sudo shutdown -h 10
List files in a tar file
Answer:
To list all files inside a tar file, use the following command
# tar tf test.tar
Insert search string back to the result in sed
Answer:
Following command will replace "foo" by "bar", using the sed.
# echo "foo" | sed 's/foo/bar/'
But how to append the word "foo" at the end of "bar"?
Here is the solution with the & (& defines the pattern found in the search string)
# echo "foo" | sed 's/foo/bar&/'
