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The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] (archive.org) |
| recommended by 6 users | 2017 | 415 points by dang | original thread | |
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“Not really a script, but a `.ssh/config` to automatically deploy parts of my local cli environment” (comment) |
| recommended by 3 users | 2022 | hoechst on: Ask HN: Can I see your scripts? | original thread | |
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“The fact that dc was originally intended as basically the Unix system's bignums library” (comment) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2013 | leoc on: Today’s Smalltalk: A Second Look At The First OO Language | original thread | |
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My experience with using cp to copy 432 million files (39 TB) (lists.gnu.org) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2014 | 826 points by nazri1 | original thread | |
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Start all of your commands with a comma (2009) (rhodesmill.org) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2022 | 592 points by Tomte | original thread | |
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Using AWK and R to parse 25TB (livefreeordichotomize.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2019 | 312 points by markus_zhang | original thread | |
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“I'm the author of ag. That was a really good comparison of the different code searching tools.” (comment) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2016 | ggreer on: Ripgrep – A new command line search tool | original thread | |
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“this page seriously undersells the versatility and utility of the units program” (comment) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2023 | kragen on: GNU Units | original thread | |
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Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split (lists.busybox.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 857 points by sciurus | original thread | |
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CLI Guidelines – A guide to help you write better command-line programs (clig.dev) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 564 points by bfirsh | original thread | |
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Why GNU grep is fast (2010) (lists.freebsd.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2013 | 495 points by kurren | original thread | |
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An opinionated approach to GNU Make (tech.davis-hansson.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2019 | 414 points by DarkCrusader2 | original thread | |
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Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017) (unix.stackexchange.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2021 | 413 points by yankcrime | original thread | |
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Terminal and shell performance (danluu.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 404 points by darwhy | original thread | |
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Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering (jvns.ca) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2024 | 391 points by tanelpoder | original thread | |
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Unix Wildcards Gone Wild (defensecode.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2014 | 269 points by 0x0 | original thread | |
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“I have [bash] history back to ~2003” (twitter.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 239 points by rcthompson | original thread | |
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Useful Unix commands for data science (gregreda.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2013 | 221 points by gjreda | original thread | |
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The TTY demystified (linusakesson.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2014 | 218 points by luu | original thread | |
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Taco Bell Programming (2010) (web.archive.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2016 | 172 points by Jarred | original thread | |
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The TTY demystified (linusakesson.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 168 points by tim_sw | original thread | |
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The TTY demystified (linusakesson.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 161 points by iveney | original thread | |
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The TTY Demystified (linusakesson.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 157 points by natex | original thread | |
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Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin Split [pdf] (landley.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 127 points by Somasis | original thread | |
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The TTY demystified (2008) (linusakesson.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 127 points by r4um | original thread | |
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Unix – The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems (1999) (team.net) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2021 | 106 points by walterbell | original thread | |
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“In terms of core features, ripgrep is totally there.” (comment) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2016 | ggreer on: Ripgrep – A new command line search tool | original thread | |
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“One thing to keep in mind when looking at GNU programs is that they're often intentionally written” (comment) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2017 | avar on: How is GNU `yes` so fast? | original thread | |
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