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bash script [ x$1 = x ]

July 19th, 2022

bash shell

Safe way to pass password for >1 programs in bash

December 7th, 2020

bash command-line password openssl

Test command in unix doesn't print an output

July 19th, 2022

bash shell command test

How can I tell what command an alias stands for?

July 19th, 2022

alias bash

How to get the current terminal name?

July 19th, 2022

terminal bash

How to sync terminal session command history in bash?

July 19th, 2022

bash command-history synchronization

Print the last error message from stderr?

April 2nd, 2020

error-handling bash

Is it possible to set Gnome Terminal's title to "[email protected]" for whatever host I'm connected to?

July 21st, 2020

window-title bash ssh gnome-terminal

I changed my hostname, why is my bash PS1 prompt unchanged?

December 15th, 2020

bash ubuntu hostname

How to detect the desktop environment in a bash script?

April 21st, 2021

bash desktop-environment bash-script

Is there any major difference when comparing a variable as a string or as an int

July 11th, 2020

shell bash test

import environment variables in a bash script

July 19th, 2022

shell-script bash scripting environment-variables

Allow bash script to be run as root, but not sudo

January 6th, 2021

root bash shell-script sudo

Compress a directory using tar/gz over SSH to local computer?

July 19th, 2022

bash ssh tar

Disable bash tab completion

January 14th, 2020

bash autocomplete

How to recover a backgrounded job from a previous shell?

July 19th, 2022

bash job-control background-process

How to set the number of commands history recalls

July 19th, 2022

bash command-history

What characters are required to be escaped in command line arguments?

December 13th, 2020

bash shell quoting

How to pass parameters to function in a bash script?

July 19th, 2022

bash function parameter syntax

Why do I need to use cd "[email protected]" instead of cd "$1" when writing a wrapper for cd?

December 3rd, 2020

bash shell function cd-command arguments

Shell: is it possible to delay a command without using `sleep`?

November 22nd, 2020

linux bash shell-script shell sleep

Syntax Error: unexpected end of file — Bash script

July 22nd, 2022

bash shell-script

Scripteable GPT partitions using parted

July 19th, 2022

linux bash scripting partition parted

Why do I sometimes get repeatedly prompted with ">" in the terminal?

July 19th, 2022

command-line prompt shell bash

How to escape single quotes correctly creating an alias

March 1st, 2020

bash shell quoting alias escape-characters

How can I programmatically tell if a filename matches one of a set of brace-expanded glob patterns?

June 8th, 2022

bash wildcards

Using $? in an if statement

July 22nd, 2022

scripting bash

Good style/practices for separators in file (or directory) names

July 19th, 2022

filenames bash linux

Pass contents of file as argument to bash script

July 22nd, 2022

bash shell-script

Two files comparison in bash script?

July 19th, 2022

bash file-comparison