May 22, 2025 · Single UNIX Specification- “The Standard” The Single UNIX Specification is the standard in which the core interfaces of a UNIX OS are measured. The UNIX standard includes a rich feature …

Sep 17, 2008 · I need to extract a certain section of this file (i.e. the data for a single database) and place it in a new file. I know both the start and end line numbers of the data that I want. Does anyone …

Nov 23, 2009 · Since every Unix does things a little differently -- Solaris, Mac OS X, IRIX, BSD, and Linux all have their quirks -- POSIX is especially useful to those in the industry as it defines a …

How to check if $? is not equal to zero in unix shell scripting? Asked 12 years, 9 months ago Modified 3 years, 9 months ago Viewed 357k times

Sep 8, 2010 · I want to list only the directories in specified path (ls doesn't have such option). Also, can this be done with a single line command?

Feb 17, 2010 · How can I send an email through the UNIX mailx command? Asked 15 years, 10 months ago Modified 6 years, 1 month ago Viewed 809k times

2 Take a look at Job Control on UNIX systems If you don't have control of your shell, simply hitting ctrl + C should stop the process. If that doesn't work, you can try ctrl + Z and using the jobs and kill -9 …

I know that using ls -l "directory/directory/filename" tells me the permissions of a file. How do I do the same on a directory? I could obviously use ls -l on the directory higher in the hierarchy...

Jun 23, 2011 · The definition of unix time and the epoch date went through a couple of changes before stabilizing on what it is now. But it does not say why exactly 1/1/1970 was chosen in the end.

Dec 8, 2008 · In Unix/Linux, how do you find out what group a given user is in via command line?