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Any linux command to perform parallel decompression of tar.bz2 file?

How do I use wget/curl to download from a site I am logged into?

How to forward-search-history with the reverse-i-search command (ctrl+r)?

How to restart samba server?

What is the purpose of the -9 option in the kill command?

How to remove all files from a directory?

How to remove all files and subdirectories in a directory WITHOUT deleting the directory in bash?

When should you push variables in quotes in boolean conditions?

How to install old version of ffmpeg?

What do the paranthesis and $ sign mean in echo $(ls)

sort the results from `apt-cache search <keywords>`

updatedb & locate command problem - Files from external hard drive are no longer indexed after rebooting

how to completely reformat a usb using fdisk?

How to serve .deb files compiled for amd64 without receiving errors that i386 .deb files are not available?

Session freezes when using the screen command

Is there a way to pass arguments to be parsed when dpkg --configure <package> requests user input? [duplicate]

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Why isn't ubuntu checking the correct directory in the $PATH variable?

How to only install updates from a specific file repository?

When downloading source packages from ubuntu what is the difference between orig.tar.bz2 and 6ubuntu2.3.debian.tar.gz

Does executing sudo su and su root do the same thing?

Difference between running command as sudo and running command as root?

Error message when running "make" command: /usr/bin/ld: i386 architecture of input file is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

How to tail output of program started from crontab that prints to stdout?

Why don't popular programs like Photoshop or World of Warcraft support Ubuntu? [closed]

How to get samba (computer 1) to show up on windows 7 (computer 2) if both are in the same lan?

Are $ reboot and $ shutdown -r now different?

Source or dot operator overriding execute permission?

Wget like utility to download all images in mysite.com/img/ directory

How do I convert only a portion of an MP3 file to WAV at a certain frequency, from the command-line?