Programs: coreutils
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There are some variances between linux/BSD, and other flavours of unix, but generally speaking these are the tools you can expect to have at your fingertips while you are operating a unix inspired operating system.
TODO:
this page is a mess, should be split out into a page per program
TODO:
compare BSD/GNU tail, add notes
General
coreutils chmod coreutils chown coreutils chroot coreutils dd coreutils cut coreutils seq coreutils sort coreutils tee coreutils date
GNU
gnu sed gnu awk gnu shuf gnu find gnu ls
BSD
bsd jot bsd find
Offsetting Jobs
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at 09:00 27.07.14 <<END > echo "Don't forget to wish a Happy Birthday to Raphaël!" \ > | mail lolando@debian.org > ENDwatch
# run a command every 5 seconds watch -n 5 <command>repeat
# repeat a command a particular number of times repeat 300 <command> && sleep 5