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Yes Often people use bash when they actually mean command-line – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he asked about it. Unless OP explicitly states they need a pure bash solution, answers using …

You did exactly the right thing The whole network follows Zanna's opinion by now, see Why are some questions marked as duplicate?: There are many ways to ask the same question, and a user might not b …

bash-history Refers to the history of commands that have been run previously in Bash. history The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell. …

Currently How do I enter a directory with special characters in its name? is the canonical1 question for quoting problems, however I feel it has a number of problems: it doesn't mention file names, …

Just follow this advice: Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're ask …

Judging from its Wikipedia entry including both online articles linked there, leaving out the capitalization is fairly common. As ALL CAPS is considered bad style for a good reason I personally suppor …

I think the way to go is flag/vote to close as unclear what you're asking, like SO does it. If you see any chance you can translate the post properly, an edit (suggestion) is welcome, but in my opini …

As it currently stands, this question is totally unclear – the many comments show how many question are left open. To just list the most pressing ones: Does /home/thiru/Pictures exist? Is /home/thir …

I think Zanna once again gets to the point with her comment: Please could you reformat your post so that the question is a question and the answer is posted as an answer below? Provided you unde …

Yes, it is OK to delete answers without a comment because mods can’t be pestered to explain everything they do if the information is there (in the help center) and the case is clear. No, your answer …

What follows is my personal opinion; votes will show whether others agree or not. I like to be outspoken and clear which is sometimes misunderstood as being rude and hostile. Please bear with me; in n …

As this edit is OP’s reaction and feedback to your answer, it should be an edit to the question. There are three steps to take: Reject the edit as “Attempt to reply” Write a comment to OP asking the …

As it stands, the question does qualify for both “unclear” and “too broad”: There is not even a clear question, see the extended comment discussion resulting from this fact. …

Clicking “edit” under your post leads you to https://askubuntu.com/posts/1103063/edit (if I guessed the question correctly), where you can edit your question and add information: Please remember to …

remove this tag I vote to delete this thing. One could think about making it solely about GNU coreutils' /usr/bin/split, but in my opinion this program does not really need a tag of its own.