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Using single and double quotes on Linux is easy if you know a few essential rules.
The watch command allows you to rerun commands in a loop until you stop it or run into a condition that stops the looping for you. It can be very useful when you're waiting for something to change before you can move on to the next task.
The Linux yes command allows you to automate responses to scripts and commands, but how it responds is up to you.
There are a lot of ways on Linux to make repeating commands easier than retyping them, and here's a nice collection of them.
New to Rocky Linux 9 is Peridot, a tool that makes it easy for anyone to replicate and extend Rocky Linux.
The eval command allows you to run the contents of variables as commands and can be very useful, especially in scripts.
The newest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux also improves support for containers.
File names on Linux can be 255 characters, and here's how to find the longest ones.
The Linux fold command can break long lines of text into pieces, but it can also be used to create arguments for looping in scripts.
The pa.sh tool finds sections of code that can run independently, then runs them in parallel to save time.