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Set readable line spacing
Use a unitless CSS line-height that scales with the font size.
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Set several inline styles together
jQuery: Pass a property-value object to css.
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Set space between text lines
CSS: Learn how to set space between text lines in a complete browser example.
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Show line numbers beside matches
Linux Commands: Use grep -n so a result identifies its position in the source file.
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Show the first lines of a file
Read only the first three lines of a text file, useful for checking a header or previewing a large log.
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Sort a small set of lines
Linux Commands: Sort a small set of lines using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
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Sort and deduplicate lines
Sort lines alphabetically and remove duplicate lines in a predictable C locale.
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Sort lines by numeric value
Linux Commands: Use sort -n so 10 sorts after 2 instead of before it.
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Split a file into fixed line-count pieces
Linux Commands: Use numeric suffixes for predictable filenames when splitting a large text file.
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Split a line into named fields
Read a simple delimiter-separated line into variables.
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Substitute values into a multiline template
Bash Scripts: An unquoted heredoc delimiter enables parameter expansion in the template.
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Summarize added and removed lines numerically
Git: Numstat provides tab-separated counts suitable for processing.
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