Larvitz  4d ago

New post: shell tricks that aren't exactly secret, but aren't always taught either.

Split into two sections: what works on any POSIX sh (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine...) and what's Bash/Zsh-specific. Because not everyone is on Linux with bash as their login shell.

Things like CTRL+W, $_, pushd/popd, fc, set -euo pipefail caveats, and more.

https://blog.hofstede.it/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/

#unix #bash #shell #sysadmin #freebsd #linux #cli

Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity)

Watch someone backspace 40 characters instead of pressing CTRL+W, and you’ll understand why this list exists. A collection of shell tricks-grouped by what works everywhere and what’s Bash/Zsh-speci...

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@Larvitz You must tell in your article about Alt-[0-9] (really Alt-n where n is a number) feature when you talk about ALT-F, ALT-B and ALT-. , CTRL-W and maybe more ...

It allow you to modify the target. Move n words before / after o select the n th argument, removing n words ...

Great post!!

Mar 29 at 12:14amWeb