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...
  • ExLisperAEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Here’s a real shell trick for you:

    Remove the arrow keys from you keyboard for a month or two.

    Seriously, do it. Do you know how to jump to the beginning of the line? The end? Move one word back? One character back? After a month without arrow keys you will know, trust me.

      • ExLisperAEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I didn’t know that one. I use vi all the time but my brain can’t handle it in the command line. Two different muscle memories clash.