Shell Productivity Tips and Tricks

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Post by goranmoomin » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 4:00 AM UTC

Shell Productivity Tips and Tricks
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Post by andreareina » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 6:32 AM UTC

Process substitution deserves a mention: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/process-sub.html

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#3

Post by tcoff91 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 6:47 AM UTC

fzf fizzy history search with ctrl-r is my favorite new shell trick. Fzf is a wonderful program

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Post by gimboland » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 6:55 AM UTC

tcoff91 wrote: post #3

fzf fizzy history search with ctrl-r is my favorite new shell trick. Fzf is a wonderful program

fzf's great. I use it for a quick/easy git branch menu, complete with preview of recent history of each branch: https://pastebin.com/R91bP2qa

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#5

Post by raykooyenga » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 6:57 AM UTC

I max out my history sizes as well as have bash functions to dump/persist them to time stamped archives on command or on logout.

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#6

Post by xpuente » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:13 AM UTC

xargs should be there. The most useful tool IMO.

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Post by saagarjha » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:18 AM UTC

raykooyenga wrote: post #5

I max out my history sizes as well as have bash functions to dump/persist them to time stamped archives on command or on logout.

(That’s

  export HISTSIZE=
  export HISTFILESIZE=

for those wondering how to do it.)

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Post by lolive » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:22 AM UTC

Whoever can point me at a robust method to save/restore bash histories of a tmux session would save my life!!! [And yes i use tmux inside tmux]

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Post by based2 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:25 AM UTC

vi :x

grep -n ... vi +§

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#10

Post by based2 » Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:26 AM UTC

xpuente wrote: post #6

xargs should be there. The most useful tool IMO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xargs