• Bash tips

    1 min read · shell comfy bash

    This & That Refer to 'that last thing', and 'the first thing': 1fortune -l > file1 2cat !$ | tr -d u > file2 3cat file1 !$ 4diff !^ !$ NB: this can go wrong: 1ls -l file1 file2 2cat !^ NB: this only works when running bash interactively, never in scripts. Lists You can put a list inside any bash argument, and bash will …


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  • Edit gpg encrypted files with vim

    1 min read · vim data gpg comfy

    Requirements GPG Basics vim basics The vim-gnupg plug-in lets vim edit gpg-encrypted files as if they were unencrypted. It's probably in your package manager. If not, you'll need to endure the faff of following the instructions.


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  • Rundown: curl

    1 min read · writing comfy dict curl writing web html2markdown curl

    Request a definition from the terminal. 1word='abderian' 2curl -s dict://dict.org/define:${word}: Convert a web page to markdown 1curl -sL "${url}" | html2markdown > "${file}}".md The html2markdown and html2md programs works better than any other.


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  • Rundown: find

    1 min read · comfy fzf find

    Quickly find and open run-command files 1alias rrc='$PAGER "$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*rc" | fzf)"'


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  • Rundown: fzf

    1 min read · comfy fzf find

    Quickly find and open run-command files 1alias rrc='$PAGER "$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*rc" | fzf)"' Quickly hunt and kill processes 1kill $(pgrep less | fzf -m --preview='ps {}') Select many with shift/tab.


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  • Rundown: git

    1 min read · size git email pr comfy maintenance git

    Read the minimal size of a git repo 1git count-objects -vH | grep -Po 'size-pack: \K.*' Git repositories are never at their minimal size. Email a pull request which points to your git server 1repo=ssh://soft.dmz.rs:2222/mkdots/ 2theirHead='HEAD^^^^' 3head=master 4git request-pull "${theirHead}" "${repo}" "${head}" You …


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  • Rundown: jobs

    1 min read · shell comfy jobs

    Run commands in background 1ls -Rilt ~ & 2jobs 3find ~/.cache/ -type d -exec du '{}' -h ';' | sort -h & 4jobs Stop background command having output 1disown The command will continue as it was. You can see it with top.


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  • Rundown: ssh

    1 min read · system comfy ssh

    Get back terminal after ssh freezes remote machine 1<Return>~.


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  • Shell tips

    1 min read · shell comfy

    Done <C-d> If you have a command, Control + d will execute the command. If you have nothing, exit. Search & Clear Highlights You can search in many programs by using /. Most programs let you clear the highlighting with <Esc>+u. Track Live Changes Follow a file as new lines are added to it: 1tail -f somefile See …


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  • Use the terminal in vi-mode

    2 min read · shell vim comfy readline python

    Vi-Commands Copy, move, and delete with vi-keys. 1echo 'set editing-mode vi' >> ~/.inputrc 2echo 'set keymap vi-insert' >> ~/.inputrc 3exec bash Try ls <C-n> and ls <C-p> Use python in vi-mode 1echo 'export PYTHON_BASIC_REPL=true' >> ~/.bashrc 2exec bash Alias Expansion 1echo '"\C- ": shell-expand-line' >> ~/.inputrc …


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