VimTip retweeted
6 Apr 2014
search case insensitive in all the files recursively for the text "bash" and list the number of occurrences in each file
grep -ric bash *
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VimTip retweeted
6 Apr 2014
perform operation on all the csv files in the current directory
$ for i in `ls *.csv` ; do echo $i; done
do what you like instead of echo
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VimTip retweeted
5 Apr 2014
ls -ltr $PWD/*
List file names in the current directory with full path
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VimTip retweeted
7 Mar 2014
mkdir -p /a/b/c/d : creates the entire directory structure with folders a, b, c, d
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VimTip retweeted
25 Feb 2014
rm -f file[12345].txt : removes file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt, file4.txt, file5.txt
Try the -i switch if you are feeling merciful
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VimTip retweeted
18 Feb 2014
!13 : Execute the 13th command from bash history.
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VimTip retweeted
9 Oct 2013
One advantage of visually dull environments like the command line or an editor is that there isn't much to do there but work.
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VimTip retweeted
29 Sep 2013
“@TipOfBash: Unlock another user's session from root :
loginctl list-sessions
loginctl unlock-session <session_id>”
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VimTip retweeted
1 May 2013
"cp filename{,.back}" : Take backup of the file easily. The command expands to "cp filename filename.back"
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VimTip retweeted
8 Mar 2013
When in doubt, err on the side of simplicity - from the paper "Is Design Dead" by fowler
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Open a list of files that were output of a previous command. For e.g. "find"
tinyurl.com/ac2n2mw
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