Aug
6th
Thu
6th
tip: shell
script from @dreev to transparently use gnu screen over ssh for persistent logins http://bit.ly/lYNtG
Jun
24th
Wed
24th
tip: shell
use sort’s -S option to set main memory buffer size to speed up large sorts (via @eytan)
Jun
12th
Fri
12th
tip: shell
use cd - to return the previous working directory (also via @ssuri)
Jun
2nd
Tue
2nd
tip: shell
use find . -mtime -1 to find files modified in the last day (-mmin -10 for last 10 minutes) http://bit.ly/q51xT (via @shellfu)
May
20th
Wed
20th
tip: shell
use netcat (nc) to listen on and connect to network sockets http://bit.ly/JxFCA
tip: shell
pipe viewer is useful to monitor the progress of pipes handling lots of data http://bit.ly/2NSP
Mar
16th
Mon
16th
tip: shell
to create array variables in bash, use myarr=(alpha beta gamma); echo ${myarr[2]} http://bit.ly/qko2S
tip: shell
to create variables with default values in bash, use echo ${myvar:=default} http://bit.ly/ev7il
Mar
9th
Mon
9th
tip: shell
to insert a tab on the command line (e.g. for tab delimited sort -t), hit ctrl-v, then tab http://bit.ly/V6320
Jan
30th
Fri
30th
tip: shell
tset and reset will (re)initialize terminall settings, including columns, lines, etc.
