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What's a handy terminal command you use often? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

sudo

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

compgen -back to see all valid things you can type into a shell.

[–] BigLime@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Neofetch

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[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago

less, watch

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Saving this thread for later, but I use rsync -a a lot.

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[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

exit

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[–] this@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

not sure if it counts as a command, but i use the up arrow to scroll through previous commands like, almost every time I open a terminal.

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ranger

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

If you change the colours to night mode, the song "Sister Christian" starts playing

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 3 months ago

Zoxide, dust, fd, rg, btm, tokei. So many newer Rust tools that are way better than the old stuff.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ctrl-r with https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin is amazing. Never forget a command you used ever again.

[–] eric@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I trigger it with the up arrow.

[–] Monsieur_bleu@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

shred -vzf

[–] berryjam@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

qalc

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

More of a shortcut, CTRL + A + D to exit the current session (exits a sudo su first, then a ssh, then the actual terminal)

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