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mariannemarlow

#! Die Hard

From: My flat, London, England

Registered: 2012-06-03

Posts: 2,195

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

^ that is what i do too

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xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @s

Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 4,324

Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

Ctl+r: search history backwards, then type something unique in your command, e.g.
Ctl+r off
recalls 'sudo poweroff' for me
If it does not return the command you were lookoing for, pressing Ctl+r repeatedly cycles through all previous commands containing 'off'

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mariannemarlow

#! Die Hard

From: My flat, London, England

Registered: 2012-06-03

Posts: 2,195

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

^ smart a*se

EDIT: Sorry xaos52 I didn't mean to be so rude.

Last edited by mariannemarlow (2012-08-22 18:57:51)

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machinebacon

#! unstable

From: PRC

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,219

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

For the brave:

!a
!b
!c
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EnochRoot

#! Junkie

From: London, UK

Registered: 2011-10-15

Posts: 253

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

Only thing I dislike about ctrl-r (and I use it all the time) is I then expect all keybindings to work on the command line, and especially hate if I want to do a forward search having gone too far back, so hit ctrl-s and then have to resume with ctrl q.

You can also type history to see your last commands and then do !number from the list

kbmonkey

#! Junkie

From: South Africa

Registered: 2011-01-14

Posts: 468

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

@Enoch, great handle you got there. Busy reading all about you at the moment Off topic: I found this short story  by the author that looks quite geeky.

Tip
Editing your command happens often. I find ^a and ^e to jump to the start and end of the line helps. And ^left/right arrows to jump words helps too. Oh and esc-del to delete a word, and ^u to clear the line as well! These come in handy when wanting to chop words over ssh where lag doesn't respect keypress rates

Last edited by kbmonkey (2012-08-24 16:51:07)

EnochRoot

#! Junkie

From: London, UK

Registered: 2011-10-15

Posts: 253

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

^ Thanks ! I've got that article somewhere never got round to reading it all. Have the new Stephenson book but not got round to starting it either sheesh

johnraff

#!Drunkard

From: Nagoya, Japan

Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 2,467

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

I find ^a and ^e to jump to the start and end of the line helps.

Home and End work too

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dgz

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-11-22

Posts: 150

Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

@rhowaldt @awebb

very useful, my gratitude.

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merelyjim

#! Die Hard

From: Fort Worth, Texas

Registered: 2010-04-07

Posts: 2,296

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Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

Every time I type in "sudo," I'm thinking...
Shut Up and DO it!

Could just be me.

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rizzo

#! wanderer

From: ~/

Registered: 2008-11-25

Posts: 5,109

Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

^damin it, that's going to be hard to get out of my head each time I use it now

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 9,044

Re: Command Line: The Absolute Basics

^ & ^^ - Kinda recasts the whole "sudo make me a sandwich" joke, huh?  Makes it sound more like Jackie Gleason.

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