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

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

control+R

in bash, it lets you quickly search for previously executed commands.

its very useful and makes things much quicker, i recommend you give it a try.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use this constantly

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

i rely on this in my job. if i really need it, i'll be using it often enough that it'll always be in ^R distance :)