Hacking the command line
One liners and shell tricks that make the prompt feel like home.
Convert file contents to Data URI format
Devin Weaver
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0 responses
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bash, unix, pipes
Spell checking and auto word wrap with vim and git
BK Box
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0 responses
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git, vim, vimrc
Change to the previous directory
Todd Wolfson
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0 responses
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shell, cd, directory, previous
Seamless Proxy Auto-Config (a.k.a. Web Proxy Auto Discovery) for CLI apps
Stanislaw Pusep
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0 responses
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http, proxy, pac, wpad
Highlight/find all strings matching the string under the cursor
Matt Campbell
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vim, productivity, vi, pattern match
Deployment of Discourse to Heroku
Vanja Radovanović
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0 responses
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bash, rails, heroku, deployment
Print Surrounding Lines Around a Match
Miles Matthias
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grep, unix
A Proper Homedir
Jesusaurus
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0 responses
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shell, cli, sourcetree
bundle_grep
Tieg Zaharia
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0 responses
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ruby, shell
Run C as a script, recompiling only when changed
Colin Dean
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0 responses
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shell, script, c, bash
Use Your Git History to Manage Freshbooks
David Stump
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0 responses
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ruby, gem, git, freshbooks
Get rid of .DS_Store files on Mac when Zipping
Ram Ratan Maurya
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0 responses
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terminal, mac, hidden files
Recursively find and replace dos line endings
Tyler Harms
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bash, dos2unix
make the use of `curl <url> | sh` more secure
eviweb
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0 responses
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shell, security, curl, bash
Returning to the last cursor position in Vim
Akshay
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1 response
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vim, vimrc, .vimrc
tts-koans: keep your thoughts translated!
brownman
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0 responses
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tdd, bash, linux, commands
Automatically mount an external drive when launching iPhoto
Simon Jodet
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mac, bash, iphoto, external drive
Remind yourself to slow down when `:qa`ing out of lots of vim sessions
Kris Leech
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0 responses
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shell, fish, zsh, vim
Mac: Open File/Folder in Terminal from Finder
Clayton McIlrath
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0 responses
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shell, terminal, mac, productivity
Quick HTTP Server from Mac Terminal
Horia Dragomir
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0 responses
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terminal, cli, server, bash
Quick way to loop in Bash terminal
Ben Simpson
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0 responses
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loop, bash
Managing letter case in vim
Scott Bradley
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2 responses
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vim, vi, letter case
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