20 interesting and extremely helpful Linux command line tricks
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As you start spending more and more time working on Linux command line, you tend to learn some cool tricks that make your life easy and save you lot of time. I have been working on Linux command line for many years now and I have learned a lot of Linux command line tricks. Here in this article, I will discuss some Linux command line tricks that I find worth using in my day to day command line activities. NOTE – All the examples in this article are tested on bash shell.
Author's example for 'find' does show the versatility of the command line. I do agree the opportunity to expand by using 'grep' would have been valid and useful to users to understand the differences.
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