Tips and Tricks Section

trickykid · 06-22-2001, 01:50 PM

hey after this thread, http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...&threadid=3587 got an idea of
maybe not just a documentation page but maybe a page where users of Linux can submit like tips and tricks that they use on a regular basis. you know, not just alot of info but maybe something like a quick hint or tip people can use when using Linux.

is anybody maybe up for something like that or not?

jharris · 06-22-2001, 02:14 PM

Sounds cool...

The one that I use the most in the !$ and !! substitutions in bash/tcsh (and probably csh too). So instead of doing a

Code:

mkdir someLongDirName
cd someLondDirName

I do a

Code:

mkdir someLongDirName
cd !$

and instead of

Code:

vi someDodgyScript
chmod 700 someDodgyScript
./someDodgyScript
(someDodgyScript: yeah right, call that code - *CRASH*)
vi someDodgyScript

I'll end up doing

Code:

vi someDodgyScript
chmod 700 !$
./!$
(someDodgyScript: yeah right, call that code - *CRASH*)
vi !!

Looks a bit wierd to read but can save ya time.

The same goes for making typos in big command and using the ^original^replacement^ to do the substitution. So

Code:

/some/dir/that/is/a/sod/TO/find/aBinary     
(*error! TO should be to*)
/some/dir/that/is/a/sod/to/find/aBinary

becomes

Code:

/some/dir/that/is/a/sod/TO/find/aBinary     
(*error! TO should be to*)
^TO^to^

Jamie...