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“Bookmarks” for bash

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Navigating several layers of nested directories is often a pain. On Firefox, it is easy because they have bookmarks. So what I’d like to do to bookmarks a file is to type:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, shell Leave a comment

What does “rm is hashed” mean?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m going through http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/CommandsAndArguments and came across this:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, command, shell Leave a comment

What is the email matching regex in basic regex for grep?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I created a text file and put some email addresses in it. Then I used grep to find them. Indeed it worked:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, grep, regular-expression, shell Leave a comment

Save complete GNU screen session state

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Is it possible to persist the “state” of a GNU screen window (or just a standard shell) so that I can reload everything after a reboot:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags gnu-screen, shell Leave a comment

How to find list of available shells by command-line?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

How to list available shells for use by command-line?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, shell Leave a comment

How to check OS and version using a Linux command

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

What is the Linux command to check the server OS and its version? I am connected to the server using shell. Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you found the … Read more

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags linux, shell Leave a comment

How exactly does “/bin/[” work?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I am always surprised that in the folder /bin there is a [ program.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags shell, test Leave a comment

How to add a function to .bash_profile/.profile/bashrc in shell?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a function which converts epoch time to date. Here is the definition

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, function, profile, shell Leave a comment

How to change cron shell (sh to bash)?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Is it possible to make commands in crontab run with bash instead of sh? I know you can pass commands to bash with -c, but that’s annoying and I never use sh anyway.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags cron, shell Leave a comment

How can I create an alias for a git [action] command (which includes spaces)?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

Most of my my aliases are of this form: alias p='pwd'

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags alias, bash, git, shell, terminal Leave a comment
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