Great presentation with bash power usage tips
http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2003/papers/bash_tips/index.html
Month: March 2005
Don’t lose history in bash
I don't think I've relied too heavily on bash's history feature in the past, because often what I needed to recall wasn't there. The reason why is that if you have multiple bash shells, by default each one rewrites the entire...
Meta dot in bash
"Meta dot" or Alt+. is a really useful bash shortcut key that I've come to appreciate lately. It brings up the last command-line argument of the last command that you used (sort of like !$ but less of a gamble) and you can hit it...
gcc cross-compiler generation tools
This page has some interesting-looking gcc cross-compiler building tools. It caught my attention, because it supposedly can be used to build a cross-compiler for the Linksys WRT54G (MIPS) routers and someday I'd like to do a bit...
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.2 Release Candidates – MozillaZine Talkback
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.2 Release Candidates - MozillaZine Talkback
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Cancelled, Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.2 Coming – MozillaZine Talkback
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Cancelled, Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.2 Coming - MozillaZine Talkback
Learning vi/vim
I've decided that I want to become more proficient in vi, the classic UNIX text editor. Being a jed (which is emacsish) fan, it feels somewhat masochistic to learn vi, but also a good reason. The reason is that while jed and even...