Paul's ten tips for Bash

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Beginning of line - ^A End of line - ^E Back word - esc B Forward word - esc F Clear screen - ^L

Moving around a line Beginning of line - ^A End of line - ^E Back word - esc B Forward word - esc F Clear screen - ^L

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Delete previous word - esc bksp Delete next word - esc D Delete to end of line - ^K Delete to start of line - ^U Paste the previous delete - ^Y Swap two characters - ^T

Moving around a line

Editing a line Delete previous word - esc bksp Delete next word - esc D Delete to end of line - ^K Delete to start of line - ^U Paste the previous delete - ^Y Swap two characters - ^T

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Tab completion first word - command other words - filename or directory

Moving around a line

Editing a line

Tab completion first word - command other words - filename or directory

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Tab completion Tab completion EVERYWHERE! yum install bash-completion first word - command other words - command dependent arguments

Moving around a line

Editing a line

Tab completion

Tab completion EVERYWHERE! yum install bash-completion first word - command other words - command dependent arguments

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Tab completion Tab completion EVERYWHERE! Saving commands for later comment this line out - esc #

Moving around a line

Editing a line

Tab completion

Tab completion EVERYWHERE!

Saving commands for later comment this line out - esc #

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Tab completion Tab completion EVERYWHERE! Saving commands for later Getting commands from earlier search back through history - ^R text

Moving around a line

Editing a line

Tab completion

Tab completion EVERYWHERE!

Saving commands for later

Getting commands from earlier search back through history - ^R text

Paul's ten tips for Bash Moving around a line Editing a line Tab completion Tab completion EVERYWHERE! Saving commands for later Getting commands from earlier Argument iteration x{a,b,c}y - xay xby xcy

Moving around a line

Editing a line

Tab completion

Tab completion EVERYWHERE!

Saving commands for later

Getting commands from earlier

Argument iteration x{a,b,c}y - xay xby xcy

Paul's ten tips for Bash Saving commands for later Getting commands from earlier Argument iteration Previous command arguments last argument - esc . or Alt-. Nth argument - !:N !* = last entire last command - !!

Saving commands for later

Getting commands from earlier

Argument iteration

Previous command arguments last argument - esc . or Alt-. Nth argument - !:N !* = last entire last command - !!

Paul's ten tips for Bash Saving commands for later Getting commands from earlier Argument iteration Previous command arguments Substitute into previous command replace 'foo' with 'bar' - ^foo^bar^

Saving commands for later

Getting commands from earlier

Argument iteration

Previous command arguments

Substitute into previous command replace 'foo' with 'bar' - ^foo^bar^

Paul's ten tips for Bash Saving commands for later Getting commands from earlier Argument iteration Previous command arguments Substitute into previous command rename rename .jpg.mp3 .mp3 *

Saving commands for later

Getting commands from earlier

Argument iteration

Previous command arguments

Substitute into previous command

rename rename .jpg.mp3 .mp3 *