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In this chapter, we’ll take a look at the various different types of shell commands that exist and how this can affect your work. By the end of this chapter, you might even be able to make sense of the horrifying and perfectly syntactically valid code below: which $(where $(what $(whence $(whereis who)))) Part 1: Navigating the Command Line Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast Part 3: Getting Help Part 4: Moving Around Part 5: Interlude - Understanding the Shell Part 6: Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Job Control Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands What Are Commands?

Job control is a feature of most shells, which is generally not particularly intuitive to work with. However, knowing the basics can help prevent you from getting yourself into a tangle, and can from time to time make certain tasks a little easier. In this chapter, we’ll look at the main features of job control, why it can be a problematic, and some alternatives. Part 1: Navigating the Command Line Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast Part 3: Getting Help Part 4: Moving Around Part 5: Interlude - Understanding the Shell Part 6: Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Job Control Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands What Is Job Control?

This little bash snippet will let you open a GitHub or GitLab pull request from the command line on most Unix-like systems (OSX, Ubuntu, etc), without using any magic libraries, ZSH tricks or other dependencies. tl;dr download the gpr.sh gist. Here’s how it looks in action OSX: And Ubuntu: The script is available as the gpr.sh gist. You can also find it in my dotfiles, in the git.sh file. The Script Here’s the script in its entirety:

This is the third part of my Effective Shell series - practical examples of ways to be more efficient with everyday tasks in a shell. Part 1: Navigating the Command Line Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast Part 3: Getting Help Part 4: Moving Around Part 5: Interlude - Understanding the Shell Part 6: Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Job Control Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands In this article I’ll show you how to quickly get help when working with tools in the shell, without disrupting your flow!

This is the second part of my Effective Shell series, which contains practical tips for using the shell to help with every day tasks and be more efficient: Part 1: Navigating the Command Line Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast Part 3: Getting Help Part 4: Moving Around Part 5: Interlude - Understanding the Shell Part 6: Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Job Control Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands In this article I’ll show you how you can use the shell as an efficient tool to compliment how you use the clipboard.