Effective Shell Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands
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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.
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Effective Shell Part 6: Everything You Don't Need To Know About Job Control
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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 …
Read moreA portable and magic-free way to open Pull Requests from the Command Line
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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 …
Read moreEffective Shell Part 3: Getting Help
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This is the third part of my Effective Shell series - practical examples of ways to be more efficient with everyday tasks in a shell.
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Read moreEffective Shell Part 2: Become a Clipboard Gymnast
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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 …
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