(TIL) Nix: Search History
Often times there is a very specific command you have entered into your bash prompt that you need to run again. You don’t want to have to type it again and s...
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(TIL) Nix: Pattern-matched search of your history
In bash, !?foo will repeat the most recent command that contained the string ‘foo’.
(TIL) Nix: Last Argument Of The Last Command
You can use !$ as a way to reference the last argument in the last command. This makes for an easy shortcut when you want to switch out commands for the same...
(TIL) Nix: Global Substitution On The Previous Command
Let’s say we just executed the following command:
(TIL) Nix: Hexdump A Compiled File
The hexdump unix utility allows you to dump the contents of a compiled/executable file in a _readable_ hexadecimal format. Adding the -C flag includes a side...