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...
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Nix: Global Substitution On The Previous Command
Let’s say we just executed the following command:
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...
Nix: Only Show The Matches
Tools like grep, ack, and ag make it easy to search for lines in a file that contain certain text and patterns. They all come with the -o flag which tells th...
Nix: List Names Of Files With Matches
I often use grep and ag to search for patterns in a group or directory of files. Generally I am interested in looking at the matching lines themselves. Howev...