Programmer Humor

I've been using ctrl + R more now :3.. though I definitely used to ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

...until you press up one too many times and enter the same command but with a typo. Again.

Ctrl R

The number of people who don’t reverse-I-search is too damn high

^r

I’ve probably done that for ls

taptaptaptap.... taptaptaptap.... taptaptaptap taptaptaptap taptaptaptap

.... taptaptaptap

... tap ...

... shit I was on a different user when I typed it.

O(n) access, very efficient.

No, I do not care to share the value of n

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1168/

Or, just type the command “history”, find the index number of the desired command, then type “! ”, then .

https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin is a great tool to manage and search your shell history. I especially enjoy it being able to search commands based on the working directory I was in when I ran them.

It also has more features (which I don't use) to manage dotfiles and sync shell history across hosts/devices.

In fish, you can enter part of the command, and then press up to search for it. It's kinda awesome.

Substring completion on ZSH. Type in a small part of the command you want to find and then press up.

I typed it once, I'm not typing it again

fish has "directory-aware" autocomplete with inlay hints and a fantastic history command. I do not suffer from such weakness

also when they see this post

$ history | grep 'gre[p]' | less -S

I always go past it because I go way to fast.

cat ~/.bash_history | grep

https://marko.tech/journal/fzf-ftw

Wow this is really validating for me to read. I’ve been using Linux for a few years but I’m definitely not a computer expert and am intimidated by the command line.

I’ve always felt like googling every command and arrowing up to find an old entry rather than just googling it again marked me as a fake Linux user, not a real one.

Too many people still use Bash.