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    Linux terminal users be like (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Y'all know about ctrl-r to search history, right? I went for so many years without even thinking to look for something better than up-arrow, so I have to mention it.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Wait until they learn that you can ctrl+u when you mistyped your password in sudo instead of spamming backspace...

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    What does that do?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Delete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    I end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Bro. You just changed my life and don't even realize it

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Here's another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That's why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    history | grep

    Does the job well if the key combo doesn't work.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    Followed by !xxx where xxx is the number of the command to re-run

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    This. I didn't know about CTRL+R, but this has been my goto