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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 (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

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)

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 (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!